Month: August 2016

The Need for Change is Now! CVMA Asks for Your Support for Bill C-246 The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association is asking veterinary professionals to help ensure Bill C-246 passes the September 28 vote by contacting local MPs to encourage them to vote in favour of the Bill. Below is content for distribution and links to …

Support needed now for Bill C-246 Modernizing Animal Protections Act Read More »

A horse has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) in the South West Corner of SK (near Ponteix, SK), in August 2016. West Nile Virus in horses is a notifiable disease in Saskatchewan. If your clinic diagnoses a case of WNV it must be reported within 24 hours to the Provincial Chief Veterinary Officer, …

Equine West Nile virus positive case Read More »

Recruiting Volunteers: Veterinarians without Borders/Vétérinaires sans frontières (VWB/VSF-Canada) Veterinarians without Borders/Vétérinaires sans frontières (VWB/VSF-Canada) has been funded by the Canadian government to provide Canadians with overseas volunteer opportunities in the fields of animal health, food/livestock security, veterinary sciences, and more. The program covers costs of airfare, accommodation, insurance, monthly living allowance, etc. while volunteers are …

Veterinarians Without Borders seeks volunteers Read More »