Sask. gets new veterinary chief

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Published: July 20, 2012

Dr. Betty Althouse is Saskatchewan’s new chief veterinary officer.

She joined the ministry from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, where she had worked since 1999.

She replaces Dr. Greg Douglas, who became Ontario’s chief veterinarian earlier this year.

Althouse began her veterinary career in a mixed practice in Humboldt, Sask., where she developed an interest in swine and dairy herd health. In 1990 she established a 50-sow farrow-to-finish straw-based hog barn.

At the CFIA, she worked as a veterinarian in charge at the Lilydale poultry slaughter facility, a disease control specialist and industry liaison.

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Karen Briere

Karen Briere

Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

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