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
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...
7 nov. 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
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...
21 févr. 2017
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...
15 déc. 2016
Trouble for canadian swine
New bacterial gang specialized in “top level” pig farms! During the 20 years we tracked Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App),...
7 nov. 2016
