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In the not-too-distant future, beef producers may be able to add reduced disease susceptibility, also described as robustness, to the list of beef animal traits when making breeding and management decisions. A study involving the universities of Alberta and Calgary and GrowSafe Systems of Airdrie is moving along nicely into the second year of a […] Read more

Mac and Pat Creech of M.C. Quantock Livestock just north of Lloyminster, have carved a niche for themselves in the Canadian cattle industry as Canada s Bull Supplier selling more than 8,800 purebred and hybrid bulls at some 42 sales they ve hosted through the years. Now, they have put together their first and perhaps […] Read more

Observing changes in animal behaviour has long been used by producers and veterinarians when assessing animal health. However, using animal behaviour to actually measure pain is a relatively new science because researchers have first had to develop techniques to put hard numbers to what has traditionally been considered a subjective analysis. Objective measurements of physiological […] Read more

The welcome mat was rolled out for some very special guests at three of Canada s veterinary medicine schools during the summer break. For the 13th year running, aspiring young veterinarians filled vet-med summer camps to the max at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) in Charlottetown, P.E.I., and the idea has now caught on at […] Read more