Man’s best friend: how veterinary research could save human lives

Jessica and her farmer friends laughed when I took one of our chickens to the vets. As this article suggests in the light of the advances achieved in veterinary science I bet they’re not laughing now. Well perhaps only a bit…….

As dogs and cats become more like family members to pet owners, veterinary medicine has become increasingly like human medicine. Vet schools offer specialty training like oncology, nutrition and orthopedics; cutting-edge therapeutic treatments like 3D-printed bones and stem cell therapy were developed to help ensure our pets have long and healthy lives.

An added bonus to this advance: remedies developed for our pets are going to be safe and useful to people.