It ain’t magic: how samples become results and why your herd’s samples matter.
Follow a sample as it arrives at the Diagnostic Services Unit (DSU) to understand how samples taken from an animal on farm become the results to diagnostic tests in our unit and discover how your results contribute to multiple animal health surveillance initiatives, supporting the health of provincial and national herds and the implications for all.
Eyes on the herd: extra services to support producers, veterinarians, research, and diagnostics.
Learn how the DSU coordinates additional services from the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) including Telepathology and UCVM’s Veterinary Outbreak Investigation Service (VOIS) for those extra challenging or complex cases.
Tracking Devices in Beef Cattle.
Tracking devices are gaining popularity in the beef cattle industry, offering new ways to monitor your herd. Learn what these technologies actually measure, how they ‘interpret’ these measurements into actionable information about individual animals, and how these insights can be applied to make decisions and improve the herd.
Presenters:
Dr. Maria Bravo Araya
Dr. Lindsay Rogers
Mrs. Sara Skotarek Loch
Dr. Vinicius Camargo
