The Canadian Light Source, a synchrotron housed at the University of Saskatchewan. The synchrotron is a light source that scientists use to study materials at the molecular level. Researchers have studied everything from fusarium head blight to biomedical science with the synchrotron.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
Canadian Farm Writers check out the inside of an equine MRI at the University of Saskatchewan.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
Dr. John Campbell shows off the vet school's tilt table for cattle. The current table is based on an original built by a Humboldt farmer.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
The view from the cow-walk of the University of Saskatchewan's Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility. Members of the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation toured the facility on September 30th.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
The view from the cow-walk of the University of Saskatchewan's Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility. Members of the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation toured the facility on September 30th.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
The view from the cow-walk of the University of Saskatchewan's Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility. Members of the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation toured the facility on September 30th.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
A dairy cow chows down at the Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility. Some cows are assigned their own feed bins. An RFID reader gives the cow access when she approaches her own bin. However, some cows figure out how to game the system by sneaking past the gate when the rightful cow moves away from her bin. Those sneaky cows aren't in the personalized feed bin area.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
A dairy cow exits the robotic milker at the Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility. The facility has a commercial dairy herd, which they also use for research and teaching.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
Dr. John Campbell holds a stuffed dog that vet students use to hone their diagnostic skills early in their schooling. Instructors can give the dog health problems such as heart murmurs.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
A pill cam used to diagnose intestinal issues in horses. The pill cam costs $800, can only be used once, and sends images in real time as it makes its way through the horse's gut.
Photo: Lisa Guenther
Synchrotrons, robotic milkers, pill cameras oh my! Grainews‘ Lisa Guenther had plenty to see and do during a recent tour at Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards. Have a look at some of the many modern technologies she and other agricultural journalists saw when they toured facilities at Canadian Light Source and the University of Saskatchewan’s vet centre and dairy research centre.
