Livestock health emergencies mean service evolution [Video]

Changes are happening at Animal Health Canada (AHC), which announced updates, including work on training and response programs and additions to Emergency Management Division (EMD) staff.

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AHC EMD Director Erica Charlton delivered updates at the recent AHC 2024 Annual Forum in Ottawa.

Charlton mentioned a new depopulation training project which is underway in partnership with ACER consulting.

“This will help inform a Canadian training program that we’re going to develop with ACER,” she said.

AHC has a workshop scheduled for early November with international experts presenting on best practices, which will also help inform the Canadian training program.

“It’s been opened up beyond the swine sector to include other livestock sectors because depopulation has a lot of similarities.”

“In mid-summer, with the [avian influenza] outbreak still raging in the U.S., we thought …