Equine Foundation gives new dimension to research

Thanks to A donation from the Equine Foundation of Canada, the Ontario Veterinary College will be upgrading its ultrasound equipment, thus enabling 3-dimensional imaging.

Images generated by the unique equipment can be viewed and manipulated interactively. Measurements of anatomic and pathologic structures will be easier to obtain and be more precise.  The technology will be of great assistance advancing Dr. Heather Chalmer’s work on upper airway disease, which is funded through Equine Guelph.

Chalmer’s work is a joint venture with the Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre and the Robarts Imaging Institute, which is matching the donation in kind.

Future projects involving tendon imaging are also anticipated with potential for expanding the understanding of muscle degeneration in horses, fine structures in tendons, and their healing.

“On behalf of our research team, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Equine Foundation of Canada for their generous donation,” said Dr. Chalmers, of Ontario Veterinary College radiology.