Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Profile

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Waldner, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
  • Home Community: Saskatoon

Academic Credentials

  • PhD, University of Regina, 2020
  • BSc, Colorado State University, 2013

Research Area(s)

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the costliest disease of beef cattle in North America and the most common reason for antimicrobial use. Our reasearch aims to employ metagenomic DNA sequencing to rapidly detect and diagnose pathogens associated with BRD to inform treatment strategies.