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Learn about the unit set up to improve Canada's ability to recognize and deal with emerging animal disease problems. Access annual reports on the health status of Canadian livestock and poultry.

Find out how livestock feeds manufactured and sold in Canada or imported into Canada are verified to be safe, effective and labelled appropriately.

Access information on BSE, including news releases, disease information and policies and procedures to contain this disease.

Read report descriptions and access contact information for researchers studying several specific crop and livestock topics.

Learn about the path of feed from ingestion to the mammary gland of cows in the milk-producing process, and why understanding this process is important in improving feed use.

Discover how the diet of pigs can be adjusted to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus, two of the pollutants contained in pig manure (text and video).

Learn about the development of a natural antibody that Canadian researchers hope will lead to the elimination of E.coli O157:H7 in the digestive tracts of cattle.

Find out how changes in a cow’s diet could reduce its methane emissions, making these animals more environmentally friendly (text and video).

Link to a complete book about raising chicken and turkey broilers, with topics such as the source of birds, hatchery practices and environmental needs.

Read about the results of several successful experiments for the dairy and swine industries, such as enhancements to food intake and promotion of good environmental practices.

Learn about research aimed at optimizing ewe productivity, in terms of number of lambs produced per ewe per year.

Read about swine production and management, including information on herd management, production and health records and managing of pigs through each life stage.

Discover what efforts are being made to increase sow productivity, in terms of total weight of weaned piglets, and to study the welfare, environment, nutrition and endocrinology of sows during gestation and lactation.

Read about a program created to reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by livestock.

Click on one of the species listed to find the relevant veterinary biological products licensed in Canada.

Discover who is responsible for ensuring the safety of foods such as milk, meat, eggs, fish, and honey derived from animals treated with veterinary drugs.