Your partner for prevention,
planning and intervention
against targeted swine diseases
Welcome to the EQSP website
Our mission
Équipe quebecoise de santé porcine (EQSP) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to work, in concert with government authorities and stakeholders in the pork industry, to prevent, plan and intervene against targeted swine diseases in order to minimize their potential impacts on the entire Quebec sector.
Mandate and objectives
- Minimize the economic and human impact of targeted swine diseases on producers and partners in the pork industry and other agriculture-related sectors in the case of notifiable swine diseases;
- Ensure the rapid and effective implementation and sustainability of the emergency measures plan for the Quebec pork industry;
- Harmonize the operation and actions of the EQSP with government authorities and other stakeholders in the pork sector regarding notifiable diseases and other targeted swine diseases;
- Serve as a unified voice for the industry in dealing with government authorities on issues related to swine health emergency measures and other targeted interventions, as appropriate; and
- Raise awareness among sector stakeholders of the EQSP’s emergency measures plan and the biosecurity or other measures to be put in place to prevent the incursion and spread of targeted swine diseases in Quebec.
Coordinate the development and implementation of a provincial strategy aimed at generally improving the health status of Quebec pig herds, with a view to better responding to evolving market concerns and improving the competitiveness of the pig industry.
Fields of activity
News
Emergency line
This emergency telephone line service is managed by Les Éleveurs de porcs du Québec and intended for Quebec pig farmers.
When to call?
To these farmers, for any health problem of your pigs, first consult your veterinarian.
If the latter informs you of a suspicion or confirmation of the presence of one of the following diseases:
- Porcine brucellosis
- Porcine cysticercosis
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Anthrax
- Aujeszky’s disease
- Swine vesicular disease
- African swine fever (ASF)
- Classical swine fever (CSF)
- Rabies
- Vesicular stomatitis
- Trichinosis
- Bovine tuberculosis
Please immediately contact the emergency line at 1-866-218-3042. The Pig Farmers will relay the information to the Équipe quebecoise de santé porcine (EQSP) if necessary.
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