Livestock Management
Producers who bought the veterinary drug Penpro and didn’t receive dosage instructions should return it to the retailer. Health Canada issued an advisory last week warning that administering the wrong dose could cause an allergic reaction or pain and irritation at the injection site. Penpro is a non-prescription penicillin used to treat bacterial infections in […] Read more
Livestock Management
Vet drug warning issued
Alberta postpones mandatory age ID
The Alberta government has backed away from mandatory age verification of cattle. Compulsory birth date registration in Alberta was to take effect April 1, 2007, but the province decided to suspend the target date until it learns more about the federal announcement of a national traceability program. Also, there have been lots of registrations with […] Read more
Grazing clubs offer farmer support, advice
Grazing clubs are like Weight Watchers. Everyone has their own goal, but they rely on the group’s support to reach that goal. Whether it is losing weight or growing grass, people work better with the support of others, said Arnold Mattson with the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. Since Mattson helped organize the first grazing club […] Read more
Custom grazing requires owner’s attention
Have you seen your cows lately? The Saskatchewan SPCA asks that question in a brochure it distributes to prevent situations like the one that occurred in northwestern Saskatchewan last month. Lenard Carpenter of Vermilion, Alta., was fined $1,500 and banned for two years from owning or have custody of cattle in Saskatchewan. He pleaded guilty […] Read more
Vet technologists serve nurse’s role
They don’t make diagnoses or prescribe medications but can be found dissecting specimens in necropsy labs, managing X-rays and blood samples and dispensing information to pet owners in animal clinics. Veterinary technologists support animal health services and veterinarians, said Lois Ridgway, president of the Canadian Association of Veterinary Technologists. “We say we’re like veterinary nurses,” […] Read more
U of Calgary delays vet school
The University of Calgary veterinary medicine school does not expect to open until 2008. The new school had planned to start accepting students in fall 2007 but it needs more time to recruit professors and build facilities, said dean Alastair Cribb in a News release news. The college approval body, the American Veterinary Medical Association’s […] Read more
North American beef image still tainted
When the first Japanese case of BSE was announced on Sept. 10, 2001, there was a ripple effect on the world beef industry, says a senior vice-president with Cargill’s meat division. Media hype fuelled fears about people contracting a variant BSE type condition called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from eating contaminated beef. The Japanese government mishanded information […] Read more
Electronic ID put to test in Alta.
FORT MACLEOD, Alta. – Advanced animal identification technology is coming to Alberta auction markets next year. A pilot project to test electronic cattle identification readers at the Vold, Jones and Vold market in Ponoka, Burnt Lake Auction in Red Deer and the auction market in Fort Macleod is offering quick information transfer to track animal […] Read more
Livestock sector ignores importance of vitamins
They’re tiny things with a big impact, but just how important vitamins are for animal nutrition is a mystery because no one really studies them any more, a Quebec animal nutrition specialist says. “It’s a real challenge for the future of production,” said Jacques Matte, an Agriculture Canada researcher from Lennoxville, Que., in an interview […] Read more
Canada makes inroads in beef markets
The next time a Canadian tourist in Hong Kong orders a Yoshinoya beef bowl, it will be like a taste of home. The Japanese fast food company has a large following in Asia, with about 1,000 outlets in Japan, 30 in Hong Kong and others in China, Malaysia and California. The company relies entirely on […] Read more
