Jim Fairles continues to manage our website. This is a great asset for our association. Be sure to visit the site and make use of the information.

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1 Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners UPDATE P R E S I D E N T S m E s s a g e D r. W a y n e S h e w f e l t March 2006 Dear Members of the OABP: The first meeting of your OABP Executive was held January 12, I am pleased to inform the membership that we filled our final Executive position that evening. Dr. James Dykeman, Miller Veterinary Services in Chatsworth, accepted his nomination and was officially welcomed to our Executive. Thank you, James. Appointments to Executive Committees were assigned. We have great representation on committees ensuring your organization functions efficiently. A very exciting initiative that is progressing well is the creation of a Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners. We will soon be sharing our "draft" of the CABP by-laws and our ideas on how the CABP will be structured and run with the AMVPQ in Quebec and the AABP in the Maritime Provinces. We will invite their comment and ideas on these topics. Walter Johnson has set up a CABP list-serve for us so that we will soon be able to our compatriots on the executive of the other three organizations. I think this should speed up the "comment" process. We are still waiting for the final "draft" of the by-laws from Murray Jelinski (Western Canada Veterinary Association). Brian MacNaughton and Randy Graham have done a stellar job in the development of the CABP. Our association has been asked to comment on draft guidelines for the following: 1. Ordering, Performing and Interpreting Laboratory Tests in Veterinary Clinical Practice; 2. Compounding of Veterinary Drugs; 3. Facility Designations; 4. Species-specific prudent use guidelines for the administration of antimicrobials in food animals; 5. Transfer of medical records. Our association is being recognized as a trusted voice for our membership. The Executive will do our utmost to represent our membership. These drafts can be viewed on the CVO website for your review and comment if you so desire. The Continuing Education Committee is pleased to present the Spring OABP/OABA CE meeting Managing Milk Components What Does The Future Hold? on Thursday, April 20 at the Holiday Inn, Guelph. This will be a joint meeting involving the Ontario Agri-Business Association and the OABP. The day begins with an update from George MacNaughton, DFO, on milk component requirements. Dr. Staples and Dr. Richard Wallace will then present cutting edge information on rumen dynamics, fat metabolism, ration formulation and their impact on milk components. The day will end with Dr. Al Mussell, George Morris Centre, discussing the Canadian Quota System today and beyond. Please mark this day as a must attend. This mailing includes the agenda and registration form. Inside this issue: 2006 OABP Executive 2 Editor s Notes 2 Health Canada Reminder 3 OABP Award of Excellence 3 FAES 4 Coming Events 5 Appreciation 5 Quote of the Day The bad news is time flies. The good news is you re the pilot. Jim Fairles continues to manage our website. This is a great asset for our association. Be sure to visit the site and make use of the information. It is a privilege to be part of the Executive Team representing your great organization. - Wayne Visit OABP online at

2 P A G E o a b p e x e c u t i v e President: Dr. Wayne Shewfelt, Tavistock. (519) shewfelt@golden.net Vice-President: Dr. Jamie Hobson, Elmira. (519) Past-President: Dr. Randy Graham, Elora. (519) randy.s.graham@pfizer.com Executive Assistant: Ruth Cudmore, Alma. (519) oabpruth@gto.net Directors: Dr. Henry Ceelen Kemptville (613) Dr James Dykeman Chatsworth (519) Dr. Jamie Hobson Elmira (519) Brian Keith (Student Liaison) Guelph (519) Dr. Walter Johnson Guelph (519) Dr. Lance Males New Liskeard (705) Dr. Brian MacNaughton Williamstown (613) Dr. Rob McGregor Gananoque (613) Dr. Andrew McLeod Linwood (519) Dr. Warren Skippon Navan (613) Dr. Rod Wieringa Listowel (519) Webmaster: Dr. Jim Fairles, Mount Forest. (519) jim@skyvet.com E d i t o r s n o t e s D r. A n d r e w M a c L e o d This is my first time writing this as editor of the OABP newsletter, and I am still busy learning the responsibilities of this job. Like me, the other members of the OABP Executive are busy on various projects and committees on behalf of the membership. By now the spring CE session has been planned and much effort is going into establishing a Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners. This newsletter serves as our opportunity to inform you and keep you abreast of the work going on during the year, both on these projects and others. We hope you will take the time to review this newsletter and the information contained within it. Let us know what you think about the newsletter or other matters. Only through your feedback can we help make OABP a thoughtful and accurate voice for the bovine practitioner. - Andrew

