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Beef Producers Ask Feds for Help


OTTAWA -- Beef producers are asking the Harper government for help, saying they face a ``perfect storm.''

They say mounting debt, inadequate insurance, unfair trade barriers and a strong dollar handicaps their foreign market prospects.

They've turned to the NDP to help them make their case to the Harper government, claiming aid to them would help all Canadians.

New Democrat MP Tony Martin says the Canadian Agriculture Income Stabilization program created by the former Liberal government five years ago was inadequate.

And he says cattlemen are even worse off now under the Conservatives, receiving a fraction of previous payments.

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New discovery may lead to better vaccines for pork producers

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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes severe disease in pigs, leading to significant economic losses for pork producers across the globe. It’s estimated that PRRS costs the Canadian pork industry $130M annually. Using the CMCF beamline, researchers from the University of Manitoba and the Leiden University Medical Centre (Netherlands) were able to see the structure of the PRRSV protease, a type of protein the pathogen uses to suppress a host’s immune system. The vital information they uncovered can be used to develop new vaccines against PRRSV and also helps inform development of vaccines against emerging human viruses.