Canadian cattle and hog producer groups report a “noteworthy” admission from U.S. officials on the effects of Washington’s revised country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules, during Canada’s latest challenge against COOL at the World Trade Organization. According to officials from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, during WTO compliance panel hearings on COOL held Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva, […] Read more
WTO hears new COOL didn’t reduce grief for Canadian producers
CFIA testing piglet feed for PEDv infectiveness
The accepted wisdom about the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), and its ability to survive in hog blood products used in piglet feed, is being tested this week in Winnipeg. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Tuesday it is running tests to see if feed pellets made using hog plasma from a U.S. supplier have […] Read more
Landmark to test feed ingredient for PEDv
Livestock and poultry feed processing firm Landmark Feeds is tightening its feed ingredient sourcing as suspicion falls on feed ingredients as possible sources of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv). Manitoba-based Landmark, owned by feed firm Nutreco since 2007, said Friday the outbreak of PEDv on “at least 10” of the 16 affected farms in […] Read more
PEDv confirmed in Manitoba, suspected in P.E.I.
The piglet-killing porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is now suspected to have reached Canadian hog farms in three provinces. The Manitoba government and Manitoba Pork Council on Friday reported the virus is now confirmed in hogs at a wean-to-finish operation in the province’s southeast, a region known for intensive livestock production and considered to be […] Read more
PEDv suspected on Manitoba hog farm
Winnipeg’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease is testing samples from a Manitoba wean-to-finish hog operation suspected of having the province’s first case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv). The Manitoba Pork Council late Thursday announced that the province’s chief veterinary officer had reported what are believed to be positive samples of PEDv from hogs […] Read more
Ohio finds new pig virus
Reuters — A new swine virus, distinct from the deadly PEDv pig virus, has been found in fecal samples taken from four different farms in Ohio last month and early this month, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. This is only the second time the virus has been reported and the first time it […] Read more
Feed firm purging hog-based ingredients over PED risk
A southern Ontario feed processor wants customers to stop feeding its nursery feeds to young hogs, over concerns that feeds made with hog-based ingredients can be a “potential vector” for the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv). PEDv, a contagious disease leading to death rates of up to 100 per cent in young piglets and is […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hog futures settle mixed
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished mixed on Monday as investors bought the February contract and sold deferred months as they priced in last week’s cash returns, traders said. February live cattle closed up 0.3 cent per pound at 141.5 cents and April ended down 0.225 cent at 140.175 cents […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Short-covering, cash trade support CME cattle
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Thursday supported by short-covering and expectations of at least steady cash trade, traders said. “The packers have tried to buy cattle on their own terms, but the supplies are so tight,” said Lane Broadbent, analyst at KIS Futures. “It appears they may […] Read more
Alta. declares PEDv a reportable disease
Mindful of its potentially devastating effect on farrowing operations, and its recent arrival in Canada, Alberta has moved to declare the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) a reportable disease. Dr. Gerald Hauer, the province’s chief veterinarian, announced the change in PEDv’s status effective Jan. 20, citing “the economic harm that it could cause to the […] Read more
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