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Animal health surveillance activities
Western Canadian animal health surveillance activities
Animal health surveillance programs across the four western provinces
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Type (Project/Program):
Program
Surveillance Type:
Active
Animal Type:
Swine
Disease Agent:
Campylobacter;
E. coli;
Salmonella
Disease Agent Type:
Bacteria
Organization:
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Region:
Alberta;
British Columbia;
Manitoba;
Ontario;
Quebec;
Saskatchewan
Production System:
"Commercial, large-scale"
Topic:
Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance
Media Type:
Report
Surveillance Start Date
Jan/02/2020
Surveillance End Date
ongoing
Project End Date
ongoing
Website
CIPARS
Report
Report
Dec/20/2020
Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)Swine
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CIPARS surveillance for AMR in swine occurs on farm, at abattoir and from retail meat. Farm Samples are collected in BC, AB, SK, ON, and QC. On farm, pooled fecal samples are collected from swine that are close to market weight throughout the year. Samples are cultured for Salmonella and E. coli. Caecal samples collected at abattoirs are cultured for Salmonella, E. coli, and Campylobacter. Retail meat samples are cultured for E. coli and Salmonella. Salmonella are isolated from pork mainly to provide recovery estimates from this commodity for other Public Health Agency of Canada programs. Because the prevalence of Salmonella in pork is low, antimicrobial susceptibility results are not presented on an annual basis but are pooled and presented over a multi-year period in the interest of precision. Recovery of Campylobacter from pork is not attempted because of the low prevalence observed in the initial stages of Retail Meat Surveillance. Samples positive for Salmonella or E. coli are tested for resistance to Aminoglycosides, Beta-Lactams, Folate pathway inhibitors, Macrolides, Phenicols, Quinolones, and Tetracyclines. Samples positive for Campylobacter are tested for resistance to Aminoglycosides, Ketolides, Lincosamides, Macrolides, Phenicols, Quinolones, and Tetracyclines.