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Volume 36 | Number 2 Bernie Peet
Fall 2014
Date of Issue: October 2014
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and Manitoba Pork Council News and Views.............................................................................................................6
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The View from Grier..................................................................................................15
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Group housing is a reality, but who’s going to foot the bill?......................24
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Better Message
from the
acidification. editor
When I first tackled the issue of American pork being sold on
Canadian shelves, I already had an idea in my head about how
I felt about the issue. And then I started to research.
It’s often said that a sign of good journalism is when a story
turns out differently than the reporter imagined it would. And
that’s exactly what happened with my story “Group housing is
a reality, but who’s going to foot the bill?” (See page 24)
As part of my research, I talked to an employee at the meat
counter at a Costco. I asked whether the pork was Canadian,
A unique blend of organic
and he said no. I asked why, and he didn’t really have an
answer. Of course, this part I expected fully.
and inorganic acids approved Now, according to my research, prices are mostly similar
between Canadian and American pork right now. I expect if
for use by CFIA for powerful they were markedly different, there would be a lot more Yankee
product on the shelves than there is right now. And I understand
that having access to a large amount of quantity from one
water acidification. supplier is key to success for massive chains like Costco.
However, my concern going into the future was that our
cost of production would be significantly higher than on the
U.S. side, thanks to group housing. Moreover, in a healthy
economy, higher costs of production, even if just temporary,
should be reflected in the selling price of the product. (Note the
word “should”.) I worried that if the Canadian industry’s cost of
production climbed while the U.S. industry’s didn’t, Canadian
producers would be unable to pass those increased costs along,
The original acid blend.
and further, if they did, that retailers would have no qualms
with filling their shelves with American pork. And considering
the position that most retailers took through the Retail Council
of Canada on group housing, that would be upsetting.
But here’s what changed my story – even though the U.S.
doesn’t have the national code development process like we
do, they’re still moving to group housing. Major companies
are committing to sourcing from sow stall free suppliers, and
major suppliers like Cargill are making the transition too.
Most importantly, most of the dates being used in the U.S. are
between 2015 and 2018 – much, much sooner than the dates
that our new code or the Retail Council has committed to,
(2024 and 2022).
Distributed by: HALCHEMIX CANADA INC. So, the story just isn’t what I thought it would be – and that’s
great news. Can there be work done to try and raise the public’s
1-800-540-4756 desire for Canadian-branded pork? You bet there can. For the
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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News
Presidential Picks, one of the highest CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
honors for JAM poster presenters. The
posters are chosen by the ASAS past most part, in western Canada, the
and Views president, president, and president-
elect. Of the more than 1,200 papers
major retailers wouldn’t dare sell
U.S. beef. I think that our producer
from submitted this year, only 36 were groups have done a great job with
pork promotion domestically, even
Far and selected for this esteemed distinction.
“Innovation and entrepreneurship
throughout a devastating time in
the industry when promotion funds
Near fuel our scientific research and this
year was no exception to the quality
may not have been as available.
data we obtained,” said Dr. Karl Although it feels like summer just
Dawson, vice president and chief ended, autumn is here and winter
scientific officer at Alltech. “Alltech is coming up fast. That means
there are a lot of great industry
Alltech demonstrates has successfully partnered with top
events about to happen, and
academic institutions throughout the
primacy in science world to research long-term solutions I’m going to try and be at most
at 2014 JAM with to the key issues facing our industry of them. I’ll definitely be at the
Presidential Pick and we look forward to sharing this Banff Pork Seminar in January,
information at JAM.” the Red Deer Swine Technology
Global animal health and nutrition Workshop November 5, the Alberta
leader Alltech was well-represented at Pork AGM the very next day,
the joint annual meeting (JAM) of the
American Dairy Science Association PIC adds relationship and Saskatchewan Pork Industry
Symposium November 18 and 19.
(ADSA), the American Society of based genomic I’m also planning to attend the
Animal Science (ASAS), and the selection to crossbred London Swine conference in April,
Canadian Society of Animal Science products so it’s going to be a busy year!
