31 août 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...
15 févr. 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...
19 déc. 2017
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...
7 nov. 2017
Harnessing the power of cholera toxin to generate a vaccine against PRRS virus leads to a surprising
Large-scale cholera outbreaks, such as those that occurred after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti or even more recently after hurricane...
29 sept. 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...
17 mai 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...
3 avr. 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...
21 févr. 2017
Prebiotics can decrease Salmonella colonization in poultry
Salmonella are a group of bacteria responsible for foodborne illnesses and, as a result, represent a major concern for both public health...
15 déc. 2016
Campylobacter survives in water…Thanks to a multilayered sac!
The bacterium called Campylobacter jejuni holds the world record as the bacterium that causes the most gastro-intestinal infections in...
7 nov. 2016
Trouble for canadian swine
New bacterial gang specialized in “top level” pig farms! During the 20 years we tracked Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App),...
