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Genetics tool sought for hogs

Breeding pigs to have better immune responses means using fewer antibiotics and other medications

By Shannon VanRaes October 2, 2015

New research being led by the University of Guelph could help reduce the amount of medical intervention required in swine production. As part of a $9.8-million national research project aimed at enhancing Canada’s pork industry, a team of researchers will work to develop genomics tools that select pigs able to resist multiple diseases, improve animal

Hogs, News

Pork producers fear increased disease risk from PEDv

U.S. truck washes are known to harbour a deadly pig virus

By Shannon VanRaes September 3, 2015

A decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to end measures intended to keep the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDv, out of Manitoba, has producers worried. As of October 1, trucks returning to Canada after dropping swine off in the U.S. will be required to be disinfected and cleaned at American facilities before entering Canada.

Opinion, Poultry

Editorial: It’s time to rethink poultry production

The bird flu epidemic has wiped out 12 per cent of U.S. egg-laying capacity in a matter of weeks

By Laura Rance-Unger June 8, 2015

The numbers surrounding the bird flu epidemic change each day. But they are staggering. Early this week, the USDA was reporting 197 confirmed outbreaks among poultry flocks with losses of 44.6 million fowl, many of them egg-laying hens. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) predicts the number of birds affected will climb to 50

"Canada is in a great position compared to the United States when it comes to this outbreak." – Tim Snider

Hogs, Local news

Canadian case of PED virus provided link for researchers

Biosecurity measures are still key, but preventing the contamination of feed  will help slow the spread of PED

By Shannon VanRaes November 12, 2014

The porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus has hit producers hardest south of the border, but it was the first Canadian case that helped researchers find the source of the disease. Speaking to pork producers in Niverville, Tim Snider of the University of Minnesota said that the emergence of the disease in Canada provided the biggest

Hogs, Local news

High mortality in latest PEDv outbreak

Lapses in biosecurity are proving costly

By Shannon VanRaes October 9, 2014

Porcine epidemic diarrhea has spread to a fifth Manitoba hog barn with devastating effects. “They’re seeing high mortality rates, in the order of 70 to 80 per cent in some cases,” said Andrew Dickson, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council. “In the feeders barns, they’ve noticed it because it’s hurt production a bit… whereas

Hogs, Livestock

New PEDv study looks at manure pits

Researchers want to know whether the virus is lurking in manure pits and how long it can survive

By Meghan Mast August 11, 2014

Researchers are hoping the province’s manure pits will hold some clues to controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. The council, the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development are asking producers to submit manure samples to help assesses where the virus could be lurking and how long it survives.

Hogs, Livestock, News

PEDv either a boom or bust for weanling producers

Staying clean means the difference between  heaven or hell

By Daniel Winters May 15, 2014

For weanling producers in Manitoba, the devastation wrought by porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) elsewhere has a very silvery lining. As their counterparts south of the border and in Eastern Canada haul dead piglets out of their barns by the wheelbarrow, the industry here is getting $90-$100 per head for isoweans and up to $135 for

Hogs, Livestock, News

Immunity is the first step in PEDv fight

Heat may prove effective for some producers seeking to eradicate the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

By Shannon VanRaes April 23, 2014

Getting barns that have been infected by the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) back to normal is possible — but not easy, a panel of industry officials told Manitoba pork producers last week. “We’ve been told it will happen over time, but it will take a lot of time,” said Greg Boerboom of the Minnesota Pork

Hogs, News

Manitoba PEDv case not linked to feed: CVO

There are 24 farms  affected in Eastern Canada

By Daniel Winters February 25, 2014

The effort to contain the outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) seems to be working. An investigation of 45 farms that had contact with Manitoba’s only infected hog premises to date, a weaning-to-finish operation in the southeast, have found no further infections, said acting chief veterinary officer Dr. Glen Duizer. “We are working through all

News

New Taiwan bird flu shows animal virus risk to humans

By Kate Kelland November 27, 2013

A woman in Taiwan has become the first person in the world with a confirmed case of a new strain of bird flu, adding to a growing body of evidence of the potential threat from animal viruses that mutate to be able to infect people. Scientists from Taiwan said the infection — with a bird

Daily Network News

Canadians worked first 39 days of 2026 to pay for year’s grocery bill says CFA

Feed Grain Weekly: Corn affecting barley prices in Lethbridge

Cargill to close Wisconsin beef plant, cut 221 jobs

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