Veterinary Agri-Health Services Ltd. is a health management oriented veterinary practice based in Alberta, providing high quality professional services to feedlot and cow/calf operations across western Canada.  These services focus on three areas: (1) animal health and production related management strategies and problem solving, (2) animal well being and product quality, and (3) producer education and information transfer.  Our services include vaccination,  treatment and parasite control programs, nutritional advice, computerized record systems and health monitoring, regular consultation and reproductive health visits, as well as...

Veterinary Agri-Health Services Ltd. is a dedicated team of individuals who bring a wealth of experience to beef veterinary practice and strive to deliver excellent customer service.  The team consists of Dr. Michael Jelinski, Dr. Craig Dorin, Dr. Nathan Erickson, Dr. Cody Creelman and our faculty member from the University of Calgary – Dr. Karin Orsel, along with our excellent support staff – Marlene Shiels, Corissa Boychuk and JoAnn Miller. Dr. Michael Jelinski received his Bachelor of Science in Biology (B.Sc.) in 1981 from the University of Regina and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) in 1986 from the Western...

The mission of Veterinary Agri-Health Services Ltd. (VAHS) is to provide client focused veterinary services and expertise in animal health and welfare, production medicine, food safety and field research. The practice was founded in 1993 and from the beginning our goal was to work collaboratively with our beef cattle clients to provide leading edge comprehensive herd health programs.  It has always been our philosophy that if our clients were successful we would be successful.  As the needs of the cattle industry have evolved so has the practice and now in addition to the delivery of herd health programs to feedlot and cow/calf...

Heard of the new app Vine?  Its a free download on Apple products such as the iPad and iPhone that lets you make and post short videos. We’re one of the first veterinary practices in North America to start using it to enrich our  follower experience by showing 6 second videos about who we are and what we do on a daily basis. Follow us on Vine itself (VAHS Cody Creelman), follow us on Twitter (@VetPracticeVAHS) to see these new videos  or stay tuned to our website as we’ll be posting them here too!     VVV Episode 1: A Nice, Easy Calving So fast it was over before I could take my phone...

With the summer months approaching, it’s time to consider fly control for the overall health and welfare of cattle.  Several types of products are available with different methods of application to customize to each type of routine and operation.  Preventative usage of fly control products such as barn foggers, wall and livestock sprays can reduce the negative effects the insects have on livestock and increase productivity. Disvap is an example of a line of insecticide products available that targets the domestic, stable, horn and face fly as well as gnats, horseflies, darkling beetles and mosquitoes. All products come ready to use and...

In the second installment of the Beef Research School Antimicrobial Resistance video series, Dr. Tim McAllister, the Chief Principal Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, summarizes the results of research and surveillance initiatives on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and discusses the potential impact that AMR in food animals has on human health.   More information can be found at www.BeefResearch.ca Did you miss Part 1? Catch it...

Dr. Joe Stookey, professor of Animal Behavior at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine speaks about a novel cow-calf sorting method in use at the University of Saskatchewan Goodale Reasearch Farm. Dr. Cody Creelman has seen this system in person, and attests that hundreds of pairs can be sorted in literally minutes with only two people working the cattle.    

Western College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Dr. Chris Clark speaks about lameness in beef cattle. My favorite tidbit I remember from his lectures was that “if you treat a lame animal with antibiotics and it doesn’t get better, ITS NOT FOOTROT!”.

This newest video in the Beef Research School series features Dr. Reynold Bergen, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and BCRC Science Director. He explain what antimicrobial resistance is and answers the question: Is there evidence that antimicrobial use in beef cattle causes antimicrobial resistance in humans?