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New Requirement When Purchasing Livestock Medicines

A new requirement of providing a Premises Identification (PID) Number when purchasing medicines and medicated items for livestock from authorized medicine sales retailers is a new change in the Authorized Medicine Sales Regulation. Grady Owen, senior investigation specialist with the inspection and investigation branch with Alberta Agriculture, explains what the change means for livestock producers in Alberta.

Interview with Grady Owen (3:00 minutes) (1.37 Mb)

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Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms

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PRRS cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion annually. What can managers and veterinarians do to minimize the risk in at a hog facility? Are there certain biosecurity protocols that help reduce the risk of this damaging virus infecting their herds? Joining us to provide management tips for the barn, feed mill and feed as we ramp up for possible PRRS infections this fall is Dr. Alex Hintz, a veterinarian with Novus.