(CSAS) in Kansas City, Missouri, July
20–24. In addition to presenting a PIC implemented relationship based As always, I love hearing from our
dozen abstracts of the company’s latest genomic selection in all crossbred readers. Your feedback, thoughts
research, Alltech was also invited to boar products as of August, 2014. and opinions are the best part of
showcase a poster presentation in the PIC will continue its differentiated my job! Happy Thanksgiving, and
prestigious Presidential Picks. implementation of genomic technology see you this winter! n
and be the first entity to use relationship
Alltech and University of Kentucky based genomic selection in all pure and sherimonk@gmail.com
Nutrition Research Alliance poster, crossbred products and in every trait
“Polymers molecularly imprinted with impacting selection decisions.
ergotamine: recognition properties
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for our customers. This
implementation step builds on
our previous implementation
in all pure lines and will
increase the accuracy of
our selection process. It will
subsequently increase our rate
of progress by an additional 35
per cent versus other industry
programs,” said Dr. Matt
Culbertson, director of product
development for PIC.
PIC’s relationship based
genomic selection, also
Above: The PIC and Roslin Institute research team that worked on the project.
known as single step genomic
selection, uses a proprietary First exome The extensive results of this of a single gene). PIC will
genotyping and statistical research, published in the use the information derived
sequence journal BMC Genomics in from this research, which also
platform to calculate how
related animals are at the completed in pigs July 2014, were generated received funding from the
genetic level. It will increase PIC, a division of Genus plc, in from a targeted set of 96 Roslin Foundation and the
the accuracy of evaluating collaboration with Edinburgh pigs representing the known Biotechnology and Biological
animals as parents of the Genomics and The Roslin variation in one of PIC’s Sciences Research Council
next generation. PIC began Institute at the University of leading global proprietary (BBSRC), to achieve more
implementing relationship Edinburgh, UK, announced populations in order to accurate genomic selection
based genomic selection in in early July they have been capture as many mutations in swine, including work to
its pure lines in the winter of the first to complete exome as possible. reduce embryonic and/or fetal
2012-2013 and completed full sequencing in pigs. Exome death loss in pregnant pigs.
Exome sequencing has been
implementation for all nucleus sequencing is a cost-effective
used in humans to aid in A link to the research paper
populations and traits in the strategy to selectively
the diagnosis of Mendelian can be found at: http://www.
fall of 2013. sequence the most important
disorders (genetic disorders biomedcentral.com/1471-
parts of DNA and enables
associated with the mutation 2164/15/550/abstract
faster genomic progress.
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According to the research,
conducted by a team at
Queensland University of
Technology, one in five
toddlers didn’t eat any meat
during the study. Of the
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meat, half had less than 30 study showed only 56 per cent birth be supplemented by a an easy and labour saving
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10 | Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014integrated into the Easy Feeder. Compared Osborne FIRE feeders
with customary solutions, about half of
advance boar testing at News and Views
the working time can be saved by means
of this innovation. DNAT Genetics
DNA Genetics recently completed the
installation of 80 FIRE (Feed Intake Groupe Grimaud and
Clavijo named to PIC Recording Equipment) Pig Performance Ningbo Tech-Bank
Technical Services Team Testing Feeders to advance their swine
announce strategic
genetic tests at a new, state-of-the-art
facility in eastern Nebraska. The four partnership in swine
million dollar facility, appropriately called genetics
the InSight Performance Center, now
Groupe Grimaud and Ningbo Tech-Bank
has the capability to gather important
recently announced a strategic partnership
performance data from more than 7,500
in pig genetics. Under the partnership
boars each year.
agreement, Ningbo Tech-Bank – through
At the InSight Performance Center, DNA its subsidiary Hanswine – and Groupe
Genetics collects feed intake data using Grimaud both will subscribe a substantial
the Osborne FIRE Pig Performance Testing capital increase in Choice Genetics SAS,
Feeder, on boars from three nucleus making Hanswine a strategic shareholder
breeds: Duroc, Yorkshire and Landrace. in the global pig genetics company, of
The public can observe boars being which Groupe Grimaud remains the
tested with FIRE thanks to a bio-secure majority shareholder.
observatory conference room at the center.
The alliance with Ningbo Tech-Bank
PIC is pleased to announce the addition The area is open to groups and individuals
will accelerate international growth,
of Dr. Maria Jose Clavijo to the Technical who want to further understand the swine
more particularly in China through the
Services Team as a technical services genetics industry and how animals are
establishment of a fully owned subsidiary.
specialist. Dr. Clavijo will work to develop cared for and housed.
the technical communications program as CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
well as serve as a Health Services Vet.
