Animal Health Week 2017

ANIMAL HEALTH WEEK – OCTOBER 1 TO 7, 2017

Each year, through Animal Health Week, the veterinary community draws attention to an important health-related message.

ANIMAL HEALTH WEEK Infographic

Download our Animal Health Week infographic here.

Animal Health Week Video Series

The CVMA has produced a video series to help highlight the importance of this year's theme, Animal Welfare: Safeguarding the Five Animal Freedoms.

Watch the videos below and share them with your clients through social media or play them on waiting room monitors.

Right-click on each video to copy the embed code.

Freedom #1: Providing adequate shelter

Freedom from discomfort by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.

https://youtu.be/TuPfWfGRuh8

Freedom #2: Providing proper nutrition

Freedom from hunger and thirst by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.

https://youtu.be/oPEy7JH0Ql0

Freedom #3: Providing appropriate veterinary care

Freedom from pain, injury or disease by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.

https://youtu.be/YoLnFCnS1Lc

Freedom #4: Ensuring proper socialization

Freedom to spend time with or away from members of their species as appropriate.

https://youtu.be/Sse_WOqHTY0

Freedom #5: Allowing animals to exhibit normal behaviour

Freedom to express normal behaviour by providing sufficient space, proper facilities, and tools/accessories and not punishing animals for carrying out undesired behaviours.

https://youtu.be/g5HhTDI1ZoQ

Animal Welfare: Safeguarding the Five Animal Freedoms

Providing proper nutrition
Ensuring proper socialization
Providing adequate shelter
Providing appropriate veterinary care
Allowing animals to exhibit normal behaviour

https://youtu.be/fM4W5I7jcD8

ANIMAL HEALTH WEEK

We have been celebrating Animal Health Week for more than 30 years and this year we want to emphasize the importance of Animal Welfare. This year’s theme highlights the five basic freedoms animals require to survive and thrive. These Five Freedoms include: adequate shelter, proper nutrition, appropriate veterinary care, proper socialization, and the ability to exhibit normal behaviours. This year’s theme, Animal Welfare: Safeguarding the Five Animal Freedoms, provides us with an opportunity to remind animal owners of the fundamental elements they are required to provide the animal in their care to ensure them healthy and happy lives.

We’re reminding animal owners they can protect the Five Animal Freedoms by:

Providing proper nutrition
- Freedom from hunger and thirst by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.
Ensuring proper socialization
- Freedom to spend time with or away from members of their species as appropriate.
Providing adequate shelter
- Freedom from discomfort by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.
Providing appropriate veterinary care
- Freedom from pain, injury or disease by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Allowing animals to exhibit normal behaviour
- Freedom to express normal behaviour by providing sufficient space, proper facilities, and tools/accessories and not punishing animals for carrying out undesired behaviours.