25 Story Idea? Contact Paul.Nolan@Farms.com Better Pork | October 2024 from entering herds, so be diligent about biosecurity protocols too.” Detection, intervention and prevention “I have a good feeling about this year’s flu season,” says Dr. Vilaca. “It’s been hard to measure the impact, but between monitoring reports and anecdotal evidence, we’re confident that the ability to add H3N2 into the regional flu vaccine has already significantly reduced the virus load. This situation also reminds us of the value of the processes we have in place to ensure early detection, intervention and prevention to protect the health of our provincial hog herd.” Now that swine herds have the ability to build immunity to the H3N2 strain, Dr. Vilaca says, “our goal is to reduce the virus impact here in Ontario and prevent H3N2 from spreading to other provinces.” He credits the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for their foresight and rapid response to approving the addition of the H3N2 strain into the regional vaccine. “I don’t know what kind of winter flu season we would be facing this year without the vaccine.” BP SWINE HEALTH ONTARIO SWINE HEALTH ONTARIO Swine Health Ontario is a leadership team focused on improving and coordinating the industry’s ability to prevent, prepare for and respond to serious swine health threats in the province.
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