VWB https://www.uoguelph.ca/porticomagazine Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:40:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 Mother and Daughter Vets in Ghana https://www.uoguelph.ca/porticomagazine/2020/06/mother-and-daughter-vets-in-ghana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mother-and-daughter-vets-in-ghana Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:52:58 +0000 https://www.uoguelph.ca/porticomagazine/?p=4516 Dr. Shauna Thomas, a 2019 Ontario Veterinary College grad, spent the first part of 2020 serving in Ghana with the international organization Veterinarians Without Borders.  She was accompanied on the adventure by her mother, Dr. Ingrid Van Der Linden, also a veterinarian. They both have practices in eastern Ontario.  The mother and daughter were in

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]]> Dr. Shauna Thomas, a 2019 Ontario Veterinary College grad, spent the first part of 2020 serving in Ghana with the international organization Veterinarians Without Borders. 

She was accompanied on the adventure by her mother, Dr. Ingrid Van Der Linden, also a veterinarian. They both have practices in eastern Ontario. 

The mother and daughter were in Ghana to help farmers increase their income through better feed formulation, as well as improve animal housing and the control and diagnosis of diseases in poultry and livestock. 

Their story made the pages of The Review.

Thomas, who also holds a degree in biology from U of G, is a veterinarian in Almonte, Ont. 

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