Prairie Swine Centre has received funding for a research project with the overall goal of determining whether the pattern of antibiotics usage in farms is correlated with the prevalence of specific pig pathogens as well as antimicrobial resistance. In this study, we will conduct a 2-year longitudinal surveillance monitoring of on-farm usage of antibiotics, as well as periodically collect samples in and around pig production barns and analyze these for the presence of selected pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes. Hence, we are looking for a set of RWA and non-RWA barns to participate in the study.
