Supporters

• The Barry and Savannah French-Poodle Memorial Fund
• Hope for Hounds
• The Greyhound Project, Inc
• The Morris Animal Foundation
• The ACVIM Foundation
• The Iams Company
• And numerous Greyhound Adoption organizations and Greyhound "parents"

Corporate Sponsors

All dog and cat blood donors are fed courtesy of The Iams Company.

All dog and cat blood donors receive Frontline and Heartgard courtesy of Merial.

All dog and cat blood donors receive Advantix and Advantage courtesy of Bayer Animal Health.

VPL provides D.A.P. and Feliway for the wellbeing of our blood donors.

Donors receive 4DX and FIV/FeLV snap tests courtesy of Idexx Laboratories.

All our cat blood donors are tested with Solo Step FH provided by Heska.

Regarding Greyhounds

• Greyhound Pets of America
• National Convention
• Greyhound Adoption of Ohio
• SOS Galgos - Greyhound Rescue
  Barcelona, Spain
  Spanish language site with minimal English translations

Greyhound Health and Wellness Program

The GHWP is primarily an outreach and teaching effort that incorporates basic elements of shelter medicine.

The program consists of:

• Free consultation for Greyhound owners and veterinarians
• A website with current Greyhound health information
• A list-serv for Veterinarians for Retired Racers, and an annual scientific conference on this area
• Educational programs for Greyhound owners and veterinarians
• Free chemotherapy for retired racers with cancer
  • If you are interested, please email us at greyosu@osu.edu
• Financial assistance (through development funds and research grants) for Greyhound medical and surgical care at the OSU VTH.

(Right to left: Dr. Francisco Alvarez, Dr. Ana Lara, Dr. Jill Yaissle, Nicole Westendorf, RVT, Dr. Liliana Marin, Dr. Cristina Iazbik, Dr. Guillermo Couto, Dr. Paulo Vilar and Janet Charski, RVT. and blood donors Canyon, Guido, and Vinnie)

The GHWP provides a free consultation service for owners of retired racers and their veterinarians. Dr. Couto and his team spend 1-2 hours a day responding to e-mails and answering phone calls on problems in the breed.

The College recently launched (January 2006) the Greyhound Health and Wellness website, in order to provide additional information to owners, veterinarians, and Greyhound adoption groups.

In collaboration with Greyhound Adoption of Ohio (GAO) in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, we established an extremely successful spay, neuter, and dental clinic for retired racers in 2004. In this program, third-year veterinary students under the direct supervision of Small Animal Surgery faculty and residents perform routine spays, neuters, and dental prophylaxis in 50-75 Greyhounds/year.  In addition to directly improving the health of the dogs and the expertise of veterinary students involved in the clinic, it provides us with an opportunity to evaluate other health issues in the breed (see below).

In January of 2004 Dr. Couto founded Veterinarians for Retired Racing Greyhounds; this group currently has approximately 75 members, and established a list-server to discuss health-related issues in the breed. The group meets in January during the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Florida, where they also present a scientific session on Greyhound-related topics.

The GHWP provides chemotherapy at no charge for retired racers with cancer. Drugs are purchased and shipped with development funds donated for such purpose; in return for receiving the drugs, owners and veterinarians provide clinical information and follow up on cancer-bearing Greyhounds, and submit a blood sample to Dr. Comstock’s lab for genetic testing.

We are pleased to present the first issue of the Greyhound Quarterly Newsletter and brochure of The Ohio State University Greyhound Health and Wellness Program.