Dairy Health & Identification

Dairy Herd Health is something that we at Wright’s Feeds ‘N Needs take seriously.  We inventory a well-rounded stock of animal health products, sanitation supplies, wormers, louse products, rodenticides and injectable & granular medications that will complement your own Herd Health program.

HOW TO STOMACH TUBE A CALF:

Wright’s Feeds ‘N Needs inventories the ‘Allflex’ Identification tags, ranging from Calf to the Maxi size, which are available in numbers from 1 – 1000 for your record keeping on-farm.

We also carry CCIA-approved Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)  Cattle Tags manufactured by ‘Allflex’ in packages of 10 or 25, for your convenience.  We will register these tags on your behalf at the CLTS website.

Antimicrobials Resistance Update — 2018

As of December 1, 2018, all Medically Important Antimicrobials (MIAs) for veterinary use will be sold by prescription only.  

Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics are important to fight bacterial infections in humans and animals.   All medically important antimicrobials will be on the Prescription Drug List – Products for Veterinary Use.

You will need to get a prescription from a veterinarian for your animals for:

— Prescription drugs (including, for example, injectables, in-water and in-feed formulations).  You will be able to buy these drugs from a veterinarian or pharmacist.  Importation rules will continue as per existing Food and Drug Regulations.  

— Prescription medicated feed – This is livestock feed that contains a prescription drug, including supplements, macro & micro premixes and complete feed.  You will be able to buy these medicated feeds from a commercial feed mill, veterinarian or pharmacist with a veterinary prescription.

The Prescription Drug List (PDL) is a list of medicinal ingredients. Any drug containing an ingredient on this list must be sold by prescription.  Since 2004, new MIAs approved by Health Canada have been included on the PDL and must be sold by prescription.
We are now moving all remaining MIAs approved for veterinary use before 2004 to the PDL. With this change, we establish the same level of oversight for those MIAs approved before 2004 as for those approved after.
The following MIA ingredients will be included on the PDL for Veterinary Use: Apramycin; Bacitracin; Erythromycin; Lincomycin; Neomycin; Penicillin G; Spectinomycin; Streptomycin/Dihydrostreptomycin; Sulphonamides; Tilmicosin; Tiamulin; Tylosin/Tylvalosin; Virginiamycin; Tetracycline/Chlortetracycline/Oxytetracycline; Or their salts or derivatives.   This includes all dosage forms whether in feed, water, otic, oral, topical, implant, injectable, intrauterine, intramammary or dusting powder.

There will be changes to the labels of MIAs:  a “Pr” will be on the principal display panel;  growth promotion claims and related directions for use will be removed; responsible use statements will be put on labels of all in-feed and in-water MIAs. 

How to Apply Cattle Tags:


DAIRY INDUSTRY LINKS:

Dairy Farmers of Ontario

Holstein Canada

Better Farming