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Cereals, Crops

Fusarium Could Be Bad

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Manitoba’s fusarium head blight outlook isn’t good, says Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada research scientist Jeannie Gilbert. But forecasting how widespread FHB, a fungal disease that can produce mycotoxins and lower crop quality and yield, will be is as difficult as predicting the weather, she said during a recent Canadian Wheat Board webinar. “If we
Livestock

Tick That Can Cause Lyme Disease Making A Home In Manitoba

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The odds of picking up a blacklegged deer tick – and contracting Lyme disease – are on the rise in Manitoba. The southeast corner of Manitoba and an area around the Stanley Trail in south-central Manitoba now have established blacklegged tick populations. Surveillance findings suggest they now occupy an area that may stretch from the
Livestock

Scientists Find New MRSA Superbug

British scientists have found a new strain of the “superbug” MRSA in milk from cows and in swab samples from humans. Researchers said the find was “worrying” but added it was unlikely that the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bug, which is resistant to some antibiotics, could cause infections by getting into the food chain via milk.
Livestock

Disease Threats To Canadian Livestock Persist

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Despite a recent triumph in the battle against serious animal diseases, Canada must remain vigilant against new and old threats to its livestock industries, says the chief food safety officer. Climate change and global trade patterns are helping spread new viruses from Africa to Europe and other countries, Brian Evans, vice-president of the Canadian Food
Livestock, News

CFIA Issues Anthrax Alert For Summer

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Widespread spring flooding throughout Manitoba has raised concerns about a renewed outbreak of anthrax in livestock this year. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging producers to guard against anthrax in their herds, especially since the disease appears to be making a comeback in Western Canada. “Recent weather conditions and previous outbreaks have increased the
Livestock

Why Vaccine Administration May Fail

DVM Vaccines cost money and take effort to administer. We must maximize the immune response to get maximum protection of our livestock ensuring protection from disease. This is good from both a biosecurity standpoint as well as an economic one. Clinical disease such as scours, pneumonia outbreaks or abortions all affect our bottom line. This
Crops

New Fungicide

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Presidio Fungicide, from Valent Canada, Inc., is now registered for use in Canada on brassicas, brassica root vegetables, cucurbits such as pumpkins and cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, grapes, leafy vegetables and potatoes. Presidio is a targeted chemistry for growers with crops threatened by downy mildews. In vegetables, including potatoes, Presidio also controls late blight (Phytophthora infestans),
Opinion

Food In Canada — Eat At Your Own Risk

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Canada’s public and private sectors are not doing enough to prevent foodborne illnesses. Among the major failings are inadequate active surveillance systems, an inability to trace foods from “farm to fork” and a lack of incentives to keep food safe along the “farm to fork” pathway. The result? Eleven million or more episodes of food-related
Country Crossroads

Add Sanitizing To Spring Kitchen Cleanup

As soon as I heard someone open the door to our patio, I knew a cleanup was in our future. Our three dachshunds rushed into the house, leaving muddy paw prints in their wake. Our youngest dog, not quite one year old, ran around the living room, hopped on the couch, grabbed a shoe and
Livestock

Turkey Production Recovering After November Avian Flu Case

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After a stressful 3-1/2 months for poultry producers across Manitoba, U.S. borders have reopened and it’s back to production as usual. Borders reopened to all poultry February 1, 2011, 11 weeks after the Manitoba avian flu case was first reported in a turkey breeder farm. The young breeder who was forced to destroy all of

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