Researchers have successfully detected prions in inoculated rodents using two methods, Science Daily reports. Prions are protein particles that cause BSE in cattle, chronic wasting disease in elk and deer, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Right now detecting the disease is difficult, generally requiring a biopsy or autopsy so brain tissue can be examined. Dr. […] Read more
Researchers detect prions with skin tests
Research: News Roundup from the March 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
More Cattlemen’s Young Leaders enter the program
NewsMakers from the March 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Annessa Good, Bree Patterson and Dean Sentes are three of the young people accepted into the 2018/2019 Cattlemen’s Young Leader Program. Annessa Good hails from a mixed farm at Cremona, Alta. Good studied business, specializing in supply chain management, at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Good worked in various industries before moving back to the […] Read more
University of Saskatchewan scientists investigating effects of sulphates on cattle health
Research: News Roundup from the March 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
University of Saskatchewan researchers are studying the effects of high sulphate levels in the drinking water of cattle. When cattle drink water with high sulphate levels, the sulphates bind trace minerals in the animals’ rumens, preventing them from absorbing necessary minerals. Potential effects include diarrhea, reduced fertility and milk production, slow growth, a depressed immune […] Read more
History: Wild Cattle of the Queen Charlotte Islands
Reprinted from the September 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Wild Cattle of the Queen Charlotte Islands By P. W. Luce, Vancouver, B.C. ‘Canada has wild cattle. Every beef grower in the western provinces will agree to this without argument. He could, with considerable trouble, produce some of his own as evidence. His hired men could exhibit a few honorable scars as supplementary proof. But […] Read more
Local producer groups take reins of guest instructor opportunity at Assiniboine Community College
Associations: News Roundup from the March 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Students studying forage and pasture management at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Man., are getting a little more mud on their boots and some real-life experiences rolled into their course curriculum this winter session. Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) and Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) have designed a guest-instructor schedule from the excellent […] Read more
Boehringer and University of Saskatchewan announce partnership
Research: News Roundup from the March 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The University of Saskatchewan and Boehringer Ingelheim Canada have launched a five-year partnership and announced a $250,000 funding boost from Boehringer. Boehringer’s contribution will support cow-calf research and data collection on animal safety and handling techniques at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence’s new Boehringer Ingelheim Cattle Handling and Teaching Unit, located at Clavet, […] Read more
History: Alberta place names
Reprinted from the August 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
By Reverend James W. Morrow, Medicine Hat, Alta., abridged from the August 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
By Reverend James W. Morrow, Medicine Hat, Alta. Dunmore Dunmore is named after a well-known British nobleman who visited Western Canada in 1888, and who was a very large shareholder in the company floated by Sir Lester Kaye in England, which tried farming on a large scale from 1885 to 1894, having many thousands of […] Read more
Info for beef producers exporting to the European Union
Management: News Roundup from the February 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
The Manitoba Beef Producers and Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association are linking beef producers who want to export to the EU with veterinarians who can certify their operations. “Through the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada has the tremendous opportunity to ship as much as 50,000 tonnes of beef to Europe annually,” Tom […] Read more
Scientists unearth soil property that combats chronic wasting disease
Research: News Roundup from the February 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
University of Alberta scientists have found that naturally occurring soil compounds can reduce chronic wasting disease in the environment. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is within the same family as BSE and is fatal to mule and white-tail deer, moose, caribou and elk. Infected animals can contaminate soil through urine, feces and saliva. Decaying carcasses also […] Read more
History: Death Rode the Blast
Reprinted from the August 1951 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Death Rode the Blast By Robert J. Roder, Nakusp, B.C. ‘When raging blizzards sweep devilish fury across the scantily sheltered plains of east central and southern Alberta, old timers are very apt to pull their chairs to the sides of roaring rosy-cheeked heaters and start recalling the hardships, comedies and tragedies of pioneer days. Among […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
