Insights and Stories on Livestock

Apr. 1, 2022 at 9:41 am CDT

With African Swine Fever a step away from the North American doorstep, the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) launched a proactive initiative. Rene Roy, CPC’s first vice-chair, shared the four pillars of action within the year-old African Swine Fever Executive Management Board (ASF EMB) and the goals it hopes to achieve […]

By Diana Martin

Mar. 18, 2022 at 10:06 am CDT

The wildfires that upended Chris Haywood-Farmer’s world last summer are likely still smouldering this winter, deep in the roots of the charred rangeland. For safety reasons, parts of this vast Crown range were closed for public recreation throughout the fall, a reminder of what the fourth-generation rancher and his family […]

By Piper Whelan

Feb. 18, 2022 at 9:23 am CST

African Swine Fever (ASF) has now been reported in 24 countries since first found in several Chinese locations in 2018. “This is very alarming,” Christa Arsenault, national ASF coordinator with Animal Health Canada, told delegates at the Banff Pork Seminar last month. “ASF was considered to be a relatively stable […]

By Kristy Nudds

Feb. 2, 2022 at 4:37 pm CST

University of Guelph research could lead to revolutionary new approaches to preventing pneumonia in beef cattle while reducing the use of antibiotics. Dr. Jeff Caswell, a professor in the pathobiology department at the Ontario Veterinary College, says the traditional thinking has been that risk factors such as weaning, transportation, inclement […]

By Lois Harris

Dec. 29, 2021 at 10:04 am CST

Regulations on gene editing of animals are contributing to negative public perceptions of the technology and stifling innovation in the livestock sector, according to Alison Van Eenennaam of the University of California, Davis. A veteran science communicator and cooperative extension specialist in animal genomics and biotechnology, her professional and personal […]

By Matt McIntosh