TOPIGS Canada Inc. Adds to Team
TOPIGS Canada announced in January that Glenn Kuhn has
joined its staff as Business Development Representative. Glenn will be based out of the TOPIGS Winnipeg office. In his new role, Glenn will develop sales in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He will also be responsible for technical support to customers in Western
Cramer Livestock Expo
The fourth installment of the Cramer Crop Livestock Expo will be held February 20th, 2014 at Kinetic Exhibition Park in Swift Current. The show continues to grow each year and will once again feature a Trade Show along with the various Cramer Cup series, hog carcass – forage – egg – canola
On a quiet street in the town of Kona on the island of Hawaii, close to the Lutheran church my parents attend during the winter months resides this house. What is so special about this house you may ask. Well it is in front of vacant land and beside reserve space and has a
Germany has a huge pig industry, with 2.1 million sows making her the largest producer in Europe. The old East Germany has many large pig units – which were the state farms in the days before the Wall came down. Much further to the west, the area around Lindern — south west of Bremen
Vaccine will help the pork industry to respond to the threat posed by porcine epidemic diarrhea
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced recently that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is prepared to issue permits to authorize veterinarians to import the iPED+ vaccine for use in Canadian pig herds.
The manufacturer’s preliminary studies have shown that vaccinated
As the count goes up, and the numbers of farms having the PED virus, obviously the emotions take a hit, and the excitement looking forward, crumbles into outright fear if it hasn’t hit yet.
Aside from all this, the clear message the industry leaders are sending, don’t relax or pull back on the vigilance and
From the Banff Pork Seminar to the Town Hall teleconference call by Manitoba Pork Council, to various other articles and protocols, I’m getting a little understanding of this dreaded disease, PED virus that kills baby pigs within days of birth.
The key factor here is keeping everyone on the same page, so to speak, to
Flipping through a few favoured agricultural websites it was interesting to see yet another disease is threatening the Canadian hog sector.
In this case its the possibility of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) crossing the border from the United States.
“PED was discovered in the U.S. nine months ago and has since killed three million pigs,” detailed
Trucks will likely be the way porcine epidemic diarrhea virus will sneak across the border.
“Trucking is one of our biggest risks, especially from the U.S. where there is this disease,” said swine veterinarian Dr. Egan Brockhoff, during an Alberta Pork telephone conference call on PED Jan. 17.
“Enhanced biosecurity is the best way to prevent
Organizers of Hog Days in Brandon in December removed a day and it became Hog Day instead of Hog Days. While I wasn’t able to go, those people who for years have exhibited found coming out and setting up for just one day a little short. The costs are the same for a day
