Farmscape for January 3, 2023
Full Interview 8:09
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The Regional Director of PIC EMEAR suggests a key lesson learned from the European African Swine Fever experience has been the value of advanced rather than reactionary planning for dealing...
Farmscape for January 2, 2023
Full Interview 15:10
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Research underway at the University of Alberta is providing the nutritional information that will allow a greater level of flexibility in selecting feed ingredients for inclusion in swine rations. Scientists...
Farmscape for December 28, 2022
Full Interview 11:04
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The addition of MLST typing to categorize Streptococcus suis is expected to change the approach taken to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease associated this bacteria in pigs. Strep...
Tragically, the first time some livestock producers hear the term “White Muscle Disease” is during the necropsy of one of their animals. What causes this serious disease and more importantly, how can it be prevented?
Cause of White Muscle Disease
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Farmscape for December 26, 2022
Full Interview 10:54
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A new program being developed by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine will allow individuals with veterinary certification in other countries to be certified in Canada. The foreign-trained veterinarian swine...
Find out how to estimate homeowner or farmer water needs and calculate how much water must be delivered from a private water supply to meet these needs.
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Farmscape for December 21, 2022
Full Interview 10:22
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The launch of a new pilot scale vaccine manufacturing facility in Saskatoon is expected to help researchers speed up their development of new vaccines. The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization's...
Farmscape for December 20, 2022
Full Interview 10:52
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Preliminary findings of a study conducted by the Prairie Swine Centre indicate the performance of group housed gestating sows to be relatively equal under dynamic versus static mixing scenarios. In...
Farmscape for December 19, 2022
Full Interview 8:01
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Changes observed in the Dominican Republic indicate the virus responsible for the African Swine Fever outbreak there is becoming less virulent and could become more difficult to detect. The Swine...
Farmscape for December 16, 2022
Full Interview 10:54
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A new initiative being developed by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine will help address the shortage of swine veterinarians across Canada. In response to the shortage of veterinarians across...