date:May 24, 2012
More than $150,000 (US$146,127) will go toward improving the air quality in swine barns by validating the use of an electrostatic space charge system (ESCS) in commercial swine and poultry operations, according to the government. Experiments will be conducted to verify the efficiency of the ESCS in removing dust and destroy pathogens that carry the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). The financial impact of the disease to the Canadian pork industry is an estimated $130 million