Bustad lecture focuses on therapy animals

Therapy animals demonstrate the healing powers of the human-animal bond, said Dr. Samuel Costello during the Bustad Memorial Lecture at the AVMA Annual Convention.

Dr. Costello, who practices at Town and Country Veterinary Hospital in Warren, Ohio, won the 2007 Leo K. Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award, primarily for his work with therapy animals.

Of his eight dogs and six cats, four dogs and two cats are or were therapy animals. Veterinary practice can become routine, Dr. Costello said, so he advocates going out to work in the community.

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