Veterinary Medicine

Browse by

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is becoming a leader among research-intensive North American veterinary colleges for the quality of our research programs and their engagement of undergraduate and graduate students. We continue to support a broad base of research excellence across disciplines with areas of strength in cattle health, infectious disease, pain and animal welfare, equine health, wildlife heath, reproduction and regenerative medicine, and veterinary education. Our programs align with the University of Calgary's Eyes High strategy to become a top 5 research-intensive university that graduates global leaders infused with research.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Collections in this community

Veterinary Medicine Research & Publications

Recent Submissions

Prevalence and Genetic Basis of Antimicrobial Resistance in Non-aureusStaphylococci Isolated from Canadian Dairy Herds

Nobrega, Diego B; Naushad, Sohail; Naqvi, S Ali; Condas, Larissa A Z; Saini, Vineet; Kastelic, John P; Luby, Christopher; De Buck, Jeroen; Barkema, Herman W (Frontiers in Microbiology, Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Pre-print, 2018-01)

Emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance is a major concern for the dairy industry worldwide. Objectives were to determine: (1) phenotypic and genotypic prevalence of drug-specific resistance for 25 species of ...
Refinement of intraperitoneal injection of sodium pentobarbital for euthanasia in laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Zatroch, Katie K; Knight, Cameron G; Reimer, Julie N; Pang, Daniel S J (BioMed Central, http://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-017-0982-y, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 2017-02-21)

BACKGROUND: The Canadian Council on Animal Care and American Veterinary Medical Association classify intraperitoneal (IP) pentobarbital as an acceptable euthanasia method in rats. However, national guidelines do not exist ...
Student Attainment of Proficiency in a Clinical Skill: The Assessment of Individual Learning Curves

Campbell, Robert D.; Hecker, Kent G.; Biau, David J.; Pang, Daniel S. J. (Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0088526, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2014-02-20)
Pathogens at the livestock-wildlife interface in Western Alberta: does transmission route matter?

Pruvot, Mathieu; Kutz, Susan J; van der Meer, Frank; Musiani, Marco; Barkema, Herman W; Orsel, Karin (BioMed Central, http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/45/1/18, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, Environmental Design, 2014-02-12)
Carbon dioxide, but not isoflurane, elicits ultrasonic vocalisations in female rats

Chisholm, J.; De Rantere, D.; Fernandez, N. J.; Krajacic, A.; Pang, Daniel S. J. (Sage Journals, http://lan.sagepub.com/, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2013-10)
Student Attainment of Proficiency in a Clinical Skill: The Assessment of Individual Learning Curves

Campbell, Robert D.; Hecker, Kent G.; Biau, David J.; Pang, Daniel S. J. (Public Library of Science, http://www.plosone.org/, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2014-02-20)
The modification and evaluation of an ELISA test for the surveillance of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in wild ruminants

Pruvot, Mathieu; Forde, Taya L; Steele, Jillian; Kutz, Susan J; De Buck, Jeroen; van der Meer, Frank; Orsel, Karin (BioMed Central, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/9/5, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2013-01-09)
Non-breeding feather concentrations of testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol are associated with subsequent survival in wild house sparrows

Koren, Lee; Nakagawa, Shinichi; Burke, Terry; Soma, Kiran K.; Wynne-Edwards, Katherine E.; Geffen, Eli (Royal Society Publishing, http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/279/1733/1560.full, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2011-11-16)
Defining parasite biodiversity at high latitudes of North America: new host and geographic records for Onchocerca cervipedis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in moose and caribou

Verocai, Guilherme G.; Lejeune, Manigandan; Beckmen, Kimberlee B; Kashivakura, Cyntia K; Veitch, Alasdair M; Popko, Richard A; Fuentealba, Carmen; Hoberg, Eric P; Kutz, Susan J (BioMed Central, http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/5/1/242, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2012-10-30)
Defining parasite biodiversity at high latitudes of North America: new host and geographic records for Onchocerca cervipedis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in moose and caribou

Kutz, Susan J.; Verocai, Guilherme G.; Lejeune, Manigandan; Beckmen, Kimberlee B.; Kashivakura, Cyntia K.; Veitch, Alasdair M.; Popko, Richard A.; Fuentealba, Carmen; Hoberg, Eric P. (BioMed Central, http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/5/1/242, University of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine, 2012-10-30)