Canadian Vaccination Strategy Aims to Protect U.S.-Bound Pigs from Endemic Diseases

At the 2025 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, a delegation from Polar Pork Farms in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, highlighted the growing collaboration between Canadian producers and their American customers to safeguard herd health.

Florian Possberg, a Partner at Polar Pork, shared that U.S. buyers are increasingly requesting Canadian pigs be vaccinated against diseases common in the U.S.—even if those diseases aren’t present in Canada.

To address this, Polar Pork brought their veterinarian to meet directly with veterinarians representing U.S. buyers. The goal? To explore the feasibility of implementing vaccination protocols in Canada that target U.S.-endemic diseases.