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Winter Animal Care Awareness

 

Winter Animal Care Awareness Campaign

Anyone can use the following News Lines and audio clips to provide tips to enhance animal care throughout the winter and to help increase the awareness of the Livestock Care ALERT line.

Be Aware: Animal Care is Everyone’s responsibility - Oct 9, 2009 Media Release

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Following are the News Lines and audio clips for 2010 / 2011:


Leading Edge Livestock Care Conference - March 16, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (13 sec) | audio 2 (14 sec) | audio 3 (18 sec) | clip transcriptions


EID described as a fantastic process - a step forward for the horse industry - March 9, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (24 sec) | audio 2 (20 sec) | audio 3 (22 sec) | clip transcriptions


Ag-Info Centre offers valuable services to agriculture industry -February 24, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (28 sec) | audio 2 (12 sec) | audio 3 (20 sec) | clip transcriptions


Horse owners face management changes resulting from EID requirments - February 9, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (25 sec) | audio 2 (23 sec) | audio 3 (12 sec) | clip transcriptions


ALERT Line serves Alberta's livestock industry - January 26, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1  (31 sec) | audio 2  (17 sec) | audio 3  (22 sec) | audio 4  (20 sec) | clip transcriptions


Deep snow poses additional challenges for livestock owners - January 19, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (22 sec) | audio 2 (20 sec) | audio 3 (13 sec) | clip transcriptions


Colder weather requires big changes for many cow producers - January 12, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (18 sec) | audio 2 (18 sec) | audio 3 (22 sec) | audio 4 (31 sec) | clip transcriptions


Urban and rural residents hold different views on what constitutes proper animal shelter says ALERT Line coordinator - January 6, 2011

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (11 sec) | audio 2 (23 sec) | audio 3 (12 sec) | clip transcriptions


Water v. snow - horse owners reminded snow will not do the job - Dec 21, 2010

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (19 sec) | audio 2 (14 sec) | audio 3 (20 sec) | clip transcriptions


Feed selection for horses even more important this winter - December 16, 2010

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (24 sec) | audio 2 (22 sec) | audio 3 (25 sec) | audio 4 (19 sec) | clip transcriptions


New Equine Information Document off to a good start - December 14, 2010

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (22 sec) | audio 2 (16 sec) | audio 3 (17 sec) | audio 4 (10 sec) | clip transcriptions


Segregation minimizes stress in winter feeding programs - December 8, 2010

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (23 sec) | audio 2 (22 sec) | audio 3 (25 sec) | clip transcriptions


Energy and protein levels down in this year's forage - December 6, 2010

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (19 sec) | audio 2 (30 sec) | audio 3 (12 sec) | audio 4 (28 sec) | clip transcriptions


Tips to reduce stress with calves - November 29, 2010

News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (18 sec) | audio 2 (26 sec) | audio 3 (20 sec) | clip transcriptions


Check Teeth - Possible physical exam for horses could be in order - November 24, 2010
News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (19 sec) | audio 2 (13 sec) | audio 3 (13 sec) | clip transcriptions


Preconditioning important leading up to weaning - November 17, 2010
News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (15 sec) | audio 2 (11 sec) | audio 3 (14 sec) | clip transcriptions


Reducing stress when weaning foals - November 10, 2010
News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (15 sec) | audio 2 (13 sec) | audio 3 (18 sec) | clip transcriptions


Substantial economic benefits in pregnancy checking cows early - November 3, 2010
News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (19 sec) | audio 2 (24 sec) | clip transcriptions

Ergot becomes widespread problem in Alberta - October 25 , 2010
News Line (PDF) | audio 1 (18 sec) | audio 2 (22 sec) | audio 3 (26 sec) | audio 4 (11 sec) | clip transcriptions