Western College of Veterinary Medicine
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Clinic curbs Winnipeg’s feral cat population
Randi Roberts knew something had to be done about the overpopulation of stray and feral cats in the north end of her hometown of Winnipeg, so she took action. With help from her friend Jessica Thompson, Roberts – then a receptionist at Winnipeg’s Machray Animal Hospital — began recruiting volunteers to help deal with the out-of-control stray cat population in …
September 09th, 2015 Full story »
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WCVM assists animal rescue efforts
When a growing number of wildfires forced thousands of people in La Ronge and other northern Saskatchewan communities to evacuate in early July, they had to leave behind their pets. The thought of those stranded animals and their owners’ anxiety motivated many people and organizations from across the province to respond — including the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). …
July 17th, 2015 Full story »
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Dental surgery fetches pain relief for Ben
When Dr. Erinn Hilberry first met Ben, the blind border collie was shy and withdrawn as he lay on the floor with his head down. Two weeks after dental surgery, Ben was a totally different dog. “It was amazing! He was wagging his tail, walking around the room sniffing stuff and coming up to people to say hi,” recalls Hilberry, …
June 03rd, 2015 Full story »
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Fund helps to relieve therapy cat’s pain
Since Clijsters and her feline partner Stosur have come to live at Mark and Karlinda Weiderick’s home near Outlook, Sask., the two young cats have transformed the life of the couple’s nine-year-old son Peyton. They’re not just family pets: they’re therapy cats for Peyton who has been diagnosed with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a sensory disorder. That’s why …
May 13th, 2015 Full story »
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Brain tumour study depends on dogs
A University of Saskatchewan cancer research study gives new meaning to dogs being “man’s best friend.” The collaborative study, which involves researchers from Saskatchewan, B.C. and Colorado, is investigating the effectiveness of mini beam radiation treatments (MBRT) for treating malignant brain tumours. This new method of radiation therapy has the potential to extend the survival time of dogs and eventually …
May 11th, 2015 Full story »
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Vets for Pets good medicine for everyone
The man standing in front of Dr. Jane Vermeulen was well groomed, neatly dressed and articulate. When he asked her for a specific flea treatment for his two cats, she assumed he was a staff member from Our Place — an inner-city transition shelter in Victoria, B.C. Our Place is also home base for “Vets for Pets,” a free veterinary clinic …
May 04th, 2015 Full story »
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Linear accelerator condenses therapy
Radiation therapy used to mean that a pet diagnosed with cancer had to undergo 15 to 20 radiation treatments over several weeks at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s (WCVM) radiation oncology service. Things changed in February 2014. That’s when the WCVM’s Veterinary Medical Centre became one of only four Canadian locations to offer advanced radiation therapy techniques using a …
February 22nd, 2015 Full story »
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Digital storytelling nurtures knowledge
What’s one thing that makes four videos about managing dog populations in the Battle River Treaty 6 area distinct? The fact that they actually exist, says Christina McKenzie, a co-creator of the videos and a second-year student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). Before she began working on the video project, McKenzie’s research turned up very little information …
February 04th, 2015 Full story »
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CFI invests in pet health project
Two researchers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) are among a group of University of Saskatchewan scientists who received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). U of S researchers will share a total of $844,000 from the CFI for wide-ranging research. The four U of S projects were announced January 20 on the U of S campus by Ed Holder, …
January 27th, 2015 Full story »
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How Joey got his bounce back
Linda Jensen knew it was bad news when her veterinarian called her on a Sunday night. Dr. Bernard Chapuis, a practitioner in Jensen’s home town of Prince Albert, Sask., had recently removed a lump behind the left front leg of Jensen’s Airedale terrier Joey. “The pathologist at the university [Western College of Veterinary Medicine] had sent back the results and …
January 10th, 2015 Full story »
