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Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

Planning For A Possible Pandemic

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“Obviously, human health is first and the animals second, but we would do our utmost to ensure that the animals are looked after so there are no animal welfare issues.” – SHEILA MOWAT Cows won’t get the flu, but a lot of farmers might. If even half of what public health officials are saying, both
Hogs, News

Peru Finds Swine Flu In Amazon Tribe

Members of an Amazon tribe have tested positive for the new H1N1 swine flu, Peruvian health officials said Aug. 12, raising concerns the deadly virus could spread to more remote communities with limited defences against disease. The seven cases, reported in the Matsigenka tribe, were confirmed by the Health Ministry’s regional office in southeastern Peru.
Hogs, Livestock

South Korea Lifts Live Hog Import Ban

South Korea said Aug. 11 it would resume imports of live swine from North America, lifting a ban imposed since the outbreak of H1N1 flu in April. South Korea is one of several countries including Russia and China that slapped bans on imports of pork products or live hogs on flu fears, which has hit
Opinion

Policy Shifts Can Be Penny-Wise But Dollar Foolish

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The 1996 Farm Bill’s elimination of the grain storage program, coupled with the elimination of an acreage management program, increased the cost to taxpayers for farm programs by an average of $5.7 billion a year. During the debate over the 1996 Farm Bill, the proponents for eliminating a government stock program argued that the traditional
Hogs, News

Nonpandemic Flu Strain Found In Saskatchewan

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Federal health officials are working with the Saskatchewan government to assess and monitor the public health risk posed by a new strain of influenza that has been detected in that province. The new strain was detected in two workers on a hog farm in Saskatchewan. The workers suffered only mild illness and have recovered fully,
Oilseeds, Opinion

Beneficial Plant Sterols Not Available To Canadians

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Health Canada’s minister should listen to her provincial colleagues, all overwhelmed by the costs of health care, not the least from the public cost of drugs to treat CHD. The recently released report by Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) titled Food Regulatory Systems: Canada’s Performance in the Global Marketplace is yet another study
Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Jul. 9, 2009

Move in new livestock direction Governments have once again chosen political expediency over science. They are doling out another $37 million to the hog industry. Why? Because, in the words of the minister of agriculture, “the false connection to the H1N1 flu,” is unjustly damaging the industry. She makes no mention of how she reached
Hogs, Livestock

Canada Keeps Pushing On Pork Bans

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Canada is cont inuing efforts to end bans on Canadian hogs and pork in the face of the global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, say Trade Minister Stockwell Day and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Twelve countries, including China and the Philippines, still ban pork from Alberta or Canada following the discovery of the
Hogs, News

New Virus Could Still Mutate, Spark Pandemic

“This is clearly different than what we see from seasonal influenza” The new H1N1 flu virus could still mutate into a more virulent form and spark an influenza pandemic that could be expected to circle the globe up to three times, the World Health Organization said May 12. The impact of any pandemic would vary,
Hogs, Livestock

Hog Industry Fights Against Swine Flu Backlash

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“Importers from other countries are really nervous about buying right now.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC Canadians are being urged to eat more pork as the hog industry mounts a publicity drive against a backlash from the H1N1 Influenza A virus that has become known as swine flu. The Canadian Pork Council and its marketing arm

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