Dr. Clavijo is a native of Venezuela. She
joins PIC from the University of Minnesota
where she was a research assistant in the
Swine Disease Eradication Center. She
received her DVM from the Universidad
Central de Venezuela and her Ph.D. from
the University of Minnesota.
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Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014 | 11and which has the approval of all of its Feed-Rite merged with Masterfeeds and
News and Views secured and unsecured creditors. The Michael’s role became that of managing
chapter 11 reorganization case was filed the nutrition/formulation group in the
on February 13, 2014 because of an West as he played a key role in the
unexpected and unfavorable decision by merging of these two feed companies.
The investment creating Choice Genetics
an arbitration panel.
China will encompass a research and Over the 29 years that Michael has been
development centre and a sales and involved in the western Canadian feed
marketing team. Ningbo Tech-Bank and industry, he has provided on-farm nutrition
Micheal Schalm joins and technical support for many, many
Choice Genetics have been working
together since August 2013, when it Friesen Livestock Ltd., producers in the prairie provinces and
imported GGP breeding stock from the ownership Montana. He has played a key role in such
U.S. into the Anhui province (China) in areas as research, product development
order to populate a new 1,500 sow farm, and marketing, technical support and
which is the base for Ningbo Tech-Bank’s training for feed sales staff, on-farm
multiplication program. nutrition and technical support, producer
technical meetings, quality control and
Additionally, the new partnership will problem solving, and many other aspects
facilitate Choice Genetics’ American of commercial feed manufacture. Aside
subsidiary Choice Genetics USA’s ability from livestock nutrition, Michael’s interests
to exit from its pending Chapter 11 include fishing, golfing, landscaping,
reorganization case and emerge in a much reading and most recently spending time
stronger operating and financial position. with his grandsons. Many in the industry
Apart from the customary governmental have had the pleasure of dealing with
and company approvals, the closing of the Michael in the very recent past, and he’s
partnership is subject to the confirmation looking forward to reconnecting with
of Choice Genetics USA’s pending plan people in the near future.
of reorganization dated July 14, 2014, Michael graduated from the University
of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Agriculture, majoring in
Animal Science. He followed this up with Randy Rutherford joins
a Master of Science Degree, also from Genesus team
the University of Manitoba, majoring in Genesus recently announced the
Unique Monogastric Nutrition. In 1985, Michael
joined with Feed-Rite in Winnipeg as a
swine specialist and nutritionist.
appointment of Randy Rutherford in the
role of territory manager for Manitoba and
Saskatchewan.
In 1991, Michael moved to Red Deer and Randy is well-known from his roles with
took on the responsibility as Feed-Rite’s Maple Leaf Foods and Cargill Animal
resident Alberta nutritionist, responsible Nutrition. He has extensive knowledge in
for the nutrition and technical support for the marketing, production, and nutrition
all species for Feed-Rite’s seven Alberta aspects of the hog industry, as well
mills. In 2004, Michael joined with as many relationships throughout the
Pinnacle Nutrition of the Nutri-Health prairies. Randy was born and raised in the
Group in the capacity of monogastric Interlake region of Manitoba and operated
nutritionist, focusing primarily on poultry a grain and hog farm until he joined
technical support across the prairies but Maple Leaf in 2001.
also providing swine support.
“Genesus is very happy to have Randy
Four years later he returned to Feed-Rite join our team. Randy is very well known
in the capacity of monogastric nutritionist and respected in our industry. He will
and provided nutrition support for pigs focus on providing strong service
See page 4 and poultry across Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario and Montana. It was
and production advice to maximize
profitability for Genesus’ customers and
during this second stint with Feed-Rite potential customers in Manitoba and
that he was promoted to Director of Saskatchewan,” said Mike Van Schepdael,
Nutrition for Feed-Rite. In late 2012, Genesus vice president.
12 | Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014Study definitely links swine veterinarian and served as faculty
feed to PEDv in the Universidad Central de Venezuela News and Views
for eight years. In 2013, Dr. Cano was
A study published over the summer recognized as one of the recipients of
demonstrated for the first time that feed the 40 under 40 in Agriculture award,
can carry PEDv. Published in the BMC presented by Vance Publishing for his DNA Genetics
Veterinary Research Journal, the study leadership, commitment and contributions welcomes Driedger
showed how three previously uninfected to advancing agriculture. as genetics quality
farms all became PEDv-positive after
receiving a shipment of emergency feed assurance manager
following a shortage. Nestle implements
Feed residue from the affected bins was animal welfare
collected and then fed to five piglets. All guidelines
five later tested positive for PEDv, and the
Nestle has signed an agreement with NGO
control piglets not fed the residue did not.
