photo credit: Ashleigh Martyn

U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College is in the national media spotlight with an in-depth feature story on how the medical treatment of pets could improve human health.

The story was published in newspapers across the county including the National Post.

The article focuses on the college’s cutting-edge medical treatment and research on diseases that affect both pets and people such as cancer, epilepsy and heart disease. In the story, U of G researchers discuss similarities between people and dogs, and how finding effective treatments for pets may help in treating humans.