Three WCVM students received honours for their research posters and presentations at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians’ annual meeting that took place in Orlando, Florida, from March 3 to 6.

The AASV Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the meeting’s annual student competition. Twenty-five students representing 10 universities submitted abstracts for consideration, and from those submissions, 15 students were selected to present during the annual meeting.

Above: Recipients of the $1,500 AASV Foundation scholarships were (from left): Genevieve Remmers, Université de Montréal; Kristopher Eads, North Carolina State University; Heather James, Western College of Veterinary Medicine; Margaret Aleff, Iowa State University; Carissa Schloesser, University of Minnesota; and Dr. Ginger Pelger, Elanco Animal Health.

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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 three research projects will be conducted by multi-disciplinary teams of scientists from WCVM, the University of Saskatchewan and other research institutions across North America,” says Dr. Norman Rawlings, the veterinary college’s associate dean of research. “Each collaborative team brings a great deal of clinical and laboratory expertise to the table, and we’re very excited about their potential for making real, concrete progress in overcoming these longstanding issues in horse health.”

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Two WCVM scientists were among the Saskatchewan research teams who received $4.39 million in research and development funding from Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's Agriculture Development Fund. The funding announcement was made by Agriculture and Food Minister Mark Wartman at the University of Saskatchewan on February 28.

The current round of ADF funding provides support for research projects undertaken by organizations such as the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Regina, the Western Beef Development Centre and the Prairie Swine Centre. Drs. Murray Jelinski and Sarah Parker of WCVM were among the successful applicants from the U of S.

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