World Animal Protection to develop and
Earlier in the year, the Canadian Food implement animal welfare guidelines. The
Inspection Agency (CFIA) conducted behemoth company will require all of its
research to try and show the suspected 7,300 animal product suppliers to meet the
feed link, but were ultimately unable to new requirements.
come to a definitive conclusion.
New rules pertain to spacing requirements
for cattle and pigs, cramped environments,
pain management, and other welfare
Japan sets initiatives. Nestle is using an independent
PEDv rules auditor to inspect farms and ensure
DNA Genetics is pleased to announce
Wally Driedger has accepted the position
In order to quell the spread of PEDv, compliance. If a violation is found, Nestle
of Genetic Quality Assurance Manager. In
Japan issued new rules in early August says it will work with the supplier to bring
his new role, Driedger will be responsible
governing imports. Live pigs originating them up to standard.
in the U.S. or in Canada must come CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
from facilities certified PEDv-free for
a minimum of 12 months. As well, the
animals must test negative for the illness
while in isolation prior to export.
Cano named as
North American
director of health
assurance
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Dr. Cano joins PIC from Boehringer
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Professional Services. He earned his DVM
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* In the event of high maternal antibodies, vaccination of 3 days of age is not recommended.
at the Universidad Central de Venezuela Intervet Canada Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse
Station, NJ, USA, operating in Canada as Merck Animal Health.
and his Ph.D. from the University of ® Registered trademark of Intervet International B.V.
Used under license.
Minnesota. He worked as a practicing
Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014 | 13News and Views
for the oversight of production
at all gene transfer centers. He
will also be working closely
with DNA Genetics multipliers
in Canada to ensure adherence
to best-in-class production and
biosecurity measures.
Driedger brings a wealth of
knowledge and more than 20
years of experience in pork
production to DNA Genetics.
His prior experience includes
the management of both
gene transfer centers and
multiplication systems.
“We are glad to have Wally on
our team,” said Brett Bonwell,
DNA Genetics CEO. “He brings
a good skill and knowledge use those new ideas to make program is proven by the but when you consider that
base to us and helps us our facilities more efficient success of our customers. just one week later they were
continue to have the best and utilize our genetics that So today we would like to awarded Hypor’s Kenlis Cup
people and the best pig.” much better.” thank and recognize one of for top producer in North
our many amazing customers America after weaning 31.23
Driedger attended the
– Sunnyside Colony of pigs per mated female in 2013,
University of Manitoba where
he completed an advanced
Hypor Top Manitoba. you can see they are not only
program in management, Producer also This July, Sunnyside Colony,
producing excellent finishing
and grading hogs, they are
leadership and strategy. He tops at Brandon who uses Hypor’s Libra dam
producing a lot of them!
also earned a swine technician Awards line and Hypor’s Magnus
certificate from Assiniboine Duroc terminal line, won the Congratulations to Joe, Joseph
Hypor’s philosophy of
Community College. 2014 Maple Leaf Performance Jr., Jonah, Elliot and Cort! n
balanced breeding focuses on Award for Top Overall
“I’m looking forward to an optimizing both the quantity Signature Producer from
openness to new ideas,” and quality of pigs produced Manitoba. This is a great
Driedger said. “Being by our customers. And the accomplishment on its own
challenged on how you can effectiveness of our breeding
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High prices and media coverage continued to try and make the Russia list, but it has been
a hit and miss process. There are varying opinions as to
By Kevin Grier whether the Canadian industry caved to Russian demands
on ractopamine or just made sound business decisions. The
Russia Again bottom line is that the Canadian industry gave up efficient,
technologically advanced and safe production methods that
As is well-known by now, Russia
added significantly to producer margins in order to assuage
banned food imports from the
Russia. This on-again, off-again relationship is simply going
West for one year. This moratorium
to be a fact of life. To paraphrase Dr. Paul Aho, a U.S. poultry
impacts beef, pork and poultry
analyst, Russia is proof that some customers are so bad they
from Canada, the United States,
are not worth having.
