Projects

This tool will be highly beneficial for veterinarians to enhance the veterinary services offered to their clients across all regions and to monitor animal health with a focus on the responsible and judicious use of antimicrobials, medications, and vaccines. The telemedicine sessions and medical record-keeping process will comply with the OMVQ standards for virtual consultations. The initial version of this tool will be available starting April 1, 2024, just in time to support veterinarians during the PISAQ telemedicine campaign scheduled for spring 2024. The total cost of this tool is $303,625.00, with funding provided 75% by MAPAQ and 25% by FASA.

This tool will enable veterinarians using Vet-Expert to maximize their clients' participation in each PISAQ campaign, thereby improving farm biosecurity and animal health monitoring with a focus on informed medication use. This project, with a total cost of $43,118.23, was funded 100% by FASA.

This adaptation will enable veterinarians to use a version of the benchmarking tool through automated calculations and interoperability between systems used by EPI Interactive and DS@HR. Thus, the graphical tool presented during the pilot project conducted by Simon Dufour’s team at FMV during the feasibility study will be available on an externally hosted, secure-access server to view antibiotic usage results for each dairy producer. This project, with a total cost of $11,850.00, was funded 75% by MAPAQ and 25% by FASA.

Development of a set of tools and electronic consent forms to automate data sharing consent processes at DS@HR

This project, in collaboration with DSAHR and Nomomente Institute, consists of developing a set of tools and electronic consent forms to foster monitoring and research adapted for projects involving multiple partners in the animal health sector. These tools primarily aim to optimize the steps of the consent process by using technical tools to : (1) present the reasons and conditions for data access; (2) request an authorization to access and use the data; (3) assist veterinarians and their clients in understanding the steps of the consent process; and (4) document the consent provided by requiring an electronic signature on the consent form.

This project was funded in part by CDMV Inc. and through the Ministerial Initiative on Agri-Food Action/Prevention, under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, an agreement between the governments of Canada and Québec (https://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/Productions/md/programmesliste/santeanimale/Pages/Initiative-ministerielle-action-prevention-agroalimentaire.aspx).