Tracking the Role of Low Fat Dairy and Weight Loss
CANADA - Research underway at the University of Manitoba is tracking the value of low fat dairy products in helping reduce obesity, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Dairy Farmers of Canada to Launch First 3D Advert
MONTREAL, US - Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) announces another ground-breaking first.

Reducing Pathogens in Manure During Outwintering
MANITOBA, CANADA - Scientists with the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment are confident the use of bale grazing during overwintering of beef cattle can reduce the survival of pathogens in their manure, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Canada Issues Recommendations on Food Safety
CANADA - Following the 2008 listeria outbreak, the Canadian Parliament has issued recommendations to enhance food safety.

Manure Pathogen Survival During Overwintering Evaluated
CANADA - Scientists with the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment are confident the use of bale grazing during overwintering of beef cattle can reduce the survival of pathogens in their manure, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Weather Expected to Drive Feedgrain Prices
CANADA - The vice-president of Informa Economics says weather over the next couple of weeks will play a key role in determining the cost of feed ingredients heading toward winter, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Bioniche Seeks E. coli Programme Endorsement
CANADA - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., today announced that it made representation at the House of Commons Sub-committee on Food Safety yesterday.

M-COOL Continues to Depress Live Canadian Prices
CANADA - The Canadian Cattlemen's Association reports ongoing uncertainty over U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling continues to depress the value of live Canadian and Mexican cattle, writes Farmscape's Bruce Cochrane.

New Canadian Dairy Complex to Benefit Science
CANADA - The government of Canada invests in a new dairy complex at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada's Research Centre in Sherbrooke

Food Recalls Heighten Demand for Traceability
CANADA - A Trace R&D 2009 organizing committee member says a recent series food recalls has heightened public awareness of the need to be able to trace food products back to the farm, writes Bruce Cochrane.

BSE Case Confirmed In Alberta
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an 80-month-old dairy cow from Alberta. No part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems.

Public Awareness of Traceability Heightened
CANADA - A member of the Trace R&D 2009 organizing committee says a recent series food recalls has heightened public awareness of the need to be able to trace food products back to the farm, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Formula Cuts Cattle Emissions by 25 Per Cent
CANADA - Beef farmers can breathe easier thanks to University of Alberta researchers who have developed a formula to reduce methane gas in cattle.

NCLE Steps Up Efforts to Increase Public Awareness
CANADA - The National Centre for Livestock and the Environment has stepped up efforts to inform the public about the wide ranging research being conducted at the facility, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Genetic Diversity is Key to Creating Future Breeds
CANADA - A researcher with the University of Manitoba suggests maintaining the genetic diversity of Canada's cattle herd is key to ensuring the ability to develop breeds suited to changing environmental conditions or production practices.

Canada Establishes Animal Health Network
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) have announced a $1.2 million partnership to enhance animal health expertise in Canada.

WCVM Upgrades to Enhance Biosecurity
CANADA - The Western College of Veterinary Medicine says improved biosecurity is among the resulting benefits of a six million dollar upgrade of its Diagnostics Laboratory and Large Animal Clinic, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Cattle Industry Can Manage Genetic Abnormalities
CANADA - Historically, in addition to recording pedigree and performance information and providing genetic predictions, the performance programs at cattle breed associations have monitored and managed genetic abnormalities.

Control of Cross Contamination in Feed Mills Advised
CANADA - Controlling cross contamination in animal feed mills is being recommended as one way of keeping the pathogens responsible for foodborne illness in humans out of the food chain, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Expansion of Animal Clinic and Lab Nears Completion
CANADA - The Western College of Veterinary Medicine expects to complete an approximately six million dollar upgrade of its Diagnostics Laboratory and Large Animal Clinic within the next month to six weeks, writes Bruce Cochrane.