Farms.com Home   News

Banff Pork Seminar 2016 Audio Special

Rick Bergmann, the Chair of the Canadian Pork Council discusses the work being coordinated through the Canadian Pork Council on behalf of Canada's pork producers.
Feature Runs: 9:41 - Audio

Dr. Doug Mac Dougald, a veterinarian with Southwest Ontario Veterinary Clinic, discusses "Canada's Response to PED: What's Next for Emerging Disease Strategy."
Feature Runs: 6:10 - Audio

Rick Peters, the Vice President Operations with Steve's Livestock Transport, discusses "Biosecurity and Disease Risk Management in Transportation."
Feature Runs: 8:11 - Audio

Dr. Ruurd Zijlstra, Program Co-chair of the Banff Pork Seminar discusses highlights of the 2016 Banff Pork Seminar and what to expect next year.
Feature Runs: 5:47 - Audio

Source: Farmscape

 


Trending Video

Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

Video: Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

At a time when disease pressure continues to challenge pork production systems across the United States, vaccination remains one of the most valuable and heavily debated tools available to veterinarians and producers.

Speaking at the 2025 Four Star Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, Dr. Daniel Gascho, veterinarian at Four Star Veterinary Service, encouraged the industry to return to fundamentals in how vaccines are selected, handled and administered across sow farms, gilt development units and grow-finish operations.

Gascho acknowledged at the outset that vaccination can quickly become a technical and sometimes tedious topic. But he said that real-world execution, not complex immunology, is where most vaccine failures occur.