Prevention of Commingling
direct sales to avoid auction separating high risk animal pens with low risk animal pens (ex at feedlot)
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Dairy Cattle
Wildlife Considerations
Think you have a closed herd? Think again. – BeefResearch.ca ‘Disperse abroad in the land’: the role of wildlife in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance | Biology Letters (royalsocietypublishing.org) Frontiers | Wildlife as Sentinels of Antimicrobial Resistance in Germany? (frontiersin.org)
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Holding Pond Liners
What is it? Holding pond liners create an impermeable barrier between potential contaminants and the groundwater [1]. Holding ponds, sometimes also referred to as lagoons, are used to collect runoff from the controlled drainage area of a feedlot. This runoff contains manure constituents that could present a serious ecological hazard if allowed into the groundwater.
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Veterinarian Client Patient Relationship
What is it? A Veterinarian Client Patient Relationship (VCPR) is the foundation of any interactions that occur between a veterinarian, the client (i.e., owner, operator, rancher), and the patients (i.e., the livestock). A VCPR must exist before a veterinarian can provide services, such as prescribing or administering drugs. The conditions of a valid VCPR include
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Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
What is it? The Canadian Government created the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, or CARSS, in response to the growing global concern about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) [1]. The first CARSS report was issued in March 2015. CARSS monitors antimicrobial use (AMU) and AMR in Canada by integrating data from various surveillance systems, including CIPARS [1].
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Antimicrobial Drug Disposal
What is it? The safe disposal of unused or expired antibiotics is an essential component of antibiotic resistance management. Improper disposal can cause traces of pharmaceutical drugs in the environment, including both the soil and water [1]. The trace concentrations can build up over time and have adverse effects on human, animal, and environmental health.
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Composting
What is it? Composting is the process of recycling organic matter into a usable product that can return nutrients to the environment. The composting process involves microorganisms breaking down the material and consuming oxygen, which creates water vapour, carbon dioxide, and heat [1]. This heat, which can cause the compost to reach temperatures of over
Auto-Dosing Gun
What is it? An Auto-Dosing Gun, also referred to as a Smart Dosing Gun, is a tool used to administer veterinary medicines to livestock. Administration methods such as injection, oral drenching, or pour-on may be used with different attachments to the device. The aim of the device is to deliver accurate and consistent doses. To
Phage Therapy
What is it? The Bacteriophage. Video produced by Kurzgesagt – In a nutshell and created with scientific advice and editing by James Gurney. Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect bacteria [1]. Phages are smaller and more abundant than bacteria and can be found all around the globe. Similar to viruses, phages are species-specific and