the European Union, Australia
and Norway. In the Canadian pork The major impact of the ban is going to be on Canadian pork
industry it will impact HyLife and packers. Beef exports from Canada and the U.S. to Russia are
Olymel Red Deer in the West and not significant enough to impact the market. Even U.S. pork
a number of Quebec plants including Asta, Lucyporc and exports, while significant, are not market makers. The Daily
Olymel’s Valley Junction plant. These are the plants that Livestock Report did not consider the Russian action of much
succeeded in getting ractopamine-free certification, which significance to the U.S. pork market given the volumes that
Russia demanded back in February 2013. go there. They noted that the Canadian production going to
Russia would constitute roughly 1.4 per cent of the recent
Canadian pork and pork offal exports to Russia hit $492
combined total Canada-U.S. pork output. “That addition to
million or 207 million kilograms in 2012 before they put up
available supplies will have some impact on prices but we
the ractopamine non-tariff trade barrier. In 2013 shipments
would expect it to be no more than 3-5 per cent should the
made their way back to $260 million or 93 million kilograms.
embargo persist,” stated the report.
In 2014 the dollar value of shipments looked to be on the way
to surpassing the 2012 record. Canadian companies worked While that might be true over a period of a year or so, the
hard to accommodate the Russian racto demands, unlike many immediate impact was quite stark, particularly on the ham
of their U.S. counterparts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
Russia was a major importer of hams, but
it was also important for fat trimmings
and offals. In 2012, Russia amounted to
12 per cent of the pork (not counting
offal) produced by Canadian packers.
That compares to about eight per cent in
2011 and between five and six per cent
last year. At its peak, Russia represented
the production from about 10 per cent
of Canadian hogs marketed, about seven
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Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014 | 15market. Hams are the biggest primal in the cutout, comprising Good news on demand continues
around 23 per cent of the carcass. By some counts Russia
The combination of demand and supply makes the price. Most
was taking 300,000-400,000 hams each week that now have
in the industry, including me, have focused on supply. That
to find a new destination. After the Russian announcement
focus is because supply data is readily available and because
the primal ham market declined by about 30 per cent before
of the PEDv impact on supply. Looking at demand is tougher
finding its legs, so to speak. There is reason to question
because the publicly available data to help calculate demand
whether Russia was the sole reason – the market was already
is not as rapidly available as supply data such as kills. To
starting to ease from its overheated peaks.
look at demand, it is necessary to work through the monthly
It is a slippery slope to start talking about the impact on hog trade data, which then filters out how much of production and
markets because there are so many variables that change as a imports went to domestic consumption. That trade data is not
result of changing prices and demand. With that warning, a 30 usually available until a couple months have passed.
per cent decline in the ham in a short period of time, holding
This year, perhaps more than most, it is particularly worth
all else steady translates to a $20-25 erosion in the cutout or
keeping track of the demand for pork given how high pork
in overall hog values.
prices have been trending as a result of PEDv. The last issue of
this report I talked about pork demand and I am going to hit
It would be good for consumers to know on that topic again. The data is in for the first half of the year,
and according to calculations made by the AAFC’s Red Meat
that a large part of the reason they
Section, total Canadian pork consumption declined by two per
are grilling hot dogs instead of back ribs cent in the first quarter and one per cent in the second quarter.
is because of misguided ethanol policies Those declines came in the face of six per cent increases in
in Canada. pork prices in the first quarter and whopping 14 per cent
increases in the second quarter, based on the Consumer
Price Index. Demand is the combination of both price and
This problem will settle itself out. The major problem was to consumption. When those data are combined, it indicates that
find a home for the hams that were already sold or on the Canadian pork demand increased modestly in the first quarter
water. As time goes on, Canada and the U.S. will backfill the and quite sharply in the second quarter.
markets of those countries that are allowed to ship to Russia.
In other words, despite the high prices Canadian consumers
In addition, companies will find a backdoor to Russia through
are stepping up to the meat case and buying pork. The same is
other eastern European countries that will suddenly develop a
true for consumers in the United States. Consumer demand in
massive appetite for hams.
