Dr. Nathan Erickson is the recipient of the 2024 Veterinarian of the Year Award from the Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners (WCABP) and Boehringer Ingelheim Canada. Dr. Nathan Erickson (DVM) of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) has received the 2024 Veterinarian of the Year Award from the Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners (WCABP) and Boehringer Ingelheim Canada. Erickson, who graduated from the WCVM in 2005, is an associate professor in the...

Number of cases negligible but continued diagnostic testing and collaboration with producers are keys to ensuring community health, experts say. Recent reports coming out of the U.S. of avian influenza virus (H5N1) being found in cattle has been garnering attention. First noted in mid-March as a “mystery illness” when a handful of dairy farms saw a drop in milk production and low appetite amongst some of their herd, traction on this story has grown as additional states began reporting cases....

Watch this video featuring Nigel Caulkett, DVM, MVetSc, Dipl. ACVA, as he discusses the challenges in recognizing chronic pain in cattle through behavioural assessments, as well as the availability of techniques that can provide analgesia in food animals. He also mentions some of the analgesic and anesthetic medications available to manage pain in cattle.