Swine

Swine Health and Surveillance in Canada

With over 13 million pigs on Canadian farms, the swine sector is a large part of Canada’s agricultural economy and a key component contributor to our national food supply. It is also a leader in animal disease surveillance, and was the first in Canada to develop regional and national disease surveillance networks. CAHSS works closely to support the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence (CSHIN) Network, aimed at improving swine health and disease surveillance in Canada. It is co-funded by CAHSS, Canadian Pork Council, and the Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians.

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Key Documents

Swine Stakeholder Map

The CAHSS Swine Network includes members from all areas from the swine sector, including industry and veterinary associations, academia, laboratories, and provincial and federal governments.

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External Resources

Links to Canadian swine resources.

Animal Health Insights

A podcast series from CAHSS has been a useful tool to connect producers, veterinarians and pet owners on topics of animal health, disease surveillance and disease management practices across Canada.

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Ontario Association of Swine Veterinarians Conference 2025 - Video Recordings

Video one contains two presentations: 1) African Swine Fever (ASF) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) preparedness videos: What Swine Veterinarians Need to Know with expert Dr. Aruna Ambagala from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 2) Foot and Mouth Disease, Swine Vesicular Disease, Vesicular Stomatitis and Senecavirus A: What Swine Veterinarians Need to Know with expert Dr. Shawn Babiuk from the CFIA. Both presentations contain practical information and lots of photos that are geared toward knowledge transfer helping swine veterinarians be as prepared as possible for any of these FAD’s if ever found in Canada. Both presentations were recorded from live presentations at the Ontario Association of Swine Veterinarians (OASV) annual conference that took place on November 7, 2025.

Video two contains the live presentation with Dr. Francesca Calvetti, a veterinarian working with the European Commission documenting Lessons Learned from African Swine Fever in the European Union (EU). Dr. Calvetti provided an update on the epidemiological situation with ASF in the EU, and update on policies and measures that are in place within the EU and then provided very insightful lessons learned overview on items that we could use to further our preparedness efforts here in Canada. This presentation contains practical information that is geared toward knowledge transfer helping swine veterinarians and those working in areas of animal disease response roles to be as prepared as possible providing knowledge on what worked and what didn’t work for response in the EU thus far. This presentation was recorded from a live presentation at the Ontario Association of Swine Veterinarians (OASV) annual conference that took place November 7, 2025.

CanSpotASF Program

African swine fever (ASF) can cause severe disease and mortality in swine. ASF is not present in Canada at this time, however outbreaks in other parts of the world and international movement of people and goods increase the risk that the disease could arrive in Canada. If ASF is introduced in any pig in Canada, borders will close, and trade of live pigs and pork products will stop.

CanSpotASF is the national surveillance program for early detection of African swine fever (ASF) in swine in Canada. It is meant to be an enhanced surveillance activity that aims to protect the commercial swine sector. CanSpotASF is a voluntary program implemented across Canada.

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