both Canada and the U.S. is sustaining the strong hog prices
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16 | Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014of the first eight months of the year. per week compared to 39-43,000 last A slaughter decrease of that magnitude
That is good news for the pork industry year at the same time. If it is assumed has serious implications for operating
in this country. that Maple Leaf Lethbridge and Trochu results. With that noted, Maple Leaf
are combining for 10,000 head per week, second quarter results saw Meat
Summer slaughter round-up that means that Red Deer was killing Products Group sales for the second
about 38,000 this summer compared to quarter up 9.7% to $825.6 million, or
Through the mid-point of the third
31,000 last year at the same time. 8.3% after adjusting for the weaker
quarter and looking ahead to the fourth,
Further east, Agriculture Canada Canadian dollar that benefited pork
it is a good time to assess where the
combines the reporting for exports. This was primarily driven by
western industry is at with regard to
Saskatchewan and Manitoba which higher market prices for fresh pork.
slaughter. Combined Alberta and BC
means it combines the slaughter of Earnings in the fresh pork business
federally inspected slaughter is running
Thunder Creek, HyLife and Brandon. increased due to improved domestic
10 per cent over last year through the
Based on what we think we know and foreign sales. Higher primary
first week of August. The breakdown
about HyLife and Maple Leaf Brandon pork processing margins and market
between the two provinces is not
this year, it is likely that Thunder Creek values for by-products also contributed
publicly available, but it is likely that
in Moose Jaw is running easily over to earnings, as did plant labour and
the composition of the slaughter is up
5,000 head per week, compared to yield efficiencies which offset lower
by about 3-5 per cent in BC and by
barely 4,000 head last year. The HyLife volume due to decreased hog supplies.
12-14 per cent in Alberta. Britco in
plant in Neepawa is turning over In other words, strong revenues look
Langley is the only federally inspected
30,000 head per week this summer to have hidden the impact of reduced
plant in BC. It appears to be running
compared to about 28-29,000 last year efficiencies at the plant.
at 7-7,400 head per week this summer.
Meanwhile in Alberta during the first at the same time.
weeks of summer, federally inspected Across the prairies and into BC, there
Winds of change
slaughter was running 45-49,000 head appears to be steady or increasing Given the sad demise of the George
slaughter at all companies with the Morris Centre where I worked for nearly
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18 | Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014OPINION
A matter of taste things happen. Yet, despite all of this, I was unable to eat pork
ribs for several months.
By Sheri Monk I have no idea how often spoiled meat makes it to the
Many months ago, I purchased two racks of cryovaced back shelves, but I suspect the consequences of these types of bad
ribs from a major retailer. I was having company over, and I experiences can be long-lasting. Imagine an urban shopper,
was preparing one of my favourite recipes. All was going well with no exposure to livestock or hunting, that opens a
until it came time to open the second package... and then I package of rotten ribs – it could be a game changer for them.
was hit with the unmistakable, stomach-turning stench of rot. As an industry, we can continue to do our best to prevent
I immediately placed the meat into a couple of plastic bags, this type of thing from happening, but we’re never going to
sealed it and put it in the freezer. I cleaned the sink, and eliminate it entirely. There’s really only one link of the supply
finished preparing supper – albeit short a rack of ribs – and chain that can make a difference – the retailer.
a funny thing happened... I couldn’t CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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Western Hog Journal | Fall 2014 | 19OPINION
his symptoms begin on the same day the family is serving
Thanksgiving turkey. Our young patient is too ill to eat, and
remains in his room feeling sorry for himself. After recovering
a couple of days later, the patient realizes he now can’t
stomach even the idea of eating turkey or pumpkin pie. His
illness had absolutely nothing to do with the Thanksgiving
meal, but his brain made the association for him. An aversion
like that can last years, or even decades.
Despite how irrational his response may seem, it’s actually a
complex reaction that has evolved to protect individuals from
When a customer returns a meat product, that’s an being poisoned. It’s easy to see how it could be beneficial.
opportunity for an intervention – and it’s an important Linking a medical illness to a food would not only prevent
intervention. Not only is there the chance for the retailer to an individual from eating a dangerous food again, but thanks
retain the customer, but the right kind of action at the right to our ability to communicate and our penchant for living in
time could cumulatively result in saving a consumer from an communities, we are able to transfer that knowledge to the rest
aversion to an entire meat category. of the tribe. In an evolutionary sense, it’s a brilliant strategy.
A few weeks after I returned the spoiled ribs, I gave the
incident some thought as I cruised the meat aisle while Think for one second about the last time that
doing my weekly grocery list. (My favourite part of every
grocery store trip is the meat aisle!) Taste aversion is a very somebody held out something in front of your
well documented behaviour, and it is observed in many face and said, “Ewww. Smell this – it’s terrible.”
species other than humans. On the surface, it can seem
illogical. An aversion to a specific food can develop because Think for one second about the last time that somebody held
of an association. For instance, a young man comes down out something in front of your face and said, “Ewww. Smell
with an illness that includes vomiting, and coincidentally this – it’s terrible.” And what happens 99 per cent of the time?
