Equine Industry News
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WCVM student receives equine scholarship
Hayley Lang, a WCVM veterinary student from Humboldt, Sask., is one of 33 equine-focused veterinary students in North America and the West Indies to receive a financial boost from the Winner’s Circle Scholarship program. Lang, who will begin her fourth and final year at the veterinary college this fall, is guaranteed a minimum of US $1,500 in scholarship support through …
June 24th, 2009 Full story »
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Dowling and Mocha prepare for World Games
Dr. Trish Dowling of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and her 12-year-old mare ZF Mocha finished a 100-mile endurance ride on May 17 in Jarvie, Alta., with a qualifying time for the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky. Dowling says she and Mocha are now aiming to compete as one of 14 Canadian horse and rider teams at …
May 21st, 2009 Full story »
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WCVM veterinarians to give horse health talks
Three clinicians at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) will give valuable horse health information to horse owners and breeders on Saturday, March 7, during the Saskatchewan Horse Federation’s annual conference in Saskatoon, Sask. (March 6 to 8). The WCVM clinicians are part of the conference’s Horse Owners and Industry Workshop on Saturday at Saskatoon’s Hilton Garden Inn: • …
March 03rd, 2009 Full story »
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EHV information seminar to be held in Regina
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Hugh Townsend of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) will give horse owners the facts about equine herpes virus during a public information seminar on Tuesday, April 22, in Regina, Sask. The Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan Inc. (FACS) is organizing the free, two-hour evening session in partnership with WCVM and the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical …
April 16th, 2008 Full story »
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WCVM hospital resumes equine services
Based on the results of diagnostic tests, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine has resumed all regular clinical services for equine patients at its Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The decision, which took effect at 6:00 p.m. on April 11, ends a 29-day suspension of non-emergency equine admissions to control the risk of equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) spread at the …
April 11th, 2008 Full story »
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Specialist gives equine herpes virus facts
More than 300 members of Saskatchewan’s horse industry learned the facts about equine herpes virus from infectious disease specialist Dr. Hugh Townsend at an information seminar in Saskatoon last night. Organized by the The Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan Inc. and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, the two-hour session focused on the neurologic form of equine herpes virus type …
April 11th, 2008 Full story »
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Seminar on equine herpes virus in Saskatoon
The Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan Inc. and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan are teaming up to present an equine herpes virus information seminar on Thursday, April 10, in Saskatoon, Sask. A recent outbreak of equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) in the Saskatoon area has caused concern for people involved in Saskatchewan’s horse …
April 04th, 2008 Full story »
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Equine herpes virus update: March 28, 2008
As of Friday, March 28, field service veterinarians from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are treating 15 horses at a Saskatoon-area riding stable for equine herpes virus type one (EHV-1) infection, says Dr. Katharina Lohmann of WCVM’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Last week, WCVM announced the suspension of non-emergency equine clinical services at its Large Animal Clinic after admitting two …
March 28th, 2008 Full story »
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WCVM suspends equine clinical services
As a precautionary measure, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Large Animal Clinic at the University of Saskatchewan is not accepting any non-emergency equine patients to control risks related to equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) infection. WCVM suspended its equine clinical services following admission of two local horses that proved to be suffering from the neurologic form of EHV-1 …
March 20th, 2008 Full story »
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Horse health on display at Mane Event
A team of WCVM representatives and local B.C. equine veterinarians met with hundreds of horse enthusiasts during the Mane Event Equine Education and Trade Fair that took place from October 19 to 21 in Chilliwack, B.C. Throughout the three-day event, team members talked to visitors about the College’s equine health research and training programs that are supported by the Equine …
October 25th, 2007 Full story »
