Dr. John Campbell graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph in 1985. After several years of rural veterinary practice, he returned to Guelph to complete a Doctor of Veterinary Science degree in Ruminant Health Management. He has worked as a clinical faculty member on the Ruminant Field Service Practice at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan since 1991. He served as Dept. Head of the Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Sciences from 2011-2017. His primary research interests are in the fields of beef cattle production medicine and disease surveillance in beef cattle. He currently acts as the director for the college’s Disease Investigation Unit.

In this episode we are talking with Dr. John Campbell about his work with the Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network and some of the key findings that have come out of the project.  

The Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network gathered samples and data from beef producers and herds across Canada to look at many different aspects of the beef industry.  This included breeding rates, calf loss, weaning information, feeding, blood samples, disease testing, economic analyses, etc. and allowed for productivity bench marking showing the top 25% of producers. For more information, please visit the BCRC link below.

We also chat about Dr. Campbell’s recently published article “Update on copper and selenium in Canadian cow-calf herds - regional differences and estimation of serum reference values”, and the impact of insufficient trace minerals.  As well as another recent publication “Producer attitudes regarding antimicrobial use and resistance in Canadian cow-calf herds.

Although this project has reached completion, another project, the Canadian Cow-Calf Health and Productivity Enhancement Network or C3H-PEN will be beginning shortly to continue this research.  If producers are interested in participating or want to find out more, they can email Jayce Fossen at [email protected], call 306-966-7870 or visit the link below.

For more information, you can contact Dr. John Campbell at [email protected] or listen to “The Beef Cattle Health and Nutrition Podcast”, available anywhere you listen to podcasts and online at https://bchn.transistor.fm/

The Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network; Beef Cattle Research Council:

https://www.beefresearch.ca/fact-sheets/the-canadian-cow-calf-surveillance-network/

Canadian Cow-Calf Health and Productivity Enhancement Network; USask:

https://research-groups.usask.ca/c3sn/index.php#Contact

Johne’s Disease Calculator:

https://www.beefresearch.ca/tools/johnes-disease-calculator/

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).

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