3 M A R C H P A G E 3 H e a l t h c a n a d a r e m i n d s u s o f o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s With this newsletter is a copy of a letter OABP Executive received from Health Canada regarding the use of the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics. They wanted all OABP members to be aware of the special concerns they have for the use of these products. We also want to make clear that the status of these products has not changed they are still legal for use in food animals. Veterinarians have queried the meanings of some of the statements on the product labels. One statement, Do not use in an extra-label manner in cattle or in any other species particularly seems to be confusing. This implies that veterinarians do not have ELU privileges as they do with other legal products. In fact this is not true practitioners can use these products in an ELU fashion provided they have justification for this. While this is not allowed in the US, it is still allowed here. As with any ELU, with any product, the veterinarian bears responsibility for this decision. This special statement does remind us of the great attention ELU of any product attracts. We all need to be sure that we take this responsibility seriously and educate our clients as to the meaning of ELUD, who can do it, when it can occur and what special precautions must be taken when it is done. We need to do this to protect our future use of products such as the fluoroquinolones for the animal s and our client s benefits. O a b p A W A R D O F E X C E L L E N C E The OABP Award of Excellence is presented to an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the practice of bovine veterinary medicine in Ontario. The award is only presented when a truly exceptional, highly deserving candidate is nominated. The nominee s contributions can include: 1. Exceptional efforts in the area of continuing education for veterinarians engaged in bovine practice. 2. Outstanding achievements in veterinary practice or medicine with involvement in affiliated professional or industry associations. 3. Significant involvement representing and speaking on behalf of food animal practitioners. 4. Distinguished efforts, through formal research or activities in regulatory agencies, which has had a positive impact on members of the OABP. 5. Actions that have elevated the standards of bovine practice, the professional reputations of veterinarians and strengthened the public s appreciation for the role of the veterinary practitioner in Ontario s food production system. Past recipients of this award are Dr. Neil Anderson, Dr. Daniel Butler and Dr. Reny Lothrup. If you know of a worthy candidate, please complete the enclosed nomination form and forward, with supporting documentation, to Ruth Cudmore, OABP Executive Assistant, by June 1st.

4 M A R C H P A G E 4 F o o d a n i m a l e l e c t i v e s t i p e n d ( F A E S ) For the past several years the OABP has been supporting final year veterinary students in food animal electives. While this has benefited many students in gaining quality food animal experience prior to graduation, the allocation of funds itself was very informal and the source of funds itself (OABP) somewhat unrecognized. In addition, there has been increasing demand for funding support over the past several years. The OABP has decided to continue with this concept but to formalize the process. Out of this discussion the executive has developed the OABP Food Animal Elective Stipend (FAES). The following explains the details of this stipend available to final year veterinary students. Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners (OABP) Food Animal Elective Stipend (FAES) Funding The OABP will annually fund up to $1800 toward 4 th year food animal elective opportunities at OVC. There will be a minimum of $ per student awarded. Therefore, at least 6 veterinary students will be eligible for support in any one year. More money per student or more students funded might be possible in some years depending on available funds and quality of applicants. Student Eligibility Students partaking in the Food Animal Stream for final year will be given priority for elective support by OABP. Students enrolled in the Mixed Animal stream but having a strong food animal interest will be considered. All students must submit the following to OABP to be eligible to be considered for an OABP FAES: 1. Resume with emphasis on Food Animal experience. 2. Letter of intent explaining: a. Career plans; b. Plans for the elective that this money would help support. Decision Process The deadline for application for these awards will be May 1 st of each calendar year. Each application must be submitted to the OABP Executive Assistant (Ruth Cudmore) with a postmark of no later than May 1 st. The applications will be reviewed at an OABP Executive meeting in June. Successful applicants will be notified by mail and cheque in September and will be announced in the Fall OABP newsletter. Send Applications To: Ruth Cudmore, OABP Executive Assistant 7423 SR18, R.R. #1, Alma, Ontario, N0B 1A0 Fax #: oabpruth@gto.net

5 P A G E 5 C o m i n g e v e n t s ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF BOVINE PRACTITIONERS Thursday, April 6, 2006 Ontario Livestock and Poultry Conference, Bingemans, Kitchener, Ontario. Registration: $30 if pre -registered by March 27, 2006; $40 at the door. To register call: or mwhite@poutryindustrycouncil.ca May 1-6, 2006, REPRODUCTIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND EMBRYO TRANSFER WORKSHOPS, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Both workshops will involve lectures and hands-on lab sessions and participants may register for both workshops or each individually. For more information, contact Reuben Mapletoft (reuben.apletoft@usask.ca), or Gregg Adams (gregg.adams@usask.ca). Register on-line at rsm.usask.ca/events.html or contact: Anne Ruholl (anne.ruholl@usask.ca), tel: (306) , fax: (306) Promoting bovine medicine for the Veterinary Practitioners of Ontario CONTACT INFORMATION: Address: OABP c/o Ruth Cudmore R.R.#1 Alma, Ontario, N0B 1A0 Phone: Fax: oabpruth@gto.net We re on the Web! Thank you for granting my request for support through the Food Animal Elective Stipend. It is very much appreciated. I look forward to a lengthy career in food animal medicine, and working with many of your members in the future. Sincerely, Annika Rear