Finding research, management issues and production information about and for the veal industry can sometimes be a difficult process. This section is dedicated to providing topical, timely, and interesting information about the grain fed and milk fed sectors of the veal industry.
Click on one of the topics below for more information:
Licence Fee FAQ
Who has to pay? How is the money collected? And answers to other questions.
Alliance Magazine Archive – a collection of production articles from both the Alliance Magazine and the Ontario Veal News.
Production
- Avoiding acidosis
- Assessing calf health cheat sheet
- Early Disease Detection
- Salmonella Dublin
- Update on Salmonella Dublin and Bovine network project – July 2016
- Veal Livestock Purchasing Guide
- Colostrum Management Booklet
- Extra Label Drug Use Factsheet
- On-Farm Cost Calculator of Livestock Diseases
- Euthanasia of veal cattle and dairy calves
- Sample euthanasia decision tree
- Veal Biosecurity Poster
- CalfCare.ca
- Ventilation
- Factsheet: Bob Veal in Canada
- Water Contingency Plan
- 5 Year Ethnic Holiday Producer Planner
- Veal cattle transportation
- Calf welfare in the first 24 hours
- How much are manure tags costing you?
Codes of Practice
- Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal Cattle (2017)
- Will your farm meet code requirements by July 1, 2018?
- Veal welfare assessment
- Why assessing welfare is good for your farm
- Should This Animal Be Loaded? Guidelines for Transporting Cattle, Sheep & Goats
Verified Veal Record-keeping Templates
- Veal treatment history record
- Outgoing veal record
- Animal health products record PDF
- Animal health products record EXCEL
- Antimicrobial treatment record – PDF
- Antimicrobial treatment record – EXEL
- Incoming feed record
- Medicated feed mixing record
- Visitor log
- Pest control record
- Water quality record
- Verification record
- Corrective action report
- Veal mortality record
Barn Fire Resources
- Producer Factsheet
- Dealing with the Aftermath of a Livestock or Poultry Barn Fire
- Reducing the Risk of Fire on Your Farm
- Factsheet for First Responders
- Strategies & Resources
Emergency Management
Business and Marketing
Beef Cattle Financial Protection
Government and Other Industry Partners
- Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC)
- American Veal Association
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Ontario Independent Meat Processors’ Association (OIMP)
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
- United States Department of Agriculture
- University of Guelph
- Ontario Animal Health Network
Ontario Agricultural Organizations
- Beef Improvement Ontario (BIO)
- Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO)
- Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO)
- National Farmers Union in Ontario (NFU)
- National Farmers Union (NFU)
- Ontario Goat
- Ontario Agri-Food Education (OAFE)
- Ontario Association of Bovine Practitioners
- Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO)
- Grain Farmers of Ontario
- Farm&Food Care Ontario (formerly OFAC and Agcare)
- Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)
- Ontario Plowmen’s Association (OPA)
- Ontario Pork (OP)
- Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA)
- Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency (OSMA)
Canadian Agricultural Organizations
- 4-H Canada
- Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC)
- Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA)
- Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA)
- Farm Management Canada
- Holstein Canada
Other
- La Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec
- Livestock Medicines Education Program
- Ontario Trucking Association
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