Gene Editing in the Pork Industry
Join Swine Innovation Porc in Banff for an afternoon of Networking, Learning and Discussion Date: January 10, 2023 Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm Location: Fairmont Hotel, Banff Let’s talk about pork innovation ahead of the Banff Pork Seminar We're bringing together leading experts to discuss rapid advancements in gene editing while...
Auditing Best Management Practices on Swine Farms Across Canada
Auditing Best Management Practices on Swine Farms Across Canada Ken Engele - Prairie Swine Centre, Phone: (306) 667-7443, Email: ken.engele@usask.ca Laurence Maignel - Centre de développement du porc du Québec, Phone: (613) 627-0732, Email: laurence@ccsi.ca Purpose and Objective of the Research This study involves a Canada-wide survey of best management practices...
2022 Prairie Swine Centre Les resultats
Le programme de recherche du Prairie Swine Centre vise à améliorer l'efficacité (économique, environnementale et de bien-être) des producteurs de porc du Canada. Les conclusions de la recherche 2022 du Centre sont maintenant disponibles. 2022 Prairie Swine Centre Les resultats - Results ...
Group Sow Housing Seminar – June 29
Group Sow Housing Seminar Group Sow Housing Meeting Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Canadian Room Saskatoon Inn & Conference Centre - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan As the industry makes the transition to group sow housing the types of questions producers have regarding their systems change. This seminar will address some of the commonly asked...
2022 Producer Meetings
Prairie Swine Centre along with our sponsors Zoetis and PIC are pleased to be hosting webinars that focus on your cost of production. You will be required to register for each webinar separately. Please click on the image below for more information or to register...
Ph.D. Position in Swine Nutrition & Physiology
The Prairie Swine Centre is seeking a passionate, bright, and highly motivated individual interested for a position as PhD graduate student in the disciplines of swine nutrition, physiology, and health. The successful candidate will join a strong, multidisciplinary academic and research team with expertise in...
Sask Pork recognizes local swine researcher with Award of Distinction
Sask Pork honoured local swine researcher Dr. Dan Columbus with a Saskatchewan Pork Industry Award of Distinction in the area of Excellence in Production Research this week at the 44th annual Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium. Columbus is a Research Scientist in Nutrition at Prairie Swine Centre...
New Swine Transport Trailer Design Guidelines Expected to Improve Cleanability, Safety, Animal Welfare
Dr. Bernardo Predicala - Prairie Swine Centre Farmscape for November 15, 2021 New swine transport trailer design guidelines under development by the Prairie Swine Center are expected to help improve the cleanability, safety and animal welfare aspects of equipment used to transport pigs. As part of a multidisciplinary research...
Strategies for Reducing Feed Costs – Virtual Town Hall
Taking a direct look at the increase in feed cost, there are different things producers can do to manage this high feed cost situation. This was a focus of a webinar held by Sask Pork, University of Saskatchewan and Prairie Swine Centre on September 23...
Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop
DAY ONE You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Oct 20, 2021 12:00 PM Edmonton Topic: Swine Technology Workshop - Virtual Webinar Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p2jBXiJTQMGdUnuUkw4MVw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. DAY TWO You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When:...