equine medicine
Stem cells could speed equine healing
December 18th, 2015
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A team of researchers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is investigating the potential use of stem cells — an exciting new area of veterinary medicine — on wound healing in horses. “Stem cells in the purest definition are cells that are able to regenerate themselves and differentiate into all cell types,” says Dr. Suzanne Mund, a veterinarian who …
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Gold Medal recipient heads for horses
Horses have played an important role in Elisabeth van Veggel’s life since she was a little girl. “Back home in the Netherlands, all of my family rode,” says van Veggel, who immigrated to Victoria, B.C., when she was 12 years old. “When we moved here, I got a pony. I think it was my parents’ way of bribing me to …
December 02nd, 2015 Full story »
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EHRF renamed to honour first research fellow
A chance conversation with Dr. Hugh Townsend outside the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) led Dr. Joe Bracamonte to focus his career on equine health. “He changed my career in the parking lot, just with a conversation,” says Bracamonte, an associate professor at the WCVM who specializes in large animal surgery. Stories like this abound: Townsend has a gift …
November 02nd, 2015 Full story »
