CANADA - The Chair of Manitoba Pork suggests the Canadian and US pork industries can best address the risks posed by swine disease and prepare for the potential introduction of a foreign animal disease outbreak by working together, Bruce Cochrane writes.On Tuesday pork industry representatives gathered in Minneapolis for the Canada-US Upper Midwest Pork Industry Summit.The primary focus of the summit was swine health and how stakeholders in the US and Canada can work together to mitigate the diseases that affect swine.George Matheson, the Chair of Manitoba Pork, says we have a big long open border and we need a continental approach to disease management in North America and we need better information sharing about disease incidence and prevalence.

　　布鲁斯·科克伦(Bruce Cochrane)写道，据加拿大曼尼托巴省猪肉协会主席称，加拿大和美国的养猪业可以通力合作，以此更好的处理生猪疾病带来的风险，并为潜在的国外动物疾病疫情传染做好准备。加拿大与美国的中西部偏北地区养猪峰会在周二的美国明尼阿波里斯市召开，许多养猪行业的代表汇聚于此。会议的主要焦点在生猪健康方面，还有如何让美国和加拿大的利益相关者们展开合作，以解决影响生猪的疾病。曼尼托巴省猪肉协会主席乔治马西森(George Matheson)说：“我们开放的贸易边境线巨大而蜿蜒，北美需要一个在本地界管理疾病的主意，美国和加拿大需要更多的分享有关发病率和患病率信息。”