Alberta Veterinary Medical Association

11/17/2024

The voting period for the Field Law Community Fund Program is coming to a close on November 20th. This is your last opportunity to cast your vote and help "Tails of Help" receive funding for their life-changing work.

Your vote counts! By supporting this initiative, you'll be playing a direct role in keeping pets healthy and safe across Alberta. Cast your vote today:

Tails of Help The Cause Tails of Help sees a future where essential health care for companion animals is accessible to all. Our program facilitates access to essential veterinary care for Albertans facing financial hardship. We preserve the human-animal bond by keeping pets healthy and with their lo...

11/16/2024

Age, by itself, is not a disease. However, there are many age-related conditions, such as cancer, that affect dogs and cats.

Thorough examinations performed every 6 months by your veterinarian will help you ensure that your senior pet isn’t in any pain.
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11/14/2024

Don't miss the chance to nominate an admirable individual in your community for a CVMA Award!

We’re recognizing veterinarians, veterinary teams, and student veterinarians for their outstanding contribution to veterinary medicine.

Nominate someone you know today: https://ow.ly/AyAr50U71r7

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Ne manquez pas l'occasion de proposer la candidature d'une personne admirable de votre communauté pour un prix de l'ACMV !

Nous récompensons les vétérinaires, les équipes vétérinaires, les étudiants et étudiantes vétérinaires pour leur contribution exceptionnelle à la médecine vétérinaire.

Proposez dès aujourd'hui la candidature d'une personne que vous connaissez : https://ow.ly/g3W050U71r8

11/14/2024

You can still join the Tails of Help Alberta Challenge!

There’s still time! Join the Tails of Help Alberta Challenge and have fun while helping pets! The Challenge runs until Dec. 31. Great prizes are available, including a feature in ABVMA’s Veterinary Voices magazine, and every dollar raised helps low-income families keep their pets happy and healthy!

tailsofhelp.ca/alberta-challenge

11/13/2024

It's not too late to join the movement!

The Tails of Help Alberta Challenge is on until Dec 31!
This annual fundraising event supports essential veterinary care for pets of Albertans facing financial hardship.

Register now at tailsofhelp.ca/alberta-challenge/ or by emailing [email protected].

Alberta Challenge Everyone can make a difference! Email Us to Sign Up Host a fundraiser to help at-risk low-income families keep their pets happy and healthy. Tails of Help Alberta Challenge is our annual public fundraising campaign where you, members of the pet loving community, can join together w...

11/12/2024

Own a small farm or raise chickens, pigs, or cows? 🐓🐖🐄

Healthy habits mean healthy animals. Explore our new resources to help you put good biosecurity practices into action.

You’ll find:
✅ Tips to protect your animals
✅ Biosecurity principles and practices
✅ Checklists
✅ Ways to identify signs of animal diseases

Learn more and share with a fellow farmer: https://bit.ly/4hG9CvO

11/11/2024

This Remembrance Day, as we honour the memory of generations of soldiers, we also remember the millions of horses, donkeys and mules that played an integral role in the allied efforts during the first World War.

Join us as we revisit Dr. Ron Clarke's piece, "War Horse: the True Story". Clarke tells the story of Warrior, a horse whose incredible military service earned him a reputation as “the horse the Germans Couldn’t kill”. In telling Warrior’s heroic story, Clarke reminds us of the animal cost of war.

Warrior, a small sturdy bay thoroughbred, born in April 1908 a couple of miles from General Jack Seely’s home on the Isle of Wight, cheated death for five years.

11/11/2024

Remembrance Day commemorates the end of the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Along with the brave soldiers that fought for our freedom, many animals played an integral role in times of war.

During the First World War, military personnel from all combatant countries used millions of animals for work and as pets. This includes Canadians who served ov...

11/11/2024

Today, we remember the Canadians who selflessly made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. We invite you to join us in observing two minutes of silence at 11 o'clock to honour their legacy.

11/10/2024

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a naturally occuring and fatal disease that attacks the nervous system of commercially farmed and wild cervids.

This hunting season, hunters are being asked to look for CWD mainly prevalent in deer, elk and moose populations in a number of WMDs.
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11/09/2024

The Field Law Community Fund Program gives Albertans a powerful platform to uplift local initiatives driving positive change.

We hope you consider voting for "Tails of Help" - an exceptional volunteer-run charity. From funding life-saving operations to covering medication costs, your vote could give this organization the means to continue providing a compassionate safety net for Alberta pet owners. Vote Now!

Tails of Help The Cause Tails of Help sees a future where essential health care for companion animals is accessible to all. Our program facilitates access to essential veterinary care for Albertans facing financial hardship. We preserve the human-animal bond by keeping pets healthy and with their lo...

11/08/2024

Today is Indigenous Veterans Day.

It is important that we honour the Indigenous veterans who have selflessly and fearlessly defended our freedom.

Discover the stories of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis veterans:

Remember Canada’s Veterans

11/07/2024

There are three main conventional pet cancer treatments that are used alone or in combination: surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Learn more:

You’ve seen the recent stories about how 3D printers have provided wonderful alternatives to pricey prosthetic devices in animals, but what other veterinary advances have occurred in recent years? The one that stands out for us is the advancement of veterinary oncology.

11/06/2024

Diabetes can lead to complications in dogs and cats if left untreated, however diabetic pets can live happy, healthy lives when their diabetes is well-regulated.

Visit Alberta Animal Health Source more information on diabetes, diagnosis, and management: albertaanimalhealthsource.ca/content/pet-diabetes

11/06/2024

The ABVMA joins the nation in mourning the passing of Murray Sinclair, a true champion of indigenous justice and reconciliation.

Among his many achievements, Sinclair served as the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where he listened to the stories of residential school survivors and worked tirelessly to ensure their experiences were heard and acknowledged.

Visit the link below to learn more about his remarkable life and read more about the important, ongoing work of the TRC.

On behalf of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), we extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mazina Giizhik, His Honour, Murray Sinclair. His Honour’s passing…

11/04/2024

Veterinary Professionals work in many different types of practices, including small animal (cats, dogs and other pets), food producing animal (cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, etc), exotic animal, emergency and specialty practices.

Veterinarians and RVTs work together to safeguard animal health and welfare in both pets and livestock in Alberta.

Alberta has our own veterinary college at the University of Calgary and several veterinary technology programs including Northwestern Polytechnic NAIT Lakeland College Canada Olds College of Agriculture & Technology

Alberta Veterinary Technologist Association - ABVTA Alberta Veterinary Medical Association

11/04/2024

The ABVMA is pleased to support National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week. It is important to recognize the volunteers and staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes of various animal shelter organizations and rescues, caring for animals that may be unwanted or in distress.

Learn more about shelters and rescues in Alberta, as well as find ways you can celebrate National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week: https://bit.ly/3NSUJIV

11/04/2024

Contact your veterinarian if you notice one or more of the signs of cancer persisting.
Regular vet visits, early detection, and learning the warning signs are essential to the management of cancer in pets.
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