The Saskatchewan government and SaskPork are investing one million dollars to be prepared for a possible outbreak of African Swine Fever. Agriculture minister David Marit says an outbreak of the deadly hog disease could disrupt major exports. He says the province is providing 700 thousand dollars and SaskPork 300 thousand to support a cull line […]
Starting this week, groups can apply for funding from Ottawa’s 23 million dollar program to prepare for an outbreak of African Swine Fever. Funding is designed to support projects like biosecurity assessments and improvements, wild pig management, improving existing abattoirs, and swine fever research projects. Applications from academic institutions, associations, businesses, indigenous groups, provincial and […]
A Saskatoon-based organization has been given federal approval to develop a vaccine for deadly African Swine Fever. The disease has wiped out over half the pigs in China or almost one third of all hogs in the world. The director of Vido-InterVac, Dr. Volker Gerdts, says developing a vaccine will take several years. He says […]
