Farmscape for September 7, 2022
Full Interview 19:43
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The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network reports an increasing number of cases of Coccidiosis have been showing up in Alberta.
Infections that cause diarrhea in pigs were among the highlights...
Within agricultural production a good share of livestock producers perform routine veterinary work themselves. This includes administering vaccinations or treatments for common disease or sickness. A result of performing this type of work there is increased risk for injury...
Farmscape for September 1, 2022
Full Interview 8:22
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center suggests maintaining biocontainment and bioexclusion will be key to containing the spread of African Swine Fever on the island of Hispaniola....
This week, we are sharing a literature review based on a collaboration between Drs. John Deen and Perle Zhitnitskiy and the animal welfare team at the University of Wisconsin River Falls, led by Dr. Kurt Vogel. In this open-access...
Farmscape for August 26, 2022
Full Interview 14:40
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Research conducted at Kansas State University has confirmed soybean products as among the highest risk feed ingredients for the transmission of African Swine Fever. The journal Transboundary and Emerging Diseases...
Farmscape for August 25, 2022
Full Interview 13:40
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A Professor with Western College of Veterinary Medicine says ensuring an accurate diagnosis of any diarrhea on the farm is an important step toward identifying the most effective treatment. The...
Farmscape for August 24, 2022
Full Interview 11:41
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The Swine Health Information Center has completed an evaluation of two types of pen-side tests for African Swine Fever.
Research conducted in Vietnam by the Swine Health Information Center has evaluated...
Farmscape for August 22, 2022
Full Interview 6:21
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Researchers with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization are exploring the mechanisms involved in triggering an immune response in sows and gilts inoculated using intrauterine vaccination. Researchers with the Western...
Farmscape for August 22, 2022
Full Interview 11:57
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The Western College of Veterinary Medicine and the Prairie Swine Centre are exploring the prospects of using play to improve the emotional well being of pigs and improve their resilience...
By Lorraine Stevenson-Hall, Biosecurity & Stakeholder Relations Lead
Viruses have proven to live in and be transmitted through animal feed. The most recent discovery of African Swine Fever (ASF) surviving in feed is raising red flags in the hog industry,...