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When a horse sustains a laceration to one of its lower limbs, the functional and cosmetic outcome is greatly improved with early veterinary intervention.
Livestock, Other livestock

Dealing with the eight top equine emergencies

When to call the vet and what to do until he or she arrives

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Most horse owners will at some time encounter an emergency. Recognizing a true veterinary emergency and knowing appropriate first aid care until the veterinarian arrives can substantially improve the equine patient’s outcome. Colic is the most common cause for emergency calls. Colic is a broad term which describes abdominal pain or “pain in the belly.”
Acupuncture needles are placed on specific points along the coronary band for the treatment or prevention of disease.  Photo: Carol Shwetz
Livestock, Other livestock

More horse owners seeking alternative therapies

Veterinary and alternative therapies can be part of an integrated treatment plan

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Seeking solutions to help horses heal and feel better outside of traditional and conventional veterinary medicine is becoming increasingly commonplace. Horse owners are not necessarily rejecting conventional medicine, rather they simply feel that alternative modalities offer complementary approaches. For example in addition to using anti-inflammatory drugs to ease muscle pain, they may also use chiropractic,
Livestock

Beef 911: Hyperthermia (overheating) in farm animals

Calving during hot weather with no shade is a recipe for trouble

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Every year during the first few hot days of summer we hear media warnings about leaving pets unattended in closed vehicles, where temperatures can rise to over 50 C. We often don’t realize how susceptible livestock are to the same condition. Many a farmer or veterinarian has been fooled by symptoms resembling a toxemia or
Opinion

Coming clean on antibiotics

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Canadian health and veterinary authorities have been discussing the virtually unregulated and poorly monitored antibiotic use in farm animals since the late 1990s. Now Health Canada is starting to do something about it. In new protocols to be phased in over the next three years, producers wishing to use antibiotics considered important to human medicine
Livestock

Beef 911: On-farm semen collection is a valuable tool

With a valuable bull, on-farm collection becomes like an insurance plan preserving his genetics for the future

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This is the time of year when either your own hot breeding prospects or ones for sale are coming to the forefront. A good insurance plan is collecting semen on these hot new or proven prospects, especially when you incorporate artificial insemination into your program. This article will review some of the finer points of
Cases of strawberry foot rot may go unnoticed because there is not much swelling evident at first.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Strawberry foot rot is on the increase in feedlots

An infection previously mostly found in dairy cattle is showing up in some western feedlots

It has come to my attention that “strawberry foot rot” or “hairy heel wart” or “Montellaros disease,” which was once considered a dairy disease is now making its way into feedlots in Eastern Canada. The disease is potentially caused by a treponema bacteria. The infection starts at the back of the hoof on or near
Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef 911: Working with your vet will improve your bottom line

With higher cattle prices, some consultation can be a good investment


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The cattle market has rebounded significantly in recent months to the point where a large, mature bull could bring upwards of $2,000. This will no doubt increase the calls veterinarians will get to look at sick calves, as well as dealing with production losses from decreased weight gains or lack of cows getting pregnant, which

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