Farmscape for April 11, 2022
Full Interview 7:21
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Efforts to develop a protein-based subunit vaccine to prevent Lawsonia intracellularis are showing progress. Lawsonia intracellularis is a common bacteria that reduces the ability of the intestines of pigs to...
Farmscape for April 6, 2022
Full Interview 8:47
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The Director of Risk Management with HAMs Marketing Services is advising pork producers in western Canada to focus on margins rather than the price of hogs or the price of...
Farmscape for April 5, 2022
Full Interview 12:11
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Preliminary indications are that the bacteria in the gut influences the health of piglets. As part of research being conducted by the Universities of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Guelph in partnership...
Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Thursday, shrugging off early support from a bullish U.S. government hog inventory report as traders appeared to focus instead on profit-taking at the end of the quarter and...
Happy to share that the core section of the April/May edition was sent to press earlier this week. This issue is jam packed with news and information. Updates on the wild boar constant battle both here in Western Canada...
Farmscape for April 1, 2022
Full Interview 9:22
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Research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc suggests the infectivity of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea contaminated manure in lagoons dissipates more quickly than previously suspected. On behalf of Swine Innovation...
Farmscape for March 25, 2022
Full Interview 18:47
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A new swine diagnostic extension service is providing veterinarians support in formulating treatment strategies for complex swine health issues. In May of last year Prairie Diagnostic Services and the Western...
-Manny Araullo, Swine Consultant Western Canada.
Swine production managers continue to face issues with stillborn and pre weaning
mortality despite advancements in genetics, nutrition and facility improvements.
Farrowing is a critical time in pig production, as success at this stage of the...
Farmscape for March 21, 2022
Full Interview 10:08
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Western College of Veterinary Medicine undergraduate students are once again being offered the opportunity to gain hands on summer experience working with swine. The Pharmhouse Summer Student Swine Experience Program,...
Farmscape for March 15, 2022
Full Interview 7:03
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Researchers with the Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization are evaluating the use of nanoparticles to protect fertility when administering intrauterine vaccines to sows and gilts during artificial insemination. Researchers with...