Small-scale swine disease surveillance project launched

“This project is very similar to the Small Flock Disease Investigation Program but is designed to target swine producers, both small-scale domestic and wild boar producers, who have 10 sows or fewer, or who market 100 pigs or fewer per year,” says Leanna Grenwich, surveillance veterinarian with the Alberta government. “The main goal of this project is surveillance and early detection of federally and provincially reportable diseases like African swine fever (ASF), Salmonella, influenza, porcine epidemic diarrhea, swine delta coronavirus and transmissible gastroenteritis and to help veterinarians and producers.” This project can help producers directly or private veterinarians who refer cases from small-scale swine producers. Not all pigs from small-scale swine herds will be accepted for testing. The herd’s symptoms must meet at least one of the following criteria: sudden increase in death sudden increase in abortions (pregnancy loss) illness manifested by septicemia (red to purple di