{"id":322,"date":"2019-11-08T18:28:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T22:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/?page_id=322"},"modified":"2019-11-08T18:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T22:33:41","slug":"canadian-veterinary-medical-association-animal-welfare-position-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/canadian-veterinary-medical-association-animal-welfare-position-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Animal Welfare Position Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CVMA position statements serve as guidelines and principles that address veterinary issues and the stewardship and welfare of animals. Positions are meant to guide the profession, and also to educate the public on the veterinary viewpoint on select issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Position statements are prepared by the CVMA Animal Welfare Committee, revised following member consultation and approved by CVMA Council (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/policy-advocacy\/statements\" target=\"_blank\">Position statements are prepared by the CVMA Animal Welfare Committee, revised following member consultation and approved by CVMA Council<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead role in the formulation of the following position statements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/castration-piglets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Castration of piglets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/castration-cattle-sheep-goats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Castration of cattle, sheep and goats  (opens in a new tab)\">Castration of cattle, sheep and goats <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Electroejaculation of ruminants (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/\uf0a7\thttps:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/electroejaculation-of-ruminants-position-statement\" target=\"_blank\">Ele<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/electroejaculation-of-ruminants-position-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ctroejaculation of ruminants (opens in a new tab)\">ctroejaculation of ruminants<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Housing systems for laying hens (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/o\thttps:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/housing-systems-for-laying-hens-position-statement\" target=\"_blank\">H<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/housing-systems-for-laying-hens-position-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ousing systems for laying hens (opens in a new tab)\">ousing systems for laying hens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Use of animals in sport and competition (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/\uf0a7\thttps:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/animals-sport-competition\" target=\"_blank\">Use<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianveterinarians.net\/documents\/animals-sport-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" of animals in sport and competition (opens in a new tab)\"> of animals in sport and competition<\/a> (joint lead)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CVMA position statements serve as guidelines and principles that address veterinary issues and the stewardship and welfare of animals. Positions are meant to guide the profession, and also to educate the public on the veterinary viewpoint on select issues. Position &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/canadian-veterinary-medical-association-animal-welfare-position-statements\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mcockram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}