Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) is a non-profit research and technology corporation affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. The Centre's Mission: We provide solutions through knowledge that ensures a profitable and sustainable pork industry and in so doing secure a prosperous future for our stakeholders and staff. The Centre's unique relationship with the pork industry has spanned for over 25 years of financial support and research priority input from the pork industry. This industry focus is enhanced with collaborative projects in pig productivity, operating costs, animal welfare, human health, and the environment. This multi-disciplinary approach is supported with scientists in nutrition, ethology and engineering. Facilities include a 300 sow farrow to finish research herd, specialized animal production, laboratory and surgery, additionally large-scale trials are operated on commercial farms. The Centre fulfills the needs of researchers in many disciplines through the use of the pig as a model for human health and nutrition.
Total Number of Employees: 30
Total Number of Researchers: 6
Accreditations:
- Canadian Council of Animal Care
Capabilities:
- Pig Production
- Pig Behaviour
- Air Quality and Manure Management
- Contract Research for Feed Additives
- Pharmaceuticals
- Vaccines
- Feed Ingredients
- Equipment
Unique Equipment or Resources:
- Metabolism Crates
- Individual Pig Feeding and Treatment
- GLP/GCP Trained Staff and Regulatory Trials
Areas of Expertise:
- Animal Nutrition
- Human Nutrition
- Animal Disease
- Animal Ethology
- Clinical/ Analytical Trials
- Engineering
- Contract Research
- Waste Management
Contact:
Name: Murray Pettitt, CEO
Website: Prairie Swine Centre
Tel: (306) 667-7447
Fax: (306) 955-2510
Address: Floral Road, RR#5
Saskatoon, SK S7K 3J8
Canada
