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Grounds for a failed feedlot audit
Beef Cattle, Finishers

Grounds for a failed feedlot audit

Canadian feedlot animal care assessment — Part 7

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Animal neglect generally brings to mind images of pets and farm animals lacking adequate feed, water and shelter. While these are serious acts of neglect, so too is trying too hard to keep failing animals alive. The Canadian Feedlot Animal Care Assessment Program places “failing to euthanize a distressed animal in a timely manner” at […] Read more
young brown or red calf in straw
Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Veal code of practice out for comment

Animal Welfare: News Roundup from the November 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The committee working on updating Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal Cattle is on target to publish a draft following its seventh and final meeting in late October. A start date for the 60-day public comment period will be announced some time afterward by the National Farm Animal Care Council […] Read more
truck hauling livestock
Beef Cattle, Finishers, News Roundup

Cattle transportation practices

Canadian feedlot animal care assessment — Part 6

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Do your feedlot employees know when new cattle will arrive and cattle need to be shipped out? Are you prepared for weather extremes when shipping and receiving to provide protection from extreme cold, heat, mud and snow? Will someone be available during unloading or are instructions posted for truckers? Do your receiving pens provide shelter, […] Read more
Feeding and pen environment
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Feeding and pen environment

Canadian feedlot animal care assessment — Part 5

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The starting point for assessing a feedlot’s nutrition and feeding program is documentation about the feeding program along with feed records, either on a computer or hard copy. Ten points are awarded for working with a nutritionist and/or veterinarian to ensure rations meet requirements for all classes of cattle, along with two points for each […] Read more
Comment, Livestock

Comment: And now, for the good news

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With markets still on the sour side and winter around the corner it’s time for some good news to lift the gloom of shorter days to come. We need look no further than Ottawa, where on October 5, our members of parliament defeated Bill C-246, a private member’s bill put forward in February by Toronto […] Read more
Auditing facilities and cattle handling
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Auditing facilities and cattle handling

Canadian feedlot animal care assessment — Part 4

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Properly constructed facilities and appropriate cattle-handling equipment confine cattle safely and efficiently with minimal stress and risk of injury to cattle and workers, going a long way to help alleviate much of the stress and frustration staff experience when working with excited, stubborn or aggressive animals. Auditors award five points if facilities and equipment are […] Read more
The long road to building public trust
Features, Livestock

The long road to building public trust

Insights into research by the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity

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Spring is the time of year on farms when everything in the world seems right. What a reality check then to read in early June that Canadians aren’t sure today’s agriculture qualifies as farming, and half of Canadian consumers are unsure whether the Canadian food system is headed in the right direction. These are key […] Read more
Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s bill to tighten animal cruelty legislation in Canada has been voted down in the Commons on second reading. (NErskine-Smith.liberal.ca)
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Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

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A federal private member’s bill meant to tighten animal cruelty laws in Canada — alarming farm organizations and energizing animal welfare groups en route — has gone the way of most private members’ bills. Bill C-246, introduced in February by Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and given first reading, died Wednesday in the House of […] Read more
The auditor will ask about training for the animal-health crew and the training records.
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Animal health management

Canadian feedlot animal care assessment — Part 3

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Animal health management is the foundation of animal care and one of the most detailed sections of a feedlot audit under the Canadian Feedlot Animal Care Assessment Program. It accounts for a possible 85 to 110 points depending on the size of your feedlot and the protocols you follow. Another 70 points are available by […] Read more

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