Equine Guelph Winter HEALTHflash

Having trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage

HEALTHflash - WINTER EDITION 2024

🎉 Celebrating 20 years serving the horse industry! 🎉

Share This Email

EQUINE GUELPH thanks Merck Animal Health for sponsoring the HEALTHflash program

IMPORTANT ALERTS

Alert: Equine Herpies Virus Neurologic, Région des Laurentides, QC

Alert: Equine Herpies Virus Neurologic, York, ON

Alert: Strangles, Frontenac, ON

Alert: Equine Infectious Anemia, Thompson-Nicola Subdivision B, BC

Alert: Rabies Update in Canada

FEATURED STORIES

Nutrition Education Month

FOR YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

Promise to learn how to body condition score (BSC) your horse on our new free BCS Tool and on-demand BCS Course! A must for every horse owner.

Read on ...

20th Anniversary | Partner Spotlight HBPA

Equine Guelph recognizes the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario for its foundational funding of Equine Guelph’s research program since our inception 20 years ago! We salute Sue Leslie, President, for supporting scientic discovery and innovation at the University of Guelph in the pursuit of excellence in equine medicine, performance and health

“Equine Guelph’s research program has achieved significant advancements in equine health and welfare since its inception. The HBPA is proud that our financial contributions have facilitated such accomplishments.” ~ Sue Leslie, President, HBPA

FREE Youth Online course

Discover the fascinating body language of horses with teens from all over the world! Equine Guelph’s Horse Behaviour & Safety online course will be FREE in January, February and March, 2024.

Read On...

Racehorse Injury/Lameness Prevention & Care

FREE to AGCO licensees and SC members: three online courses in Winter of 2024 in priority healthcare areas of lameness, respiratory and gut health. The Racehorse Injury/Lameness Prevention & Care course is up first beginning Jan 22.

Cathy Wentworth Stanley talks about Equine Guelph online courses

20th Anniversary Alumni

Cathy Wentworth Stanley of Equine Guelph Alumni shares her passion for learning theory and equine behaviour after taking 12-week online courses and completing her diploma. An MSc. later, she instructs the Equine Behaviour course!

Read on and Watch video...

OEEEP Training & Education

Attention Employers!

Hire from the Ontario Equine Education and Employment Program. 50% wage subsidy available to employers for 12-18 weeks or until the program end date, January 26, 2024.

If you hired or are thinking of hiring, we would love to hear from you in an under 2-minute survey

2023 Tuition Award Winner

Congratulations to Shelby Dennis, winner of the Roger L’Heureux Memorial Equine Award. Shelby will receive two 12-week online courses from Equine Guelph valued at over $1,000!

Applications for 2024 award open until Nov 30

EQUINE HEALTH

Equine Asthma OAHN Podcast

In a video from Ontario Animal Health Network, Dr. Laurent Couëtil, Ontario Veterinary College, discusses the causes of equine asthma, discusses research studies, diagnostics, management and treatment.

Watch the Video...

Horse Behaviour & Safety

(Adult offering)

Feb 12 - 23

Learn together! Take this adult course with a young family member taking the free youth offering.

Family Day fun!

MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

12-Week Online Courses Start Jan 15

Mgmt of the Equine Environment

Equine Health and Disease Prevention

Equine Nutrition

Equine Genetics

Equine Event Management

The Equine Industry

Advanced Equine Behaviour

Marketing and Communications in the Equine Industry

Management of the Equine Environment is the perfect course to start your journey. Meet your instructor, Dr. Susan Raymond.

Short Online Courses TheHorsePortal.ca

Horse Behaviour & Safety for Youth

Ages 13 to 17 FREE until Mar 31!

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)

Racehorse Injury/Lameness Prevention and Care

Jan 22 – Feb 2

Horse Behaviour & Safety

Feb 12 - Feb 23

Gut Health and Colic/Ulcer Prevention

Feb 26 - Mar 8

Racehorse Gut Health & Colic/Ulcer Prevention

Feb 26 – Mar 8

Racehorse Respiratory Health

Mar 4 – 15

Sickness Prevention in Horses

Mar 18 -29

Introduction to Forage

April 8 - 19

Equine First Aid

April 22 - 29

OTHER NEWS & EVENTS

Top social media of the month

Our followers top picks

Cooling out after winter work

One method does not fit all

Organize your receipts for tax time with Glen Ventrcek of BDO Canada

Getting ahead of strangles

Resolution to beef up biosecurity?

Up your strangles prevention strategy

Take our Sickness Prevention course

Post-Pandemic Horse Racing Economic Impact Survey from OLG

Open Learning and Educational Support offers two bursary programs for equine students Apply by Jan 30

Explore EquiMania.ca January Activity

The Horse Health Check

Recap of 2023 EIS symposium

Equine Industry Symposium replays

Equine Guelph helps you assess body condition score

Visit the new free Body Condition Score healthcare tool

EQUINE JOBTRACK

Karl Lagerborg, Senior Manager of Racing Operations and Equine Welfare talks about his career.

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!

Equine Guelph thanks our partner, System Equine for sharing HEALTHflash with its friends.

Information for subscriptions is collected and protected in compliance with the University of Guelph's Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Access to Information. The information collected will not be shared or used by a third party and will be kept confidential.

To ensure delivery of this publication, please add jbellamy@uoguelph.ca to your address book

Please support Equine Guelph's welfare education and research programs.

PLEASE DONATE

Equine Guelph | University of Guelph | 519-824-4120 ext. 54205

Share This Email