Current Research
Equine research grants: 2024-25
September 01st, 2024
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This spring, researchers and graduate students based at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) received over $132,000 in support of equine health studies and student training. The funding supports three equine health research projects, a summer research student award, two graduate tuition awards and a graduate research fellowship. While the bulk of the funding stems from the college’s Townsend …
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TEHRF research grants: 2022-23
Three equine health research studies, which involve scientists at the WCVM and their collaborators, received a total of $51,607 in support from TEHRF. Is Chlamydia psittaci causing equine abortions in Canada? Drs. Bruce Wobeser and Madison Ricard, WCVM WCVM researchers are investigating the prevalence of Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci) in aborted horse placentas. This bacterial pathogen causes psittacosis, a disease …
October 08th, 2022 Full story »
