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Before the federal election, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association provided the Liberal Party of Canada, and the other federal political parties, an opportunity to confirm its position on a number of priority issues concerning the veterinary profession that pertains to animal health and welfare, public health and food safety. CVMA will use the responses to engage with the Liberal Party of Canada in discussions on these important issues in the future. CVMA’s questions to the federal parties Liberal Party of Canada’s responses.

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has issued a revision to the Canadian Quality Milk (CQM) program’s Workbook and Reference Manual. The new version is dated September 2015, which replaces the June 2010 version. The CQM program is transitioning to the Food Safety component of proAction®, DFC’s quality assurance program, so the new book is titled “Food Safety.” The new Food Safety manual was published on October 1, 2015. Please refer to the Notice of Change for a summary of the new requirements, revisions to existing requirements, and additional clarifications and information. CQM Notice of Change The new version has two

There have been rabies positive bats found in the Saskatoon and Rosthern areas in the last couple of weeks. One case involved human exposure as you may have seen on the news or in the paper. Clients should be reminded to bring their pets’ rabies vaccination status up to date. Click for August 2015 Monthly Rabies Stats Saskatchewan There were six (6) positive cases detected under the response program from August 1-31. There were two (2) positive cases detected under the surveillance program (no human or domestic animal contact). Contact with a positive skunk has resulted in the destruction of

Yesterday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) informed the provincial Chief Veterinary Officers that 3 bovines were confirmed to have Bluetongue Disease (BT) in the south western part of Ontario, approximately 100 km from the US border. The first animal was found through the national surveillance program on a sample collected August 7th. On September 2nd two herd mates were confirmed seropositive which established that animal-to-animal transmission had occurred, as no animals on the premises had been to or in contact with animals from an endemic country. The virus was identified as serotype 13. Up until today, Canada has been