When picturing a veterinarian, you might think of a clinician examining an animal or reviewing diagnostic test results. However, a critical aspect of practicing veterinary medicine might be left out of that scene: the owner across the exam table with one hand comforting their beloved companion animal.
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Down a foggy stretch of road in southwestern Ontario, you can hear the roar of Lake Huron from the Kettle and Stony Point Health Centre parking lot.
In August 2023, a devastating wildfire destroyed the town of Lahaina, on the Island of Maui in Hawaii. The disaster took more than 100 lives and displaced more than 8,000 residents from their homes. Dr. Wesley Cheung, a Shelter Medicine Resident with the Ontario Veterinary College’s Community Healthcare Partnership Program (CHPP), travelled to Lahaina, Hawaii to join a team of experts find unique solutions to sheltering outdoor cats while respecting their unique welfare needs.
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The cost of caring for a pet has gone up, like many other things these days, forcing some pet owners with ill or injured animals to make difficult decisions.
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The Sudbury Star follows work with the SPCA mobile unit…
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A first-of-its-kind clinical residency program in shelter medicine launched in 2022 at the Ontario Veterinary College as part of the Kim and Stu Lang Community Healthcare Partnership Program (CHPP). The residency will provide a three-year advanced training program for licensed veterinarians interested in shelter medicine practice.
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The CHPP brings OVC faculty, veterinarians and clinical staff, students and partners together to expand animal healthcare by providing primary and acute veterinary care to companion animals living in vulnerable circumstances. Examples of the populations served include Indigenous communities, individuals experiencing housing-insecurity, and sheltered animals.
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The Guelph Humane Society (GHS), in collaboration with the Ontario Veterinary College’s (OVC) Kim and Stu Lang Community Healthcare Partnership Program (CHPP), is offering no-cost spay/neuter clinics for cats and dogs throughout 2022-2023 at pop-up locations in Guelph and Wellington County – thanks to a $125,000 grant from PetSmart Charities of Canada.
The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) is delighted to announce the appointment of several key leadership positions in the Kim and Stu Lang Community Healthcare Partnership Program.
For some people from vulnerable populations, a pet can make all the difference – but when those pets become ill or injured, veterinary care is too often out of reach.
