The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board has officially launched its PRRS-Free Herd Certification website.
The Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians says the willingness of pork producers to share the health status of their swine herds is key to gaining control of PRRS.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board reports a positive response to a new program which will allow suppliers of breeding stock and semen to certify their herds are free of PRRS.
The Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians suggests efforts aimed at controlling PRRS have raised the level of awareness among producers of the importance of this disease and of practices that will help avoid its spread.
The Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians is confident strategies developed through regional efforts aimed at controlling PRRS can be applied to the control of other disease that affect the Canadian swine herd.
The facilitator of the Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project says the amount of time required to achieve certification under the new program will vary from farm to farm, depending on their individual records and on their individual schedule for testing.
The facilitator of the Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project is confident the new program will benefit Canadian pork producers and the Canadian pork industry.
Swine producers in western Canada will soon have the opportunity to certify their herds are free of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board hopes a new certification program will provide western Canadian pork producers a reasonable level of confidence that the pigs they buy are free of PRRS.
A southwestern Ontario based swine veterinarian says improved biosecurity and better tools for diagnosing and controlling PRRS are fueling a greater level of optimism among pork producers in the industry’s ability to control the disease.