Ontario Animal Health Network Veterinary Podcasts

Food inspection and welfare protection: The OMAFRA perspective

Dr. Melanie Barham is joined by Sherry Taylor, Dr. Alexandra Reid and Erin Chesterfield from OMAFRA. They discuss the route that food and welfare issues take throughout OMAFRA, and highlight some important points for veterinarians.

Top 10 Tips for Maximizing Lab Dollars with Dr. Jim Fairles

OAHN's Dr. Melanie Barham is joined by Dr. Jim Fairles, the Client Services Veterinarian at the Animal Health Laboratory in Guelph. Dr. Fairles gives his top tips for how veterinarians can get the most out of their lab samples. 

 

For more tips on properly submitting lab samples, and getting more out of your lab dollars, check out our YouTube page, where we have many short "how to videos."

OAHN Updates for January, 2016

In this short podcast, Dr. Melanie Barham gives updates on what has been happening with the Ontario Animal Health Network over the past month. We aim to provide these short podcasts every month so you can follow OAHN's progress.

Using Social Media for Continuing Education and Disease Outbreaks

**This is a short podcast  <14 minutes**

Today on the OAHN podcast, Dr. Melanie Barham sits down with OAHN Communications Assistant Michael Deane to discuss social media. They go over:

 

-the benefits of using social media for veterinarians,
-how it can actually save time and streamline the continuing education process,
-finding good news information to improve client interactions,
-finding reputable information during an outbreak,
-some important terms to know when using Twitter,
-how to use Twitter,
-resources available

Please find links below to other OAHN social media resources:

 

Using Social Media to Follow Disease Outbreaks

 

Using Twitter for Veterinary Research and News

 

Using Facebook for Veterinary Research and News

 

OAHN on Twitter

 

OAHN on Facebook

Bovine Respiratory Disease: Patterns of BRD

This podcast concludes our series on bovine respiratory disease. Dr. Melanie Barham is once again joined by Dr. Joanne Hewson and Dr. Jeff Caswell, and they discuss patterns of respiratory lesions, and clinical perspectives such as typical clinical presentation.

Bovine Respiratory Disease: Postmortem Intricacies

Dr. Melanie Barham continues her conversation about Bovine Respiratory Disease with Dr. Jeff Caswell and Dr. Joanne Hewson. They discuss the clinical and pathological examination of the upper respiratory tract, the heart, pulmonary arteries and lymph nodes, before focusing on the lungs.

Bovine Respiratory Disease: Clinical Aspects of Diagnosing BRD

Dr. Melanie Barham is joined by Dr. Jeff Caswell and Dr. Joanne Hewson to discuss clinical aspects of diagnosing bovine respiratory disease. They cover clinical scoring systems, lung auscultation, ultrasounds, other tests, and optimizing your odds of a successful diagnosis.

 

 

Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) and the Beef Industry with Dr. Bateman

Dr. Melanie Barham sat down with  Dr. Bateman from the University of Guelph to discuss bovine respiratory disease and the beef industry. They talk about weaning calves, the beef industry structure, treatment of sick cattle, and much more. 

OAHN Rabies podcast: What do all Ontario veterinarians need to know about rabies?

This podcast is directed at all veterinarians (large and small animal discussions).  Today we interview Dr. Maureen Anderson, DACVIM and lead for rabies at OMAFRA about the hot topic of rabies.  We tell you what every vet should know about the new regulations and testing in Ontario, and offer a refresher on rabies as a disease.

 

 

·         https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/rabies (includes an excellent Q&A sheet)

·         http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/general/facts/info_rabies.htm (includes signs of rabies in livestock)

·         http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/horses/facts/info_rabies.htm (slightly older (2001) specific to rabies in horses, but covers other facts as well)

·         Worms and Germs Blog (www.wormsandgermsblog.com) includes lots of posts on rabies cases in the media, as well as an info sheet for owners

 

**Updated information: At time of publication of the original podcast, this information was not public.  The OAVT has entered into a contract with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) to assist in animal specimen collection and submission for testing on behalf of Public Health Units in the Province of Ontario. RVTs are invited to put their skills to work by becoming a member of the Rabies Response Program (RRP) team!  Remuneration is provided.  NOTE: The OAVT RRP is specifically for the use of the Public Health Units to facilitate testing in cases of potential human exposure to rabies.  Veterinarians and the public cannot call the RRP directly.  Cases of potential domestic animal exposure to rabies should continue to be reported to OMAFRA, and OMAFRA will work with local veterinary staff to manage these cases and facilitate testing when necessary.

 

RVTs interested in more information on the OAVT RRP can call 1-844-872-2437 or email RRP@oavt.org.

Veterinary clinics interested in more information on working with OMAFRA in cases of domestic animal rabies exposure are invited to contact Dr. Maureen Anderson at maureen.e.c.anderson@ontario.ca or Dr. Michelle Brown at michelle.brown@ontario.ca