By Michael von Massow and Alfons Weersink

It’s not only the baldness prevention and freckle remover formulas that are making copies of The Canadian Receipt Book fly off the shelves. The new volume, a facsimile of a very old, rare book discovered in the University of Guelph Library archives, also includes curatives for pig leprosy and inflammation of the haw, and more pudding …

By Thanasis Stengos

Instead of waking up before dawn to milk cows manually, many dairy farmers now use robots to milk — and those robots do more than just milk cows. They can also provide valuable information about the animals’ overall health. University of Guelph researchers tracked data captured by robotic milking systems to monitor cattle health, and found indicators …

By Michael von Massow

By Lisa Kowalchuk

Vaginal hygiene products have been used by 95 per cent of Canadian women, but they likely do more harm than good, according to a University of Guelph study. The first-ever study revealed that women who use these products are three times more likely to experience some type of vaginal infection. In some cases, women may …

Much like the gender pay gap in employment, there’s a gender play gap in sport. A University of Guelph professor is helping women overcome this gap with a new book aimed at empowering mid-life women to reach their full athletic potential. In the book Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey, authors Samantha Brennan and …

By Candace Johnson

Racehorses need their breath to run their best. But inflammatory airway disease (IAD) can rob them of their stamina. New research in the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) at the University of Guelph shows the disease is much more common than previously thought. “We looked microscopically at the lung tissue of horses that died during or …

By Sky Gilbert

Esther the Wonder Pig, the real-life star of a new hit children’s book and one of the most beloved and famous pigs on Earth, is making a very large contribution to the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC). The porcine celebrity, and the two men who rescued her as a tiny piglet, are the benefactors behind …

Research shows that fathers play an important role in their children’s eating and physical activity habits, but a new study has found that dads are rarely included in family-based interventions designed to prevent childhood obesity. University of Guelph Prof. Jess Haines and her colleagues at Harvard Chan School of Public Health examined scientific studies worldwide …

By Alfons Weersink and Michael von Massow

By Laura H. Graham

University of Guelph researchers have found that the majority of drinking water advisories in First Nations communities across Canada are precautionary, and that installing real-time monitoring systems could reduce the number of these advisories by more than one-third. The study has been making headlines with stories appearing on CTV News and in the Globe and Mail, …

By Femi Kolapo

By Jamie Gruman

By Janine A. Clark

A significant number of pet owners fail to adequately socialize their puppies, putting these dogs at risk of developing behavioural problems down the road, say U of G researchers. In a new study, population medicine professors Jason Coe and Lee Niel and post-doc Janet Cutler found one-third of pet owners surveyed failed to expose their …