Surveillance to Manage Disease on Canadian Swine Farms

On a day to day basis, farmers and their veterinarians deal with many diseases without the benefit of surveillance for early outbreak detection, or coordinated outbreak responses. Without this support, highly contagious pathogens such as Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) can spread quickly and potentially cause significant harm. The purpose of this project was to develop a surveillance system to help Canadian swine farmers and veterinarians to deal more effectively with diseases

Objective

To improve swine farmers and veterinarians ability to manage disease