COVID-19 Update
British Columbia has delayed the onset of Phase 4 of their reopening plan. With this in mind, Greenbelt Veterinary Services will continue to follow the below guidelines we have practiced over the past year:
- If a client (or any farm staff) are:
- experiencing symptoms of COVID-19,
- have been told, or any house-hold member been told to self-isolate by public health,
- have been out of the country within the past 14 days,
our vets and staff will NOT be able to interact with you at all, as you should be isolating in your home. We can work with designated farm staff during the period of self isolation.
- We will continue to ensure that we maintain a minimum 2 metre (6 foot) physical distance with all people while on farm, and we will stay outside (or in an open barn) whenever possible. If this is not possible during the examination and treatment of your animals, then we will wear a mask and ask you to as well.
- Our office door still remains closed to all clients. Medications and supplies for pick up will be placed out front of our doors and anything that needs to be dropped off for us can be left there as well. If you need to speak with our office staff, please call in and they will be happy to help you.
Thank you for your continued co-operation while we all deal with this pandemic.
Greenbelt Veterinary Services Ltd. is a farm animal practice that has provided reliable veterinary care to the Fraser Valley since 1973. We started as McFee Veterinary Clinic, a single veterinarian practice run by Ron McFee, before forming Greenbelt Veterinary Services in 1982.
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We have grown from that single doctor to our current team of eight veterinarians, offering health services in dairy production and embryo transfer, swine production, and to an extensive list of farm animals including horses, beef cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas, and llamas.
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Our mission is to provide the food production/equine/hobby animal community with exceptional preventative and emergency health care. Through co-operative and professional leadership, we strive to offer innovative animal health education, and production and research services at competitive prices.
African Swine Fever
African Swine Fever (ASF) has been in the news recently due to its increased spread in China, as well as other areas of Asia and Europe. Most people in Canada probably don’t know very much about this disease, even if they have some pigs of their own. This is likely because Canada does not currently have ASF, but that does not mean we are not at risk.
African Swine Fever is a very important disease of pigs across the globe. It is highly contagious, causes severe disease and death, affects pigs of all breeds and ages, and persists for a long time in the environment, carcasses, and pork products. ASF cannot infect humans through direct contact with pigs, nor from eating their meat, but humans are a source of transmission from pig to pig and farm to farm on themselves, their clothes/footwear/vehicles, and in what they feed their pigs.
All people who are in contact with swine have a responsibility to prevent the spread of this disease to Canada. Three primary ways we can help avoid bringing African Swine Fever into our country are:
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Do not bring pork products onto a pig farm
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Ensure people visiting a pig farm are not a potential source of contamination
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Do not feed your pigs any meat products, or other feedstuff that may have come in contact with meat
African Swine Fever is a reportable disease in Canada, and the symptoms are very similar to any other systemic illness that a pig may get. The only way to diagnose ASF is through laboratory tests, so contact our office if you have any sick or suddenly dead pigs.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding African Swine Fever, do not hesitate to contact us at 604-792-1501 or office@greenbeltvet.com
Click here for a quick one-pager for small scale swine producers
Upcoming Events
Wed
20
Health Management of the Young Calf – Complete Herdsman Training Program Day 1
October 20 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thu
21
Basic Examination and Treatment of the Cow – Complete Herdsman Training Program Day 2 & 3
October 21 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fri
22
Basic Examination and Treatment of the Cow – Complete Herdsman Training Program Days 2 & 3
October 22 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Mon
25
Trimming and Treating the Lame Cow – Complete Herdsman Training Program Day 4
October 25 @ 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Tue
26
Milker Training Refresher – Complete Herdsman training Program Day 5
October 26 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm