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First responders learn how to rescue large animals thanks to collaborative effort hosted by Equine Guelph and WETRA

Firefighters from Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Leamington and Tecumseh joined first responders from the OPP and RCMP for the day-long training program hosted by Equine Guelph at the Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association (WETRA).

As reported by CTV News, the course equips emergency personnel with skills to manage animals stuck in mud, overturned trailers and other complex scenarios where human and animal lives may be at risk.

Milking Excellence: TVO Today segment with Dr. Stephen Leblanc filmed at Ontario Dairy Research Centre

The Dairy at Guelph director clears up miconceptions about dairy quality and safety in Ontario.

LeBlanc is also a professor in the Ontario Veterinary College's Department of Population Medicine. 

The TVO Today segment in which his interview appears delves into what makes safe, quality dairy in Canada, addressing feed, veterinary care, antibiotics, hormones, and animal welfare.

It includes perspectives from two dairies as well.

Dairy beef changes dairy management, beef market

Farmtario spoke with Dr. Michael Steele about the quickly evolving sector and his Alliance-funded research into optimizing crossbred calf performance, health and welfare.

Steele has found that feeding high-energy diets to dairy beef animals post-weaning can result in highly efficient gains and animals ready for processing at 12 months, “which is really incredible and extremely efficient."

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