Personalised pig vaccines in the future


Personalised vaccines for pig populations are likely to form part of the future of veterinary medicine. That prediction was made by Prof John Harding, associated with the University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada. He addressed the audience during the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress, in Dublin, Ireland, in June. His presentation, called ‘Will genomics spell the end of vaccines?’, formed part of the satel- lite symposium organised by animal health company Boehringer Ingelheim. To illustrate the key question of his presentation, in the field of meat quality, Harding pointed to the discovery of the HAL-1843 mutation associat- ed with Porcine Stress Syndrome (PSS). When thinking of disease, he also mentioned the recessive FUT1 mutation associated with resistance to F18 E. coli diarrhoea. He said, with genome sequencing having become affordable over the years it isn’t unthinkable that increasingly answers at a genomic level will be found to questions like why some ani- mals fall ill to certain diseases, whereas others seem to be resistant. Harding said, “It is, how- ever, also unlikely that genomics alone will solve all of the swine industry’s disease chal- lenges in the 21st century. The important question is: 'How can the application of genomics build on the successes of vaccinolo-


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gy to improve swine health'?” He identified three major ways: 1. Selection of animals with improved vaccine response. 2. Identification of higher risk animals to jus- tify high-end vaccine strategies and/or inten- sive monitoring. 3. Development of novel vaccines for targeted populations based on anticipated immune response genotypes.


Producer optimism at 2016 World Pork Expo


The 2016 edition of the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA, United States attracted more than 20,000 producers and agricultural profes- sionals, including 1,100 international guests from 35 countries. The 28th


edition of the event,


organised by the US National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) was held 8-10 June. This year’s offering involved 435 commercial exihibits from companies based in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Singapore, Mexico, South Korea, Denmark, China, Canada and Australia. A newly renovated outdoor exhibit space show- cased even more allied industry displays and hospitality tents this year. More than a dozen free business seminars and Pork Academy presentations updated pork pro- ducers. Sessions addressed topics, outlining the importance of cyber security, how to prepare for a common industry audit and the upcoming changes to on-farm antibiotic use beginning in 2017. Next year’s edition of the World Pork Expo is planned for 7-9 June.


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