Preparing Producers for Canada’s Updated Pig Code of Practice Among Prairie Swine Centre’s Research Priorities

The Prairie Swine Center’s recently appointed Research Scientist Ethology says her priorities moving forward will be to advance work by Drs. Yolande Seddon, Jenifer Brown and Harold Gonyou with a focus on preparing farmers for upcoming changes to Canada’s Pig Code of Practice. The mandate of the Prairie Swine Center, operated by the University of Saskatchewan, is to produce and distribute knowledge derived through original research, scientific review and economic analysis on behalf of the pork sector. Dr. Jen-Yun Chou, who moved into the position of Research Scientist Ethology with the center in March, says consumers and the general public are increasingly concerned with food safety, the general health and welfare of animals and how food production relates to sustainability and the environmental footprint. Quote-Dr. Jen-Yun Chou-Prairie Swine Center: Our primary priorities and focus for now is definitely to enhance the rearing environment to actually improve the general animal welfare