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HEALTHflash - WINTER EDITION 2025

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IMPORTANT ALERTS

Alerts for Ontario:

Strangles - Hamilton & Parry Sound & Perth

Equine Influenza - County of Lennox and Addington

Alert: Rabies Updates for Canada

Past and Present Ontario disease alerts can be found at the Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN) & Nation wide alerts at the Equine Disease Communication Centre (EDCC)

FEATURED STORIES

Nutrition Education Month

Featuring Short Online Course & Free Tool!

Make 2025 the year of optimal equine nutrition!

Visit the Body Condition Scoring Tool to get some hands-on assessment skills and then sign up to learn more with with PhD animal nutritionist, Nicole Weidner, & Equine Guelph Director, Gayle Ecker, Jan 20-27 in a special offering of the Body Condition Scoring Course.

Read on...

Free Horse Behaviour & Safety Course for Youth

Equine Guelph is excited to announce their On-Demand Horse Behaviour and Safety course for youth course will be FREE from January 1 - March 31, 2025 to youth who love horses around the globe!

Read on & register at TheHorsePortal.ca

Racehorse Respiratory Course Back by Popular Demand!

Exclusively for the horse racing industry, Jan 27 to Feb 7 invaluable insights into maintaining and improving the respiratory health of racehorses can be gained for FREE to the first 100 AGCO licence holders and/or Standardbred Canada members who enroll.

Tuition Award Winner 2024

Emily McNulty, a third-year student in the University of Guelph Equine Management program, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Roger L'Heureux Memorial Equine Award. She will receive two online courses through Equine Guelph valued at $625 each. Submissions will be accepted for this year’s applicants until November 30, 2025.

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OEEEP for ON Employers

Equine Employers! We are working to train the next generation of equine professionals. Find out how to tap into a consistent and reliable stream of people who are passionate about Ontario's horse industry!

Financial incentives for the Ontario Equine Education and Employment Program

Inquire Today!

12 minute Information session replay available on Zoom. Passcode: 1.E0$Thy

EQUINE HEALTH

Reducing Equine Abortion Due to EHV-1

Dr. Tracey Chenier, Theriogenologist and researcher from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph, discusses how to manage and reduce the impact of equine herpesvirus-1 abortion in your broodmare herd. 3rd trimester can see more cases of Equine Herpesvirus-1 abortion. Prevention includes biosecuirty measures such as keeping vaccinations up to date, quarantining new horses coming into the barn and grouping horses according to their jobs; keeping other stock away from the broodmares. Minimizing winter stress may include bringing a broodmare in when conditions are particularly stormy or ice is a problem.

Listen to podcastor ice is a problem.

Gut Health & Ulcer/Colic Prevention

Feb 10 - 21

Assess your risk and develop a management plan based on prevention strategies with our expert instructors

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

New 12-Week Courses Start Jan. 13, 2025

Mgmt of the Equine Environment

Equine Health & Disease Prevention

Equine Functional Anatomy

Equine Nutrition

Equine Genetics

Marketing & Communicaitons in the Equine Industry

The Equine Industry

Advanced Equine Health through Nutrition

Ever popular instructor of Equine Functional Anatomy, Dr. Jeff Thomason, will be retiring from teaching after this semester.

Don't miss out on this learning opportunity!

Upcoming Horse Portal Short Courses

Horse Behaviour & Safety for Youth

Ages 13 to 17

On-Demand (1-year access)

Introduction to Body Condition Scoring

On-Demand (1-year access)

Equine Business 101

On-Demand (1-year access)

Provincial Officials Foundations Course

On-Demand (1-year access)

Introduction to Body Condition Scoring (instructor led) Jan 20 - 27, 2025

Gut Health & Ulcer/Colic Prevention

Feb 10 - 21, 2025

Horse Behaviour & Safety (adult offering)

Feb 24 - Mar 7, 2025

Introduction to Forage

Mar 10 - 21, 2025

Sickness Prevention in Horses

Mar 31 - Apr 7

Equine First Aid

Apr 7 - 14, 2025

Check out exclusive courses for the Racing industry:

Racehorse Respiratory Health

Jan 27 - Feb 7

Racehorse Gut Health & Ulcer/Colic Prevention Feb 24 - Mar 7

OTHER NEWS & EVENTS

New Year, new biosecurity plan

Simple steps to reassess your risks and implement a biosecurity plan specific to your farm

ICYMI - Equine Law Webinar 2 Preventing Legal Calamities in your Stable with Canada’s leading Equine Law specialist, Catherine Willson

EquiMania.ca January Activity

Horse Health Check

EQUINE JOBTRACK

Nicole Weidner talks about the role of an Equine Nutritionist. She will also be co-instructor of The online Body Condition Score short course at TheHorsePortal.ca beginning Jan 20!

Dreaming of a Job in the Horse Industry?

Job seekers - your next job might be posted right now!

Check out Career pathways in the horse industry - over 75 roles featured in our Equine Careers Showcase

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