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  • Cathy Wentworth – Stanley: Teaching Horses and Humans with Science and Heart

    When Cathy Wentworth – Stanley was eight years old, her parents bought her a horse. They weren’t “horse people” and didn’t fully understand her fascination, but that gift was enough to set her on a lifelong journey. Cathy would spend hours just sitting in a field, watching how horses interacted with each other. “I think…

  • Student Successes – New Theses Published

    In her University of Guelph PhD research, Anna Garland investigates how being overweight impacts horses—focusing on both the physical changes in fat tissue and the inflammatory effects on joint cartilage. Across four studies, she discovered that inflamed fat tissue can trigger more inflammation in cartilage than direct exposure to bacterial toxins. In one study, horses…

  • Latest Grad Student Theses

    CCSAW saw eight of its grad students successfully defend their theses over the winter semester. Congratulations to them all.