Forum 2015
Forum Presentations
Keynote Address - Dr. David Fraser – “Could animal production become a profession?"
Session 1 – NFAHW Council Update
NFAHW Council update - Rob McNabb
Stakeholder presentations:
- Chicken Farmers of Canada - Steve Leech
- Canadian Veterinary Reserve - Jost am Rhyn
Session 2 - Animal Welfare Research
- Dr. David Fraser – NFAHW Council
- Dr. Bruce Roberts – Canadian Poultry Research Council
- Dr. Reynold Bergen – Beef Cattle Research Council
- Gary Bowers – Dairy Farmers of Canada
- Jackie Wepruk – NFACC
Session 3 – Surveillance
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Theresa Bernardo - Using social media and other electronic approaches in data collection
Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
- Dr. Cheryl James – update on progress
- Project initiatives
- Dr. Chris Byra
- Dr. Betty Althouse
- Dr. Glen Duizer
- Dr. Grant Maxie
- Facilitated session – Dr. Jacques Chevalier
- CZED-IIR - Harry Gardiner and James Dunlop
keynote speaker – Dr. John Spika – PHAC
Session 4 – AMU/AMR
- NFAHW Council working group update – John Ross
- Antibiotic stewardship in Canadian agriculture and veterinary medicine: Perspectives of the Ad-Hoc Committee – Dr. John Prescott
- Overview of commodity sustainability programs as related to AMU – Dr. Emily Bond, CPC
Activities of professional groups
- Dr. Gary Garber – Physician initiatives
- Dr. Gerald Hauer – CCVO – Oversight of Veterinary Antimicrobial Use in Canada
- Jan Robinson – College of Veterinarians of Ontario – influence of “Leslie” study of use of antimicrobials in food animals by veterinarians on next steps for CVO
- Dr. Duane Landals – CVMA Pharmaceutical Stewardship Committee
- Dr. Manisha Mehrotra – Health Canada