ALBERTA LAMB PRODUCERS AWARDED $399,000 FROM RESEARCH DRIVEN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH (RDAR) TO SUPPORT THE ADAPTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANESTHETIC RELEASING ELASTRATOR BAND FOR USE IN THE CANADIAN LAMB INDUSTRY
Alberta Lamb Producers (ALP) has recently been awarded $399,000 from Research Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) to investigate the adaptation of a novel anesthetic delivering elastration ligation band, for castration and tail docking, in the Canadian Lamb Industry. CCR has partnered with Alberta Veterinary Laboratories/Solvet (AVL/Solvet) of Calgary Alberta to manufacture the device in Alberta. Studies are in progress to register this device for sale in Canada with a local anesthesia label claim for use in cattle and lambs.
This project will require several on farm studies involving Alberta sheep producers. Typically, the studies are relatively straight forward with the producer allowing access to their facilities and a small number of their male lambs for castration, tail docking and data collection (including some or all of weights, blood and tissue samples, pain assessment) once a week for several weeks, with very little time required on the producer’s part. If you would like to participate or have questions about participating, please contact Nick Allan (CCR) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
