Category: Member News

Asthma, heart disease or muscular issues can derail any athlete’s season – even racehorses who run at local tracks or have their sights set for horse racing’s Triple Crown.

Melissa Mazan, V93, needed a way to test lung function in horses that couldn’t come to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. So she invented one with the help of three School of Engineering alumni When it comes to medical procedures, horses are like children, says Melissa Mazan, V93, a professor of large animal medicine at […]

More B.C. veterinary students will attend the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) on the University of Saskatchewan (USask) campus this August, following an investment from the Province of B.C. to double its number of subsidized seats for the first time in more than a decade.

Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Early Pregnancy Affects Infant Monkey Behavior Trina Wood April 01, 2022 Andy Fell Female rhesus macaque monkeys and infants at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis. Studies on animals conceived during poor air quality due to the 2018 Camp Fire provide evidence for developmental effects of wildfire smoke. […]

Dog Continues Battle with Cancer Thanks to Philanthropic Fund Rob Warren April 01, 2022 Dixie, an 8-year-old Dachshund/Chihuahua mix, has been an important part of her family since she was rescued in 2013. She loves going for car rides, beef liver treats, sleeping in lots of cozy blankets, and laying in the sunshine any chance […]

The Oromaxillofacial Region as a Model for a One-Health Approach in Regenerative Medicine Rob Warren April 01, 2022 The veterinarian’s role in conducting clinical trials in client-owned animals with naturally occurring diseases is critical and unique as it may potentially inform human clinical trials. The veterinary regenerative medicine and surgery field is on a steep […]

An award-winning author focusing on immigration, Lee, J91, is among six honorary degree recipients, part of a commencement week that includes a celebration for Class of 2020 graduates Award-winning historian, scholar, and author Erika Lee, J91, will deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2022 on Sunday, May 22. Lee will speak at the […]

Bree Kelln has been selected as the new Beef Industry Integrated Forage Management and Utilization (IFMU) Chair for the University of Saskatchewan (USask).

Theo, a Bernese mountain dog, enjoys watching birds on TV. Freya Mowat, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine, can tell this from the way Theo tracks their movements with his eyes and how he lunges toward the screen “as if he’s trying to say hi to the bird.” The post […]

Household chores are an important, but often looked, part of our daily lives. For our reptilian friends, though, having a safe and tidy environment is one of the best prevention methods against parasitic infections, according to Dr. Ashley Navarrette, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Navarrette […]