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Vet college’s full accreditation survives funding cut

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 28, 2018

The looming exit of one of its major funding partners notwithstanding, the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) has earned full accreditation through 2024. The American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Council on Education, the accrediting body for veterinary colleges in North America, recently confirmed Saskatoon-based WCVM’s status as “Accredited (w/minor deficiency).” “Minor […] Read more

A notice cancelling the water rights of an Alberta cattle producer was discovered to have been sent in error.

News, News Roundup

Water rights dominate Western Stock Growers’ Association meeting

Associations: News Roundup from the April 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2018

The status of historic water rights for Alberta ranchers dominated the 2018 annual meeting of the Western Stock Growers’ Association February 21 in Red Deer, Alta. Newly re-elected WSGA president Aaron Brower introduced the topic after running a two-month battle with provincial officials to avoid the cancellation of his water rights application that was filed […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Comment, Pulses

Comment: An opportunity for youth

By Gren Winslow March 6, 2018

It’s not often you hear from a pulse processor when you go to a cattle convention, but Murad Al-Katib isn’t any pulse processor. Starting with one pulse processing facility in Saskatchewan he has built AGT Foods today into an operation with plants in Canada, the U.S., Turkey, Australia, China and South Africa and more than […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Well-timed updates on bull scrotal circumference

The third edition of the Bull Breeding Soundness outlines a few changes

By Roy Lewis Dvm February 15, 2018

The Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners (WCABP) has published a third edition of the Bull Breeding Soundness manual written by Dr. Albert D. Barth, which contains some changes to the accepted minimal scrotal circumference for the different breeds at different ages. The old standard was a few years old so this new version is […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Features

BVD testing in cattle

How cattle can be exposed and what measures to take if they test positive

By Heather Smith Thomas January 3, 2018

BVD (bovine viral diarrhea) virus is a tricky pathogen that can affect cattle in different ways. It can cause abortion, mummification of a fetus, birth defects, stillborn full-term calves, normal-looking calves with immune deficiencies, and acute or chronic illness. BVD is an indirect cause of many other types of disease because it has adverse effects […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Forages, Research

Abnormal weather doesn’t grow average forage

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen October 24, 2017

Averages are useful statistics, but sometimes averages can be misleading. As the University of Saskatchewan’s late Iain Christison said, “the average human has one breast and one testicle.” Canada’s rainfall may be close to average this year — but much of the country is experiencing severe drought, and most of the rest is soaked. Either […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Culling on temperament and maternal behaviour

By Heather Smith Thomas October 17, 2017

Joe Stookey, a cattle producer and recently retired professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, says no one really wants to cull a pregnant cow, but sometimes you need to look hard at other reasons. Some years back, one of his students did a project looking at culling, and talked to many […] Read more

Livestock

Alberta to reallocate veterinary school funding

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 12, 2017

Alberta is set to gradually pull its $8 million in annual funding from the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and instead expand the vet school at the University of Calgary. The province announced Thursday it will expand enrolment for the University of Calgary’s Veterinary Medicine program (UCVM) from 130 students currently […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

A proper dosage of antibiotics is crucial for efficiency

Animal Health with Heather Smith Thomas

By Heather Smith Thomas September 22, 2017

When treating cattle with antibiotics, dewormers and other medications, it is important to use the proper dosage — which is generally determined by the weight of the animal. Thus it is crucial to know, not guess the weight. Under-dosing may not give the desired results, and overdosing in some instances can be harmful. In the […] Read more

Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Western Beef Development Centre on the move

Research: News Roundup from the August 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 23, 2017

This year’s summer field day at the Western Beef Development Centre (WBDC) marked the end of an era at Termuende Research Ranch, but the Termuende family legacy that underpinned the development of a dedicated forage-beef research and outreach program will live on when the WBDC program moves to the new Livestock and Forage Centre of […] Read more

Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb, lean hogs also rise

U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns

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Vet college’s full accreditation survives funding cut

Water rights dominate Western Stock Growers’ Association meeting

Comment: An opportunity for youth

Well-timed updates on bull scrotal circumference

BVD testing in cattle

Abnormal weather doesn’t grow average forage

Culling on temperament and maternal behaviour

Alberta to reallocate veterinary school funding

A proper dosage of antibiotics is crucial for efficiency

Western Beef Development Centre on the move

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