Erica Charlton, Director of Animal Health Canada’s Emergency Management Division, said the division’s primary focus is planning and preparedness for foreign animal diseases. This will be a key topic at Animal Health Canada’s Forum 2024, scheduled for October 8th and 9th in Ottawa, sharing updates on the division’s activities. Charlton emphasized the division’s focus
A Wild Boar Trail through a field. Supplied by Chris Arndt, AP WB Eradication Specialist
Allies in Alberta’s battle against free-roaming wild boars – university researchers, hog producers, grain farmers, wildlife groups and beyond – are adding more weapons and expanding their territory.Expanding the trapping and monitoring program east to Alberta’s boundary with Saskatchewan was
Dr. Amy Snow
Expanding the CanSpotASF program to provide African Swine Fever rule-out testing for invasive wild pigs is expected to further Canada’s efforts to establish zoning.CanSpotASF, a voluntary African Swine Fever surveillance program that has provided no-charge rule-out testing for commercial pigs displaying symptoms similar to ASF since 2020, has been expanded to include
“There is nothing better than to watch these guys in wide open spaces. Just being free to be pigs,” states Jessie
While Berkshire are currently designated as ‘critical’ in status in Canada – meaning overall numbers are extremely low – there are still breeders dedicated to the breed and its continued existence.Jessie Leigh Johnston and
Greetings on a very fall feeling day, cool and breezy and a haze of combine dust in the air. This edition marks one year since I had to change printers after the press I had been using since 1998 closed its door. I do hope you are enjoying the slightly different look on the core section
Thanks to the Pork Showcase committee at Calgary Stampede, all volunteers and Alberta Pork, for sharing the wonderful world of pigs to the city slickers. A great opportunity to explain why we do what we do.
Some of the sights and sounds from the display. Again thanks to all the volunteers.
Opening day of Alberta Pork Congress was more than a bit special for the hog crew at Plainview Colony, located near Foremost, Alta.Barn manager Peter Hofer was touring the exhibits on June 12 when he got the call: The first litter of pigs from his first new batch of gilts had just been born.
Jennifer Wright
The Canadian agriculture sector is currently grappling with a labour shortage that significantly affects productivity and the ability to meet domestic and global commodity demand. Jennifer Wright, Executive Director of the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council (CAHRC), shed light on these challenges and their strategies to address them.Wright said agriculture has faced a
Dr. Lisa Becton
North American pork producers, in their proactive stance, take every precaution and focus on bio-security to keep disease-causing organisms off the farm. The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) monthly domestic and global swine disease surveillance reports, released in its July eNewsletter, indicate African Swine Fever (ASF) remains the dominant worldwide concern and
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) can have a huge economic impact on a hog operation.So finding better vaccines against the disease would be a huge boost to the hog sector.That’s why a long-term, international collaboration between researchers at the University of Manitoba and the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands uncovering
