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Alberta Farm Animal Care Awards of Distinction

Nominations are now open for the Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) Awards of Distinction. Kristen Hall, AFAC’s marketing and membership manager, joins us on the line with details.


Interview with Kristen Hall (2:18 minutes) (1.1 Mb)

The nomination deadline is February 15. For more information, go to www.afac.ab.ca.

Source : Alberta Agriculture and Foresty

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Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms

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PRRS cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion annually. What can managers and veterinarians do to minimize the risk in at a hog facility? Are there certain biosecurity protocols that help reduce the risk of this damaging virus infecting their herds? Joining us to provide management tips for the barn, feed mill and feed as we ramp up for possible PRRS infections this fall is Dr. Alex Hintz, a veterinarian with Novus.