AVC’s Dr. Laurie McDuffee and her expertise in regenerative medicine were the subject of a recent TSN profile. Dr. McDuffee was featured for her efforts to advance the science behind bone, tendon and ligament healing in horses. Dr. McDuffee’s current research focuses on equine patients but she hopes to transfer her knowledge in cell-based therapies to companion animals and, potentially, humans.
The feature can be found on the TSN website at www.tsn.ca/canada_games/. Dr. McDuffee...
Nine of AVC's veterinary students participated in the Summer Research and Leadership Program throughout the summer. Students met weekly for lectures pertaining to careers in research including government, industry, and academia. Additional lectures were provided to help improve presentation skills and scientific writing. Completion of the course included each of the students delivering an oral and poster presentation.
Wildlife pathologists with AVC's Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) are conducting research on a recently described cause of mortality in wild finches due to infection with the protozoan parasite Trichomonas gallinae.
First identified in Maritime finches in 2007, the disease has occurred every summer/early fall since, affecting purple and American goldfinches. The main goals of the research, which is being conducted by Drs. Scott McBurney and María Forzán, are to...
UPEI’s Office of Research Development Blog (upei.ca/research) is a place to learn about the research and researchers at UPEI. The blog serves as a resource for journalists looking for interesting stories, a spot for the public to learn about research, and as a means for the UPEI community to know more about colleagues' expertise.
Here are some of the stories about researchers at AVC:
Frog-killing fungus comes to Prince Edward Island (María Forzán)
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The Atlantic Veterinary College’s OIE Reference Laboratory for ISA is led by Dr. Fred Kibenge. AVC’s OIE Reference Laboratory is an international partner on a research project based at the Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile (Principal Investigator: Dr. Alejandro J. Yanez), that recently received funding from FONDEF/Education Ministry, Chile. The project is titled "Development of biotechnological products from genomic and proteomic characterization of variant Chilean...
Dr. Laurie McDuffee and Dr. Chris Riley of AVC’s Department of Health Management were recently awarded funding through the PEI Department of Innovation and Advanced Learning through the Discovery and Development Fund program. Dr. McDuffee was granted funding to support her work in Cell-based Therapy for the Promotion of Bone Healing in Horses. Dr. Riley received funding to further his research related to the Development of Infrared Spectroscopy Based Tests for the Detection and...
Abegweit and Lennox Island First Nations recently joined the AVC Lobster Science Centre to take part in a research project off PEI's north shore. The information collected will benefit the Island lobster fishery and will be used to build predictive models of landed lobster quality, based on envioronmental and biological data.
The First Nations will provide boats, traps, and fishers, while the AVC Lobster Science Centre will provide technicians to do the sampling. Each sampling session will...
The Atlantic Veterinary College’s Department of Biomedical Sciences will begin operating its Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) lab in mid-June. Housing state-of-the-art equipment, this unit will provide internal researchers and external clients with certified SPF status.
The multi-room research unit houses two holding rooms, a vestibule, procedure and staging areas, and designated areas for behavioural testing, sterilization, and changing.
"Clients who need to move their research into...
The Atlantic Veterinary College’s Atlantic Centre for Bioactive Valuation works collaboratively with partners from UPEI and the National Research Council-Institute for Nutrisciences (NRC-INH) on bioactives, functional food and nutraceuticals. Recently, these partners received funding of $500,000 over two years from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as part of the Agricultural BioProducts Innovation Program and the BioPotato Network to screen bioactives extracted from a variety of potato...
AVC's Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association's Animal Welfare Committee Working Group has worked collaboratively to produce a reference poster outlining Examples of Anaesthetic and Pain Management Protocols for Large Animals.
Developed by AVC Anaesthesiologist, Dr. Kip A. Lempke (DVM, MS, DACVA), former AVC Chair of Animal Welfare, Dr. Caroline J. Hewson (MVB, PhD), and Coordinator of the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre, Dr. Alice Crook (Bsc,...
The Atlantic Veterinary College’s 17th annual Graduate Studies and Research Days will take place May 14 and 15 in AVC’s Lecture Theatre A. The event showcases AVC graduate students and their research capabilities through competitive presentations of their work.
“We are very pleased to see a record-breaking number of presentations scheduled for this year,” says Dr. Jim Bellamy, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. “Forty-four presentations related to...
Dr. John VanLeeuwen, a Professor of Epidemiology and Ruminant Health Management at AVC, is a busy man. He is an award winning researcher and inspirational volunteer leader in local and international communities through organizations such as Farmers Helping Farmers and Veterinarians Without Borders. He is also a teacher that has contributed to many life changing experiences for his students. Read more about Dr. VanLeeuwen and his efforts to improve our world through veterinary medicine by [...
In January 2009, the work of Dr. Cai Song, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Psychoneuroimmunology at AVC, will be highlighted as the feature article in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience.
Dr. Song’s paper is titled Increased phospholipase A2 activity and inflammatory response but decreased nerve growth factor expression in the olfactory bulbectomized rat model of depression: Effects of chronic ethyl-eicosapentaenoate treatment.
Dr. Song’s...
The Atlantic Centre for Bioactive Valuation at the Atlantic Veterinary College is a centre that demonstrates the value of strong collaborative partnerships and knowledge application at its best. At the Atlantic Centre for Bioactive Valuation, researchers from AVC and the National Research Council for Nutrisciences and Health work closely together to develop and validate biologically relevant in vitro assays and animal models of disease. The centre is the only one of its kind in Eastern Canada...
Maritime Quality Milk is a research and service centre at the Atlantic Veterinary College that provides integrated research and service capacity that is unparalleled in the Canadian dairy industry. Beginning in January 2009, dairy producers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island will have access to quality and component data through the centre’s online Graphical Analysis Program.
“The Graphical Analysis Program provides producers with test interpretation, including...
The Atlantic Veterinary College’s 2008 Research Report hits the street this week with profiles of more than a dozen of AVC’s researchers. The Report highlights the College’s aquatic health species expertise while giving a glimpse into research within agriculture, AVC’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre.
The Report's cover features Dr. Larry Hammell, Director of AVC’s Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences, who brings new meaning to...
In October, Dante Mateo was presented with the Murray and Hazel Hagerman Scholarship for a graduate student in the PhD program for academic achievement.
Studying host-pathogen interactions between soft-shell clams and the marine bacterium Vibrio splendidus, Dante is assessing blood cell responses against induced bacterial infections in vivo.
“It is hoped that our results will contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms of defence of bivalve molluscs against pathogens which in...
The Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) is a collaborative research centre encompassing Canada's veterinary colleges. The Centre’s objective is to organize, coordinate and carry out a Canada-wide program of disease and pathogen surveillance, including data management and communications, and the enhanced surveillance for specific pathogens.
Because of its unique geographic location, the CCWHC at AVC has devoted a good part of its work to investigating causes of whale...
Fish health and the evolving role of aquatic animal health management on a global scale was examined by 150 aquaculture, fish health, and bioscience experts from around the world during the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society’s annual meeting. The meeting was hosted by AVC in Charlottetown from July 9th to 12th.
“Furthering the science of fish health has considerable long term benefits for the world’s human population and eco systems,” explains local...
One of the Atlantic Centre for Comparative Biomedical Research’s (ACCBR) newest pieces of equipment, the Leica ASP 300S tissue processor, is working double time. Temporarily, the $63,000 state of-the-art piece of equipment is not only being used by ACCBR researchers studying animal and human diseases, but also by AVC’s Diagnostic Services for diagnostic testing and research for mammals, fish, and wildlife.
Diagnostic Service’s nine-year old tissue processor recently failed and...
