Strep Zoo: The Scariest Pig Disease You’ve Never Heard Of...
Dec 10, 2020

Video: Strep Zoo: The Scariest Pig Disease You’ve Never Heard Of...


Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus (Strep zoo) is a bacterial pathogen that was found in Manitoba in 2019. Strep zoo affects all ages of pigs but has severe impacts on sows, causing sudden death, abortion, and conception failure. View this presentation by Manitoba Pork's Jenelle Hamblin, with presenters Barrie Russell and Chris Penner from Maple Leaf Foods, for an overview of the impacts of the pathogen and actions to take should you suspect it on your farm.

 

Strep Zoo: The Scariest Pig Disease You’ve Never Heard Of...

Strep Zoo: The Scariest Pig Disease You’ve Never Heard Of...

Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus (Strep zoo) is a bacterial pathogen that was found in Manitoba in 2019. Strep zoo affects all ages of pigs but has severe impacts on sows, causing sudden death, abortion, and conception failure. View this presentation by Manitoba Pork's Jenelle Hamblin, with pres... More
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