In a candid interview with Dr. John Carr, an international livestock consultant and veterinarian, right after Germany discovered its first wild boar infected with African Swine Fever, the Germans could be looking at flooding the European market with eight million pigs this year. Why, because Germany is the number one producer of pork. “But, the German
Rick Bergmann, president of the Canadian Pork Council on behalf of Canada’s 7,000 pork producers, urged the Federal government to make targeted enhancements to fix AgriStability. Hog producers face unprecedented volatility and loss due to COVID-19, and fixing AgriStability is essential to help farmers stay in business as they struggle to produce a high-quality,
As much as we tend to think the world is more interconnected these days, countries still tend to operate very much in isolation of one another.Perhaps if COVID-19 has a positive it is that there seems at least a somewhat greater awareness across borders, although here in Canada situated as we are adjacent to
Dr. Egan Brockhoff, the Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council, said amid the turmoil surrounding COVID-19, the risk posed to the North American swine sector by African Swine Fever has decreased.Although African Swine Fever continues to spread throughout Asian and parts of Europe, North America remains ASF-free.Dr. Brockhoff, also a member of the
Late last month, Ceva Animal Health hosted a successful webinar, “Maximize Your Farm Security”, in which Dr. John Carr and Avery Zeng provided their view on biosecurity, with a focus on the ASF experience in China. (More on the seminars in a future issue).Dr. Carr, in his opening remarks to 800 swine industry representatives
Swine Innovation Porc recently released its African swine fever research priorities.There priorities were set by a working group of swine health experts in Canada and the United States who performed an analysis of research priorities related to ASF:Surveillance and Animal Healthi.e. Rapid diagnostic testing and pen-side diagnosticsi.e. Testing protocols to demonstrate that pork and/or
George Matheson, Chair of Manitoba Pork
For 2020 the Chair of Manitoba Pork is looking forward to an end to the trade war between the United States and China that has depressed Canadian live hog prices. Heading into the new year, live hog prices and disease management will be top of mind among Manitoba’s
Dr. Volker Gerdts, the Director and CEO of VIDO-InterVac (picture supplied).
When the phrase African Swine Fever comes up, it makes people in the pig industry and certain government officials who know what’s at stake shudder. That is why research institutes and organizations are working hard to come up with a vaccine that will
Last June, China stopped purchasing Canadian pork. Up to that time in 2019, China’s pork imports from Canada were 15 per cent of total imports, Just below Spain and Germany at about 18-20 per cent each said Jim Long, a hog industry commentator. Then more recently, much to the relief of Canadian and
The Executive Director, Dr. Paul Sundberg of the Swine Health Information Center said the cooperation of contacts on the ground around the world is helping the swine sector become more responsive to the threat of disease.
To help contain the spread of diseases that affect swine the University of Minnesota in partnership with the Swine
