Membership of the WeCAHN expert beef network includes 4 beef cow-calf veterinary practitioners, 1 feedlot practitioner, laboratory diagnosticians, veterinary college researchers, provincial ministry staff including veterinary epidemiologists, and representatives from the Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network (C3SN) and the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) feedlot program.
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1. Beef Cattle Medicine Course: The Beef Cattle Medicine Course delivers basic information to beef cattle producers on how to use animal health products responsibly, providing the necessary foundation upon which producers can work with their veterinarian to build their herd health programs and ensure continued access to pharmaceuticals that are effective, to ensure animal health, welfare, and performance, and reduce costs of production . LINK
2. Canadian Cow-calf Health and Productivity Enhancement Network (C3H/PEN). This network will help cattle producers and veterinary professionals understand the performance, management, health and disease, and economic viability of cow-calf operations nationwide. Participating producers will complete annual surveys of their herd, for which there is an honorarium, with sampling of some animals and reporting back of own herd findings at no cost.
For more information or to join the network please contact c3h.pen@usask.ca
3. Canadian Feedlot Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program (CFAASP). New infographics are available describing in-feed and injectable AMU for 2019-2022, plus the AMR results for enterics and BRD pathogens Update for 2022. LINK
4. Beef Cattle Vaccine Project: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A team of western experts including beef veterinarians and producers drafted guidelines for vaccine use in western Canadian beef cow-calf herds, and created user-friendly information including podcasts, webinars, videos, infographics, and factsheets. LINK
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