Montreal – September 7, 2018. Zoetis Canada announces that Draxxin® (tulathromycin) Injectable
Solution has received approval from Health Canada for the treatment of ovine foot rot associated with
Dichelobacter nodosus when systematic treatment is required due to the presence of active lesions.
Foot rot, which is caused when the bacteria Dichelobacter nodosus infects the horn of the sheep’s hoof,1
is highly contagious and has serious implications, such as lameness and reduced production.

Draxxin Press Release- Foot Rot 

Chainsaw Safety Awareness Workshop:

September 13th – Falmouth, NS: 9AM – 4PM (Register with info@farmsafetyns.ca by September 5th)

October 4th – Truro, NS: 9AM – 4PM (Register with info@farmsafetyns.ca by September 27th)

FSNS Member Cost: $75.00.

Youth Calendar Drawing Contest:

(Register by September 30th at farmsafetyns.ca)

Youth Video Contest:

(Register by September 30th at farmsafetyns.ca)

Progressive Ag Safety Day:

October 20th – Yarmouth, NS: 10AM – 2PM (Register by October 15th by submitting an application form here). 

For further information about these workshops and contests, please visit farmsafety.ca, or contact Carolyn Van Den Heuvel at (902)893-2293 or at cvandenheuvel@nsfa-fane.ca

Save the dates!

Please note to register by Thursday September 6, 2018.

The Canadian Sheep Federation has a new website! Be sure to check out at cansheep.ca

The SPANS Summer Social is quickly approaching!

Please note that if attending to register by August 30, 2018.

This farm is located on a long dirt road, please park on the side of the road, rather than blocking the road/driveway.

Are you doing all you can to control internal parasites in your sheep?

See the below product information sheet on Startect, a highly effective, short-acting sheep drench and the first new class of drench to be approved in combination. 

Zoetis Product Information – Startect

It’s that time of year again! That’s right – The Royal’s fleece wool competition prize book is available online.  Now you can find everything you need to know about entering our annual competition.  This year, the wool auction will take place on Sunday, November 11.

Entry deadline for the 2018 fleece wool competition is September 24.

For more information about The Royal, please go to: royalfair.org

Questions about this year’s competition? Contact The Royal’s Manager, Agriculture and Food Trish Scott: tscott@royalfair.org

To view the prize book, click here.

Do you have experience with lamb marketing? Would you like to help support 4-H youth in learning livestock market skills?

The 4-H NS Market Committee is currently seeking new members!

The committee’s goal is to facilitate a successful Market Show and Auction annually at the 4-H NS Provincial Show and to provide support to 4-H members leading up to that event.

Part II Faecal Egg Count Workshops are upcoming; one August 2nd at 6:00PM in Bible Hill, and the other August 7th at 6:00PM in Aylesford.

With the hot weather we have been experiencing lately, we would expect for egg counts to be on the rise, so doing a second faecal sample now would be very useful.

For this Part II, Dr. Gwyneth Jones will be delivering presentations discussing wormers, selecting for improved resistance, correlating worm burdens with the weather and a reminder of the technique.