Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jerry Haigh, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Jerry Haigh earned a Diplomate from the American College of Zoological Medicine, and an MSc in Reproductive Physiology of Male Wapiti from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He completed his BVMS and MRCVS from the University of Glasgow. Dr. Haigh, born in Kenya, returned to Africa after graduation and worked with wildlife in Africa. In 1975 he moved to Saskatoon to take a position post at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. The highlight of his career was the so-called “Uganda Rotation” which involved annual trips to Uganda with ten final year vet students to study the role of brucellosis in Ugandan wildlife. The group was joined by local graduate students and faculty at the Department of Wildlife and Animal Resource Management at Makerere University. A month is spent in the field studying the complex wildlife x livestock x human interface. Dr. Haigh is Professor Emeritus, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (2021).