Treating horses like pets restricts healthy movement and activity, critical social interaction in a herd, leads to unnatural feeding strategies and practices and can seriously impact a horse's health and well-being.
Tag Archives animal health
Your horse is not your pet
Horses have different care, handling and housing needs compared to other companion species like dogs or cats
Managing medicine shortages
Cattle producers often find bare shelves when they need animal health products
Cattle producers often find bare shelves when they need animal health products; here's how to deal with that problem.
Poultry disease avian metapneumovirus found in Manitoba
Avian metapneumovirus cases have also been detected in Ontario and the U.S.
Manitoba has three cases of avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), which can be mistaken for avian influenza. Other cases have popped up in Ontario and the U.S.
TV-star vet gets national honour
Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal was recognized by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association in June
Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal was recognized by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association in June.
Farm connections flagged in U.S. dairy bird flu spread
Shared equipment, workers may play roles in interstate spread
USDA investigation into U.S. bird flu in dairy cows suggests shared equipment and shared workers may have helped HPAI cross state lines.
Canadian milk tests for bird flu come up nil
CFIA says continued negatives support view that HPAI has not reached Canadian dairy cows
CFIA says continued negative test results in milk monitoring supports view that HPAI has infected Canadian dairy cows.
Biosecurity bill draws questions from Senate ag committee
Some senators said the bill should cover everyone who enters a livestock operation because anyone can pose a biosecurity threat
Senate scrutiny has begun on Bill C-275, the private member's bill to amend the Health of Animals Act, which would increase fines for those who unlawfully enter livestock barns and processing facilities.
Anti-activist bill back before Commons committee
Bill adds protections for biosecurity, farmers' mental health, Barlow says
A bill to create harsher penalties for unlawful entry onto farms and biosecure zones is back before the House of Commons after a previous iteration died on the order table in 2021. Conservative MP John Barlow brought forward Bill C-275, “an Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms),” as a private
Smoke inhalation can affect cattle
Research shows an effect in housed dairy cattle so outdoor beef animals are surely affected too
Wildfires have exceeded all records in the 2023 season. Both British Columbia and Alberta are expected to see more than two million hectares destroyed. There has been steady growth in the number and size of wildfires since the 1980s. Drought, global warming and storms are generally the culprits and there has been plenty of smoke
Vietnam approves commercial use of first African swine fever vaccines
U.S. Agriculture Secretary says farmers may purchase as precaution despite no domestic cases
Hanoi | Reuters – Vietnam has approved the domestic commercial use of two home-grown vaccines against African swine fever, the government said on Monday, making them the world’s first commercial vaccines against the deadly disease. The vaccines include NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine and scientists from the United States, and AVAC ASF LIVE
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
