The Canada Foundation for Innovation is investing $844,000 in the University of Saskatchewan for a variety of environmental, energy and health related projects.
It is part of a national announcement involving $35 million for 37 universities across Canada.
The $844,000 will fund four projects, one of which is agriculture related.
Lynn Weber and Jaswant Sing from the U of S’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine received $172,000 to explore the health benefits of using pulse crops in pet and fish feeds.
The money will pay for a high-resolution ultrasound microscope to examine the effects of pulse crop diets on the cardiovascular and reproductive health of pets and fish.
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