A high percentage of veterinary students have no personal experience with cattle, sheep and pigs.
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Vet college gives students livestock experience
The Western College of Veterinary Medicine hopes program will encourage more students to consider large animal practice
Foreign-trained veterinarians seen as shortage solution
SASKATOON — The veterinarian shortage won’t be eased in the short-term by adding more seats at veterinary schools, said a panel of veterinarians at a conference last month. Nor will allowing cattle producers to do some procedures on their own solve the problem in rural areas, they said. “Chronically, in Canada, we have not been […] Read more
Man., Sask. fund more seats for vet students
Increased funding will allow Western College of Veterinary Medicine to accept 10 additional students starting in 2023-24
A shortage of veterinarians in rural Canada is an ongoing problem. Now, provincial governments in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have announced more funding for the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. That means more students from those two provinces will soon be enrolled for vet training. Starting in 2023-24, Manitoba will pay for five more […] Read more
Petition asks B.C. to fund more vets
Organizers say difference in tuition between subsidized and non-subsidized seats at vet college in Sask. shows wide gap
The severe and widening shortage of veterinarians in British Columbia has sparked an online petition. “The issue of vet shortages has been going on at least since 2016 and now it’s reached critical importance that needs to be addressed,” said Chris Dolbec of Oliver, B.C., who started the petition in February. “We’re projected to see […] Read more
Alberta commits funding to add more rural veterinarians
Province’s livestock sector has drawn attention to a significant lack of access to veterinarian services in remote areas
The Alberta government plans to provide $59 million to expand the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine as part of plans to double student enrolment. “This is a timely and necessary investment to help address a crisis-level shortage of veterinary professionals in the province,” faculty dean Renate Weller said in a statement. “More specifically, […] Read more
Pilot project aims to build rural vet service
Program is designed to attract and retain students by providing opportunities to experience life in rural practices
A new pilot project could help curb the declining number of veterinary services in rural Saskatchewan. The Preceptorship Program has been launched by the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Starting in May, it will run for 14 weeks and employ five third-year […] Read more
Alta. gov’t shifts veterinary funding to Calgary
The University of Calgary veterinary program is expanding by adding an extra 20 students per year starting in 2020. Each class will have up to 50 students per year. The government of Alberta is shifting enrolment funding of $4.7 million to the Calgary program from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of […] Read more
A vet’s newest tool
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are designing an endoscopy capsule capable of making detailed photographs of a horse’s innards, which are a largely unexplored frontier. “Whenever I talk to students about the horse abdomen, I put up a picture of a horse and put a big question mark in the middle,” said veterinary researcher […] Read more
Antibiotic resistance an ‘emerging crisis’
On-farm use Public health concerns are changing the way antibiotics can be used in animal agriculture
ATLANTA, Ga. — Common infections killed thousands every year before the age of antibiotics. Women died of infection after childbirth, pneumonia killed 30 percent of those who contracted it and 70 percent of meningitis patients died. Ear infections caused deafness. Rheumatic fever and heart failure could result from a sore throat. Bacterial resistance followed as […] Read more
Animals made from resin provide ideal teaching tool
Better for animals | Creating a replica, including organs, enables veterinary students to practise without causing stress to real animals
An unconventional marriage between science and art has conceived an unusual teaching model for veterinarians. Alister Cribb, dean of the University of Calgary’s veterinary faculty, approached his neighbour, Russ Gray, in 2009 to build an interactive display of the back half of a cow with a calf inside. He wanted to show children at Aggie […] Read more
