Use of new genomic tools in the fight against PRRS virus
Diseases are often perceived as having a single cause and in the case of infectious disease, we expect to identify a single infectious...
25 juin 2019
First report of pestivirus infection in Canadian piglets
Pestivirus infections cause significant morbidity and mortality characterized by shaking and muscular spasms that set in within the early...
2 avr. 2019
Additive and weaning: skinny piglets react differently to bacterial infection than plump piglets
As best practices regarding antibiotic use in veterinary medicine evolve and with the recent hype surrounding probiotics and microbiota,...
18 févr. 2019
Streptococcus suis and Haemophilus parasuis, bad bugs that aren’t friends, but stay out of each othe
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) and Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) bacteria are spread between pigs through snout contact. While some...
26 sept. 2018
Pre-weaning weight of piglets: the key to a healthy future
The animal production industry has always faced many challenges. The stakeholders continuously strive to improve production performance...
31 août 2018
Post weaning diarrhea in pigs: preventing colistin use
Colistin is a last resort antibiotic used by doctors to treat severe infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria called...
15 févr. 2018
First Case of Human Infection with Streptococcus suis in Ontario
Streptococcus suis is a bacterial pathogen of swine that can also cause severe infections in humans that come in direct contact with...
19 déc. 2017
Pig viruses trapped in bacterial jelly
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) have found a new sticky protector: the...
29 sept. 2017
Wanted: A bacterium that will kill another
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a bacterial species that causes important economic losses in the porc industry. This species is made up...
17 mai 2017
Reducing airborne viruses: 4 disinfectants tested
Winter weather promotes the spread of viruses between farms. Therefore, to minimize the risk of contaminating farms that are free of...
3 avr. 2017
