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Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 22, 2016

Field testing is underway and a corporate partner on board for development of a made-in-Saskatchewan vaccine to protect pigs against porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) said Monday its prototype vaccine, first announced last year, has moved into field testing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Hogs, Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Canada’s hog farmers suspect U.S. truck washes in PED fight

By GFM Network News June 9, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farm groups are blasting U.S. truck washes for being too dirty to prevent the spread of a virus that has killed millions of piglets in recent years, exposing a dispute over the effectiveness of such facilities in North American agriculture. The brewing battle over trucks comes as Manitoba, which slaughters more swine […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba hog producers worry as PED continues spread

By GFM Network News June 6, 2016

CNS Canada — Hog industry officials are increasingly concerned how Manitoba producers will be impacted after another hog farm in southeastern Manitoba confirmed a case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) on Saturday. The province, which until last week hadn’t reported any new on-farm cases since January 2015, logged new cases in the southeast on May […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 29, 2016

Hog industry officials in Western Canada want hog producers to insist that livestock trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers were just cleaned on the U.S. side of the border. The recommendation comes as a federally-approved trailer-wash pilot project, credited with helping to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. hog herd ekes out new high as PED impact ebbs

By GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd in the December-February quarter modestly grew from a year earlier to a record high for that quarter, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report. Farmers cautiously added to herds while shoring up their bottom lines following the surge in hog numbers as the industry recovers from […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Merck to buy Harrisvaccines to boost livestock portfolio

By GFM Network News November 12, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Merck and Co.’s animal health unit will buy privately-held Harrisvaccines to expand its portfolio of animal vaccines as the U.S. livestock industry seeks new defenses against diseases, the companies said on Thursday. Financial details were not disclosed. The deal, which is expected to close by year-end, follows rival Zoetis’ agreement, announced […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

PEDv may have entered U.S. on ‘reusable’ feed bags

By GFM Network News October 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) that killed millions of U.S. pigs over the past two years may have entered the country on large bags typically used to transport feed and other bulk products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The report, dated Sept. 24 and released Wednesday, said the agency […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Farrowing barn is Quebec’s ninth PED case

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 13, 2015

Animal health officials in Quebec’s Monteregie have confirmed three more hog operations with cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) since Friday. The province’s swine health team (EQSP) said Friday it had confirmed PED in hogs at a 2,700-head nursery operation at St-Aime, with an epidemiological link to the province’s sixth case at a nearby nursery […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Nursery barn Quebec’s sixth case of PED

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 8, 2015

Another nursery barn in Quebec’s Monteregie is the site of the province’s sixth case of porcine epidemic diarrhea in hogs, provincial officials said Thursday. The infections were confirmed Wednesday through lab tests on fecal samples from a 5,000-hog operation at St-Aime, about 30 km southeast of Sorel, Quebec’s provincial swine health team (EQSP) said in […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Two more Que. hog operations confirmed with PED

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 7, 2015

Two more hog operations in Quebec’s Monteregie — a nursery operation and a finishing barn — have been confirmed infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). Quebec’s provincial swine health team (EQSP) announced Wednesday that the two new cases — both in the St-Denis-sur-Richelieu area, about 25 km northwest of St-Hyacinthe — are “epidemiologically linked” to […] Read more

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Tag Archives porcine epidemic diarrhea

Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

Canada’s hog farmers suspect U.S. truck washes in PED fight

Manitoba hog producers worry as PED continues spread

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

U.S. hog herd ekes out new high as PED impact ebbs

Merck to buy Harrisvaccines to boost livestock portfolio

PEDv may have entered U.S. on ‘reusable’ feed bags

Farrowing barn is Quebec’s ninth PED case

Nursery barn Quebec’s sixth case of PED

Two more Que. hog operations confirmed with PED

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