wound healing
Curing cuts with cod
September 01st, 2024
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Dr. Alannah Friedlund (DVM) has gained firsthand experience treating all kinds of bloody, nasty cuts, gashes and slices on horses’ legs during her time at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). “We see a lot of horses with leg wounds coming into our clinic [WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre]. Owners can spend a lot of time cleaning wounds, bandaging wounds …
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Stem cells as wound healing tool?
A team of researchers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) has published the first equine study to demonstrate changes in wound healing following stem cell therapy. Their findings were recently published online in Cells, an international open access journal. Team members include PhD student Dr. Suzanne Mund along with WCVM faculty members Drs. Daniel MacPhee, John Campbell, Ali …
March 06th, 2022 Full story »
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Excelling at equine wound healing
Managing wounds in horses is challenging for horse owners and veterinarians alike. In many cases, equine wounds are slow to heal with the potential for unsightly scars and the production of an excess amount of granulation tissue, commonly known as “proud flesh.” For the past five years, researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) have been working to determine whether …
November 12th, 2019 Full story »
