Swine barn workers encouraged to get vaccinated to protect pigs from flu

An Associate Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine is encouraging people involved in swine production to protect their pigs by getting the annual flu shot. With the further relaxation of restrictions in Canada designed to reduce the spread of COVID, patterns of influenza infection are expected to return to more normal this year, as was experienced in the United States last year.

Industry NewsGuest UserNovember 11, 2022Sask Pork, Bruce Cochrane, Farmscape, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Susan Detmer, flu shot, influenza

Late peak in influenza cases prompts call for continued focus on biosecurity

The Western College of Veterinary Medicine is encouraging a continued focus on biosecurity on Canadian hog farms amid a later than normal peak in cases of influenza. Typically, the number of cases of influenza in people and in pigs tend to peak in the fall in November-December and again in the late winter or early spring in February-March. By now, numbers would normally be on the decline.

Industry NewsGuest UserApril 28, 2022Western College of Veterinary Medicine, influenza, Susan Detmer, Sask Pork, hog biosecurity

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