November 21, 2014 – La Pocatière, Quebec – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today an investment of $306,500 to the Centre d’expertise en production ovine du Québec (CEPOQ) to improve the health of sheep flocks.
This investment from AAFC’s AgriInnovation Program’s R&D stream will enable the Centre to better control gastrointestinal parasitic infections among sheep by detecting drug resistance. This project is expected to help boost productivity and sheep health by also identifying new treatment methods.
CEPOQ made a presentation on its research into drug resistance at a Sheep Value Chain Roundtable convened in Calgary today (November 21).
“We are very pleased that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada sees sheep production as a suitable area for investment. This project will address a number of the businesses’ technical and economic, animal welfare, responsible drug use and sustainable development concerns. The Quebec centre of expertise in sheep production, the Centre d’expertise en production ovine du Québec (CEPOQ), is proud to support a high profile team of researchers from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Université de Montréal, McGill University and the Quebec department of agriculture, fisheries and food, the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec. On behalf of the research team, I want to thank AAFC for its financial support.”
- Georges Parent, Agr. President of the Centre d’expertise en production ovine du Québec
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Dr Gaston Rioux, Veterinarian
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