Surveillance initiative library - Laboratory investigation on streptococcus in swine

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Type (Project/Program):

Project;
Disease investigation

Surveillance type:

Passive;
N/A

Animal type:

Swine

Disease agent:

Streptococcus

Disease agent type:

Bacteria

Organization:

Canada West Swine Health Information Network (CWSHIN)

Region:

Alberta;
British Columbia;
Manitoba;
Saskatchewan

Production system:

Commercial, large-scale

Topic:

Endemic

Surveillance Start Date

Mar/15/2021

Surveillance End Date

Aug/15/2021

Project End Date

Aug/15/2021

Apr/01/2021

Laboratory investigation on streptococcus in swine

Streptococcus suis is one of the most common diseases in swine and associated with septicemia in younger pigs. Since 2019 the occurrence of Streptococcus suis in swine has been on the rise causing increasing calls for better tools in order to deal with this pathogen. The purpose of this project is to create more and better tools to deal with the problem.