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CAHF research: 2022-23
February 18th, 2023
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Five research teams at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) have received nearly $93,000 in funding for research projects targeting a variety of health issues and questions in companion animals. The WCVM’s Companion Animal Health Fund (CAHF) and another fund administered by the CAHF provided financial support for the research studies that are based at the veterinary college. What …
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Pet health research in print
A roundup of WCVM-related companion animal research articles that have been recently published in peer-reviewed journals. Cotter B, Zwicker LA, Lavallee J, Perdrizet UG, Allen AL, Sukut S, Matz B. “Bronchocutaneous fistula in a dog.” Journal of Small Animal Practice. April 2022. 63(4):336. Leis ML, Sandmeyer LS. “Diagnostic ophthalmology.” Canadian Veterinary Journal. May 2022. 63(5):549-550. Meachem MD, Allen AL. “What …
January 18th, 2023 Full story »
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CAHF research: 2021-22
Eight research teams at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) have received $102,542 in funding to conduct vital companion animal health research. Read the following research summaries for more information about each study. Can grain-free, legume-based diets cause heart failure in dogs?Drs. Lynn Weber, Matheus Costa and Dylan Olver, and Elise Bokshowan, WCVM In the past two decades, the …
May 18th, 2021 Full story »
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CAHF research: 2020-21
Eight research teams at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) have received $117,429 in funding to conduct vital companion animal health research. What do EphA proteins tell us about a common eye tumour? Drs. Stephanie Osinchuck, Behzad Toozi, Lynne Sandmeyer and Leila Bedos, and Evelyn Harris, WCVM Ocular melanoma, the most common type of eye tumour in dogs and …
July 19th, 2020 Full story »
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CAHF Research Grants: 2019-2020
Nine research teams at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) have received more than $107,000 in funding to conduct vital companion animal health research in the next 24 months. Read the following research summaries for more details about each study. What causes this agonizing, blinding, and all-too-common golden retriever disease? Drs. Bianca Bauer, Lynne Sandmeyer and Stephanie Osinchuk, WCVM; …
May 21st, 2019 Full story »
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CAHF Research Grants: 2017-2018
Six research teams at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) have received more than $68,500 in funding to conduct vital companion animal health research in the next 12 months. Four of the research projects received funding from the WCVM Companion Animal Health Fund, while two other WCVM-administered funds — the Anka Best Friend Fund and the Olga and Constance Kaye …
June 12th, 2017 Full story »
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CAHF Research Grants: 2016-2017
The WCVM Companion Animal Health Fund (CAHF) has provided financial support for four pet health research projects that will be conducted by research teams at the regional veterinary college during the next year. Read the following research summaries for more details about each study. Can combined CT-MRI images help to accurately define brain tumours in cats? Drs. Monique Mayer, Jerome Gagnon, Gillian …
May 25th, 2016 Full story »
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CAHF Research Grants: 2015-16
This year, the WCVM Companion Animal Health Fund provided financial support for eight pet health research projects at the regional veterinary college. Read the following research summaries for more details about each study. Could a method used to treat liver disease in humans be applied to cats? Drs. Ahmad Al-Dissi and Jolanda Verhoef, WCVM Inflammatory liver disease is the second …
November 19th, 2015 Full story »
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CAHF Research Grants: 2014-15
Metformin: a new potential cancer drug for dogs? Drs. M. Casey Gaunt, Charlotte Johnson, Valerie MacDonald Dickinson and Trisha Dowling, WCVM; and Ryan Dickinson, Prairie Diagnostic Services Metformin is a drug that has been used to manage type-2 diabetes mellitus in humans. Recent studies have shown that the drug may also have the ability to decrease the incidence of — …
August 03rd, 2014 Full story »
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CAHF Research Grants, 2013-14
Can a new test help more cats survive pancreatic cancer? Drs. Elemir Simko, Melissa Meachem, Beverly Kidney, Marion Jackson and Elisabeth Snead Feline pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease that kills most cats within seven days of being diagnosed. By the time the disease is discovered, it has usually spread through the cat’s body leaving veterinarians and owners with few, …
September 19th, 2013 Full story »
