University of Saskatchewan

Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Carruthers, Terry

Associate Professor, Field Service (Dairy)
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Office Location: WCVM 2417
Phone: 306-966-7155
Fax: 306-966-7159
Email: terry.carruthers@usask.ca


Academic Credentials


Teaching and Clinical Areas

After Dr. Carruthers completed his graduate studies in 1979, he worked with the Research Branch of Agriculture Canada in Lethbridge. In 1981, he began working at the WCVM in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and later joined Herd Medicine and Theriogenology (now the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences). His clinical interest is in dairy production medicine and how it can be effectively implemented in small herds.



Research Interests

Dr. Carruthers' primary research interests include postpartum reproductive physiology and endocrinology in cattle, folliculogenesis and superovulation, dairy herd health implementation and dairy cow nutrition.