Tag Archives animal welfare

National pullet and laying hen code amended

Ontario Sheep Field Day returns with focus on welfare tech and productivity gains
Veterinary demos, including pain-reducing Lidoband castration, highlight innovation for commercial sheep producers

Meeting of the minds supercharges Canada’s fight to protect antimicrobial drugs
Doctors and veterinarians could lose important antibiotics and other medications to antimicrobial resistance. One Canadian project brings researchers from different fields together to join forces

Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending
Animal advocates argue law violates free expression; province defends focus on trespass, not speech

Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending
Animal advocates argue law violates free expression; province defends focus on trespass, not speech

Smart deworming starts with individualized fecal egg counts
Ontario Sheep Farmers’ hands-on workshop equips producers with fecal egg count skills to manage resistance, reduce costs, and improve flock health

$10 million gift funds new animal education centre at Lakehead University
Facility’s Anishinaabemowin name, Gakina Awesiinyag, “All Animals (Place For),” honours Indigenous lands

Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028

Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs to be reviewed
The code was last updated in 2014
Farm Food Care Ontario reveals 2025-2026 board of directors
Janelle Cardiff named new chair of FFCO