Messages from the report

With the new CIS we have the clinical impression from about 61% of the region’s commercial swine premises.

The digestive syndrome that includes diarrhea was more common than other syndromes and diseases.

The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) clean-up in Manitoba is progressing well but new cases of PED have been confirmed in Ontario and Quebec in2020

Practical tips from the report

People with flu-like symptoms (coughing, fever et.) should not enter any barns with swine – the concern is both influenza and COVID-19.

Abattoir, assembly yards, layover facilities etc. (high traffic high risk facilities) and connected transport continue to be a risk for PED and other diseases.

Producers are reminded that manure from previously PED-infected barns is a possible route of introduction and to take extra precautions when spreading possibly infected manure.

Unusual condition – purple sows

Sows affected with purple discolouring located on belly and legs (see images below) may be a rare condition – we don’t know. One loose housing sow site (3,000) had approximately 30 weaned sows (P1/P2) affected with purple discolouring located on belly and legs. The sows had normal appetite and recovered after about a week. There were no signs in piglets. Following lab results, no definitive diagnosis was confirmed. Rare cases of purple sows have been reported on other sow farms, but we do not know how frequent the condition is or if it has any impact on production, especially reproduction. Please help us gather information about this unusual condition: Click here to answer three quick questions.