We take a deep breath, and then immediately regret that we
did. From time to time over the years, I legitimately puzzled
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over this human behaviour oddity. It’s almost as though we
are compelled to share an offensive-smelling substance with
anyone nearby, and it’s almost like we are compelled to share
in the experience by smelling it. After giving it (probably way
too much) thought, I suspect we ARE compelled to behave this
way in an effort to affirm a suspected danger, and again, to
transfer that knowledge to the herd.
So you can see then how just one package of spoiled ribs that
one person opens has the potential to possibly turn a whole
family against a specific cut of meat, or even against an
entire meat genre. Which is why the retailer is so important.
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HOT ISSUES
PEDv vaccine not a magic bullet, but will help
PEDv Vaccine By Bryan Passifiume
While Canadian producers are putting their hopes in a Services. “A sow could be naive and get re-infected if the virus
newly-approved American Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus is still present.”
(PEDv) vaccine, experts are cautioning the new medicine isn’t A paper released Sept. 2 by researchers at the University of
a magic bullet. Minnesota suggests the average immunity for a previously
Developed earlier this year and approved by the United infected sow is only four months. Seroconversion for naive
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) this past June, gilts on average took about five weeks, with re-infection still
Harrisvaccines was the first of many animal health firms possible, but markedly less difficult in previously infected sows.
developing vaccines to obtain license to market a vaccine for Doctor Marshall said that the purpose of the vaccine is to
the virus.
Earlier this year, the Canadian Food Inspection increase the immunity of sows to reduce instances of infection
Agency (CFIA) began granting permits for veterinarians to in affected farms, and to augment the natural feedback
import and use doses of the vaccine in Canada’s swine herd as inoculum present in milk.
a means to combat the outbreak.
“The idea is that we’re going to bolster existing sow
While the importation of nearly 200,000 doses of the immunity,” Marshall said. “It is not a magic bullet, but it’s
vaccine is seen as a good first step at keeping a handle on going to be a help.”
the disease, producers need to keep doing what they’ve been
doing since the outbreak began – continuing to be vigilant As piglets nurse, antibodies are passed from mother to
and biosecure. offspring through the milk. Studies suggest that neutralizing
antibodies don’t emerge in sows until two to three weeks
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Marshall said that results seen in trials in the U.S. are she said. “But we have to keep in mind that the USDA made
promising.
“Preliminary results show higher neutralizing PEDv reportable in June, so it’s mandatory that [producers]
antibodies in sows and piglets and in their milks. It’s secreted report and maintain a herd management plan. The USDA is
in the sow’s milk.” trying to get on top of this outbreak, as they’ve got a real
The efficacy of the current vaccine has shown promising mess on their hands.”
results, he said.
“Once we started using the vaccine in these Dr. Keenliside said that the latest numbers south of the border
infected herds, something changed.” he said. “We saw less suggest that upwards of eight million pigs have died in the
infections and more immunity.” U.S. due to PEDv, representing nearly 10 per cent of their
To date, over two million doses of the vaccine have been sold annual production.
in Canada and the United States.
While Harrisvaccines may “Not all of the cases are being reported yet under this new
have been first out of the gate, Marshall said that other firms legislation, so that may under-represent how many cases there
aren’t far behind with getting vaccines of their own on the really are,” she added.
Dr. Marshall said that while exact
market.
Zoetis, as well as several firms overseas are currently numbers aren’t available, estimates suggest that nearly 75 per
working on or testing PEDv vaccines. As well, Marshall said cent of the U.S. sow base has been infected.
“In hog-dense
there’s been progress on developing medicines to help treat areas, it’s going to be difficult to stop this,” he said.
infections, specifically to help reduce the shed of gut epithelial As for the Canadian outlook, Dr. Marshall said that
cells and intestinal villi that makes this disease so destructive. veterinarians in southwestern Ontario in a meeting earlier
Dr. Julia Keenliside, veterinary epidemiologist with Alberta this summer feel that they can get the outbreak under control
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the introduction of legislation that makes PED a reportable
outbreak.
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