Horse Health Lines: Autumn 2007

Dr. Bruce Wobeser is part of a WCVM research team that is investigating equine sarcoids. Photo: Debra Marshall.

The Autumn 2007 issue of Horse Health Lines is now available to readers (download PDF). Here are some of the highlights from this issue:

• OVER THE FIRST HURDLE: Western Canadian horse owners rise to the challenge and raise an additional $200,000 for horse health research this year.

• SARCOID SLEUTHS: An unattractive equine skin tumour is getting a lot of second looks from a team of WCVM veterinary pathologists.

• ACADEMIC HORSE POWER: Horses, their genetics and their health have been big on the University of Saskatchewan campus since the early 1900s.

• COLLEGE GROWTH SPURT: Brand new facilities are opening up all around WCVM as the veterinary college’s four-year, $57-million expansion moves into its final stages.

• A CAREER-INSPIRING SUMMER: WCVM student Hayley Lang enjoyed a variety-packed summer as the EHRF undergraduate research summer student.

• THE TESTING OF THE SCREW: Drs. David Wilson and Ryan Wolker test out a new design of titanium screw for potential use in pastern arthrodesis procedures.

• EQUINE TLC: Dr. Meagan McBurney (WCVM ’07) is the first recipient of the Dino and Dr. Ashburner Award in Equine Care.

• OUR CONTRIBUTORS: A list of contributors to the Equine Health Research Fund during the period between September 1, 2006, and August 31, 2007.