The chair of the Canadian Pork Council’s Animal Care Technical Group says the incorporation of the newly revised Canadian Pig Code of Practice into the Canadian Quality Assurance program will provide the opportunity to make added improvements to the program.
New research and development of soybean varieties has recently caused a boom in Manitoba as the number of acres seeded with soybeans has more than doubled since 2011.
A Red Deer based swine veterinarian reports, as expected, the colder winter weather has added to the challenge of controlling PED.
An Alberta based swine veterinarian is advising pork producers to avoid the use of blood plasma products in swine rations and where the products are used to source them only from certified processing plants.
A pilot project underway in western Canada is helping livestock truck wash facilities step up biosecurity and improve their truck washing procedures to help reduce the risk posed by Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.
The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board expects a dramatic slide in the value of live hogs since November to curtail any plans to increase North American pork production in 2015.
The chair of the Canadian Pork Council’s Animal Care Technical Group expects the incorporation of requirements of the newly updated Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs into the Canadian Quality Assurance Program to be completed and ready for testing by mid-2015.
The general manager of Sask Pork is confident automating the washing and disinfecting of the trucks that haul livestock will improve biosecurity while cutting costs and speeding up the process.
A Tillsonburg based swine veterinarian credits quick action taken by pork producers, veterinarians and epidemiologists when PED was first identified in Ontario for the high level of success in containing the spread of the virus.
