Horse Health Lines: Autumn 2007
(October 30, 2007)--The Autumn 2007 issue of Horse Health Lines is now available to readers: click here to download your own copy of the Equine Health Research Fund's publication (1.8 MB).
Here are some of the highlights from this issue (click titles to download individual stories):
• OVER THE FIRST HURDLE: Western Canadian horse owners rise to the challenge and raise an additional $200,000 for horse health research this year.
• SARCOID SLEUTHS: An unattractive equine skin tumour is getting a lot of second looks from a team of WCVM veterinary pathologists.
• ACADEMIC HORSE POWER: Horses, their genetics and their health have been big on the University of Saskatchewan campus since the early 1900s.
• COLLEGE GROWTH SPURT: Brand new facilities are opening up all around WCVM as the veterinary college's four-year, $57-million expansion moves into its final stages.
• A CAREER-INSPIRING SUMMER: WCVM student Hayley Lang enjoyed a variety-packed summer as the EHRF undergraduate research summer student.
• THE TESTING OF THE SCREW: Drs. David Wilson and Ryan Wolker test out a new design of titanium screw for potential use in pastern arthrodesis procedures.
• EQUINE TLC: Dr. Meagan McBurney (WCVM '07) is the first recipient of the Dino and Dr. Ashburner Award in Equine Care.
• OUR CONTRIBUTORS: A list of contributors to the Equine Health Research Fund during the period between September 1, 2006, and August 31, 2007.
