CWSHIN serves western swine producers, swine herd practitioners and governments to improve swine health, production, and the economic prosperity of the sector.

Western Canada's Support for
Swine Health and Disease Surveillance
About CWSHIN
Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network (CWSHIN) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in Manitoba.
It is funded by the four western Canadian provincial pork boards and provincial governments.
Our Objectives
Surveillance System
The surveillance objectives are:
- Detect new emerging swine health issues
- Detect unusual clinical presentation of known diseases
- Provide information about endemic diseases, and
- For diseases absent in western Canada (such as Foot and Mouth Disease and African swine fever) the objective is to help provide evidence of absence of disease to support trade.
The objectives for the current health surveillance branch of the intelligence network are:
- Facilitate knowledge transfer to producers, swine health practitioners, pork boards and governments in western Canada;
- Provide fora for discussion of swine health issues;
- Grow the network (for example seek to include more laboratories);
- Brand and expand the knowledge and credibility of CWSHIN.
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Outbreak Support Network
The objectives for the new branch Outbreak Support Network (OSN) for practices is to establish a framework for supporting practitioners and producers dealing with cases potentially reportable to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
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Special Investigations
The objectives for the special investigations are:
- Provide an option to contract out short projects (less than one year duration) that rarely can be funded through existing programs or academia;
- Gain practical new insight into swine health issues and control of health issues of special interest to CWSHIN’s stakeholders (producers, swine health practitioners, pork boards and governments).
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Resources
News & Announcements
Publications & Insights
Announcements
Report for producers, 4th Quarter 2024 ready for distribution by the Pork Organization in the coming weeks
Announcements
Report for producers, 4th Quarter 2024 ready for distribution by the Pork Organization in the coming weeks
Announcements
CWSHIN a functional ongoing surveillance based on existing laboratory data and repeated clinical surveys
Announcements
CWSHIN a functional ongoing surveillance based on existing laboratory data and repeated clinical surveys
Scientific Journals
Lessons from CanSpotASF: Moving towards risk-based African Swine Fever surveillance with rule-out testing in Western Canada
Scientific Journals
Lessons from CanSpotASF: Moving towards risk-based African Swine Fever surveillance with rule-out testing in Western Canada
Reports
CWSHIN’s reporting to CanSpotASF on the first Quarter 2021 (January to March)
Reports
CWSHIN’s reporting to CanSpotASF on the first Quarter 2021 (January to March)
Podcasts
What is CWSHIN?
Podcasts
What is CWSHIN?
Our Network
Our Affiliates
CWSHIN would not exist without:
The participation and support of swine practitioners, laboratories, governments,
swine health experts, and funding from provincial pork organizations and governments.