The surveillance system will be monitoring and assessing trends over time to:
The surveillance resulted in two themes for further exploration and discussion: 1) digestive syndrome (with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) in Manitoba, diarrhea, and non-infectious digestive conditions) and 2) skin syndrome (below normal trend).
Practical tips
CWSHIN intends to contract out two special projects “load-out facilities and procedures” (link for more information) and “Abattoir project” (link for
...Practical tips
Due to over 100 PED infected premises in MB:
Extra care with cleaning and disinfection of vehicles returning from abattoirs is CRITICAL in the coming months due to the slaughter of a high volume of PED recovered pigs.
In MB, we expect a high risk of spreading PED with manure these coming months.
On 9 May 2022,
...The CWSHIN Board of Directors is comprised of representatives from each of the western pork boards, with the western provincial agriculture ministries holding ex-officio status. The Manager of CWSHIN reports to the Board and oversees all of the organization’s activities. Within the organization, there are two working groups providing additional leadership and guidance: the Quarterly Team and the Scientific Technical Group.
Dr. Jette Christensen DVM, PhD, joined CWSHIN in April 2018.
Dr. Christensen has 30 years of experience in all phases of national animal health monitoring, surveillance and disease control programs gained from field work in Denmark and Canada, including: