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WCVM students receive scholarships

April 23rd, 2007

The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Graduate Studies and Research has awarded two Centennial Merit scholarships worth $5,000 each to Dr. Leigh Rosengren and Carolyn Paterson, graduate students at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). • Rosengren, a PhD candidate under Dr. Cheryl Waldner’s supervision, is a graduate student in WCVM’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. With a research …

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LIbrary books

Author, author!

A number of WCVM faculty members have authored, co-authored or contributed chapters to books and manuals in the past few months. These texts cover a range of topics in veterinary medicine: veterinary pathology, small animal anesthesia and analgesia (pain control), wildlife diseases, canine internal medicine, endocrinology, and the use of technology in veterinary teaching. • Veterinary Clinical Pathology: An Introduction. …

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History of equine veterinary medicine

Medical display explores human-horse parallels

The ancient connection between horses and humans is the focus of a travelling exhibit that’s now on public display in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s library until Thursday, May 3. Developed by the United States National Library of Medicine, “The Horse, A Mirror of Man: Parallels in Early Human and Horse Medicine” explores the history of equine veterinary medicine …

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Dr. Reuben Mapletoft

Mapletoft delivers R.G. Thomson Lecture

Dr. Reuben Mapletoft of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, delivered the R.G. Thomson Lecture on March 15 at the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College. Mapletoft, a professor in WCVM’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and a founding member of the U of S Reproductive Sciences and Medicine Group, talked about how collaborations with other scientists …

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Saskatchewan backs THREATS development

Dr. Monique Dubé, U of S Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Health Diagnosis and associate professor in WCVM’s Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, has received $80,000 from the Government of Saskatchewan to assist in the development of The Healthy River Ecosystem Assessment System. THREATS is cumulative effects assessment software that can identify when important changes have occurred in river …

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