From CVMA: Health Canada is moving a number of Medically Important Antimicrobials (MIAs) approved for veterinary use before 2004 to the Prescription Drug List (PDL). With this change, Health Canada will establish the same level of oversight for those MIAs approved before 2004 as for those approved after. As of December 1, 2018, all MIAs […]

Recently there has been a rash of fake emails appearing to originate from the SVMA office that refer to unpaid invoices. The email address will look something like “svma@svma.sk.ca” <hua@panlink.com. The last part appears to be different in every email. These are spam emails. Please delete without opening any attachments. You can also forward the

The SVMA (SaskVets) will be having a tradeshow booth at Agribition this year. We are looking for volunteers at the booth for four-hour shifts during the week. Each volunteer will receive a day pass for Agribition, to be used for their volunteer date. There will be two people per shift. An SVMA staff member (Lorraine)

At the SVMA Annual General Meeting on September 8, 2017, members passed revisions to the Bylaws. Here is the updated document, which went into effect on that date. SVMA Bylaws 2017

News reports of late indicate that areas of drought in some parts of Saskatchewan are the worst in a 100 years. The drought this summer, combined with record setting temperatures and the impact both of these have had on pastures, hay and cereal crops, as well as surface water, will have an impact on large

The Summer Student Mentorship Program application deadline is changing: instead of February 28, the new application deadline will be November 30. WCVM students have told us they need to solidify their plans for summer jobs earlier in the year, so you can expect them to be reaching out to you earlier in the fall term.

Accredited veterinarians will soon have a larger role to play in the cervid industry by being a resource to cervid producers who wish to enroll in the CWD Voluntary Herd Certification Program. June 30, 2017 – Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is updating its national chronic wasting disease (CWD) program to

“Healthy pets sometimes euthanized for owners’ convenience: veterinary groups “ This story, published May 22, 2017 by The Canadian Press mentions that there are incidences of euthanization of healthy pets purely for their owners’ convenience. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) has received a number of inquiries as a follow-up to this article, as have

Saskatchewan veterinarians need to be advised about some unusual zoonotic diseases identified in Saskatchewan in the last month, as well as useful links to educational material: Plague: Grasslands National Park- news release re: plague in prairie dogs: http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/scond/Cond_E.asp?oID=28232&oPark=100209 Information on plague and pets from CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/plague/healthcare/veterinarians.html Tularemia: Identified in rabbit and squirrel in Saskatoon. See