Category: Member News

Dr. Michael Bowie Michael Bowie, Ph.D., has been named assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. His appointment was effective May 1, 2021. A clinical assistant professor of parasitology in the college’s department of comparative, diagnostic and population medicine, Bowie has for years been a national […]

Air Quality Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Trina Wood May 17, 2021 Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for age-related dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. Their study, based on rodent models, corroborates previous epidemiological evidence showing this association. Alzheimer’s disease is the […]

Cat owners can play an important role in preventing aggressive behaviour in their pets, a University of Guelph study suggests. Lead author Kristina O’Hanley, a PhD candidate in the Ontario Veterinary College’s Department of Population Medicine, said the study found cats showed less aggression toward owners who use positive reinforcement to… 

Monday, May 17, 2021 – 10:18am Larson study picture.jpg Ellie Larson (second from right) relied on Dr. Bettina Wagner’s (third from right) herd of Icelandic horses to gain new insights to allergies. Thanks to the similarities between equine and human immunology, this research may identify biomarkers that could guide new therapeutics for people suffering from […]

Motivated by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, a group of students at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) have created a new college club.

While most people dread dealing with ticks, University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers are keen to work with the parasite as they investigate the host-pathogen system responsible for Lyme disease in Canada.

Vaccines may become less effective over time, but there’s no evidence that we’re on the brink of catastrophe. “I don’t think that there’s an imminent danger that we’re going to go back to square one,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. “We should be concerned, but not […]

Dumbledore is a 10-year-old neutered male Oriental Shorthair who was presented to the Michigan State University Radiation Oncology Service in January of 2020 for evaluation of anisocoria.

Dr. Beth Boudreau and Patches Dr. Beth Boudreau, an assistant professor of neurology, welcomes Patches’ family to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Small Animal Hospital (SAH). Patches, a sweet and playful dog, is visiting the SAH to be treated for a glioma, a form of cancer that grows in […]

Research across the public health and zoonotic disease spectrum will be the focus during a virtual symposium with the University of Guelph’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ). Zoonotic disease – diseases that transmit from animals to people – and their impact on public health have been in sharp focus during the COVID-19 pandemic…