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Study focuses on lung failure in foals

March 25th, 2014

Last summer, I was part of a research group at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) that’s working to gain a better understanding of why young foals often die of respiratory distress and lung failure. During the first few months of their lives, foals are highly susceptible to bacterial infections and toxins because of their immature immune system. As …

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During the first few months of their lives, foals are highly susceptible to bacterial infections and toxins because of their immature immune system. Photo: Myrna MacDonald.
Shoppette and Jess in pasture

Scientists slowly solving laminitis mysteries

Recent research has given veterinarians a better understanding of equine laminitis, but a leading authority of the disease points out that there’s still much to be discovered about one of the horse industry’s most challenging health issues. Dr. James Belknap, a professor in Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Ohio State University and a well-known researcher in the field of equine laminitis, …

December 18th, 2012 Full story »

Dr. Baljit Singh,

The art of collaborative research

Years of dealing with complicated, multifactorial diseases such as endotoxemia in horses has taught the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Dr. Baljit Singh that the best approach to finding solutions is multidisciplinary teamwork. “If you’re going to develop new ideas or find new treatments, it’s going to be through collaboration with people who are away from your field,” says Singh, …

December 11th, 2011 Full story »

Jesse in the pasture, fal.

Can nanomedicine end endotoxemia?

A previous study conducted in the United States showed that eight out of 10 horses experience colic during their lifetime. Of those affected horses, 40 per cent of them die, likely as a result of endotoxemia – a complicating factor in many common equine diseases like colic and metritis (inflammation of the uterus). Endotoxemia in horses occurs when the circulating …

December 03rd, 2011 Full story »

WCVM’s major equine research projects

The Heather Ryan and L. David Dubé Veterinary Health and Research Fund has awarded $410,000 for three cutting-edge research investigations of equine endotoxemia, neonatal Rhodococcus equi pneumonia and genetic ocular disorders at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). All submitted grants underwent a stringent review process that was conducted by three prominent Canadian veterinary scientists. The …

March 06th, 2007 Full story »