News
-
EHRF invests nearly $60,000 in horse health
Western College of Veterinary Medicine scientists have received nearly $60,000 from the College’s Equine Health Research Fund to conduct four studies that will ultimately improve the health and care of horses around the world. “We’re very pleased with the quality and diversity of the research proposals that were submitted to the Fund this year. Our objectives are to select scientifically-sound …
August 03rd, 2006 Full story »
-
Horse Health Lines: Summer 2006
The Summer 2006 issue of Horse Health Lines is now available in PDF format. Inside, you’ll find: • The $60,000 Investment in Equine Health: WCVM scientists have received nearly $60,000 from the Equine Health Research Fund for four new research projects. • Lidocaine: Colic’s Damage Controller?: Can equine surgeons rely on this local anesthetic to control damage after small intestinal …
July 27th, 2006 Full story »
-
A quarter century of better health
During the mid-1970s, you could count the number of equine veterinary specialists and researchers living and working in Western Canada on the fingers of one hand. Once tractors finished replacing horse power in the 1940s, the incentive to improve horse health care had stalled in every western province. The region’s closest sources of advanced equine education and research were American …
October 19th, 2002 Full story »
