Animal Health and Welfare Branch / Office of the Chief Veterinarian for Ontario
If you are facing challenges that may lead to welfare issues with your livestock, there are resources available to help:
Contact:
Farm
and Food Care
519-837-1326
Ontario
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1-888-668-7722
OMAFRA Agricultural Information
Contact Centre
1-877-424-1300
If you have any concerns about the health of your animals, contact your veterinarian.
OMAFRA Resources:
- Animal Health and Welfare Branch
- Avian Influenza (AI)
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Rabies in Ontario
- Alerts/Advisories/Notifications
- Animal Health Act 2009
- Reporting of Hazards and Findings Regulation
- Compensation Regulation
- Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions
- List of Notifiable Hazards
- Infosheet: Reporting and Compensation Regulations
- Ontario-Specific
Immediately Notifiable Diseases
- Botulism (Order No. 13-001)
- Coxiellosis (Q Fever) (Order No. 13-007)
- Equine Herpesvirus (Order No. 13-003)
- Hantavirus (Order No. 13-005)
- Influenza (Order No. 13-009)
- Listeriosis (Order No. 13-011)
- Plague (Order No. 13-013)
- Salmonellosis (Order No. 13-015)
- Tularemia (Order No. 13-017)
- Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (Order No. 13-019)
- Animals for Research Act
- Beef Cattle Marketing Act
- Biosecurity
- CEPTOR Animal Health and Welfare Newsletter
- Chronic Wasting Disease – New Permit System
- Deadstock
- Euthanasia
- Humane Handling
- Livestock Community Sales
- Livestock Medicines Act and Livestock Medicines Outlets
- Ontario Animal Health Surveillance Network
- Ontario Beef Cattle Financial Protection Program
- Ontario Hatchery and Supply Flock Policy
Other Resources:
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca