Vet drug firm appoints chief veterinary officer
Jaguar Animal Health has appointed Philippe Brianceau as chief veterinary officer.
He was previously director of global pharmaceutical project development at Merck Animal Health, where he led new product development teams for companion and livestock animals.
He was also director of the company’s U.S. clinical research for four years and oversaw field study operations and clinical development plans for new animal drugs.
Canola research receives funding
Research to increase canola yields is receiving more than $980,000 in funding from the federal government and the Canola Council of Canada.
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The funding is part of the industry’s plan to meet 26 million tonnes of global demand and increase yields to 52 bushels per acre by 2025
The research will include disease management, stand establishment and fertility management.
Livestock disease research receives funding
The University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College will receive up to $709,138 in federal funding to create diagnostic tests.
Researchers will develop a new testing method that is expected to screen and test for more pathogens in a faster, more sensitive and cost effective manner.
The main goal is to develop tests that will show multiple viruses from a single sample.
They will target diseases with the highest economic risk, including swine enteric viruses and bovine respiratory and enteric viruses.
New variety research agreement reached
The federal government and Western Grains Research Foundation have signed a new five-year $21 million research agreement to support Agriculture Canada wheat and barley breeding until 2020.
The funding originated from farmer checkoffs on wheat and barley sold in Western Canada and represents a record investment in Agriculture Canada research.
It will reinforce further research in plant pathology and physiology, entomology and grain quality and enable specialized research equipment upgrades.
The research will include:
- potentially devastating wheat and barley diseases, such as fusarium head blight
- enhancing insect resistance
- environmental stresses such as drought and flooding
- developing genetic markers for plant breeding selection
Dairy research receives funding
Dairy research will receive $1.75 million in federal funding to help boost milk yields and improve understanding of the health effects of dairy fat.
It will enable Dairy Farmers of Canada to access research from Agriculture Canada, bringing the total funding to $13.75 million.
The new money will support research for enhancing the energy of forage crops as related to milk production and studying the effect of dairy fat products on cardio-vascular health in humans.
Prairie conservation award winners announced
Ross Ranch of Alberta, Peggy Westhorpe of Manitoba and Luc Delanoy of Saskatchewan received Prairie Conservation Awards during the Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference in Saskatoon.
The awards are granted once every three years to recipients who have made long-term contributions to native prairie habitat or species at risk conservation.
As well, Young Professional Stewardship Grants were awarded to Laura Griffin of Alberta, Aaron Bell of Saskatchewan and Jordan Becker of Manitoba.
