Ontario Veterinary College

[7] She was accepted to the school in 1923, one year after the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act allowed Miss Aleen Cust to complete her exams at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

A new large animal isolation facility serves to treat equine patients at high-risk for infectious disease.

In March 2016, the provincial government announced a $23 million grant to add a new building and to renovate the animal hospital.

The plan was to add new classrooms and labs, to install new equipment and to improve biosecurity and infection control.

The main OVC building (including classrooms, laboratories, and the Dean's Office) is located at the intersection of Gordon St. and College Ave. in Guelph.

The College also maintains multiple horse fields and stables, a dairy barn, and a large-animal isolation facility within its campus.

The College also offers DVSc, PhD, MSc, MPH, and Diploma programs at the graduate level.

The annual number of places available in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program is 120 seats with 105 for Canadians with Ontario residency and 15 for non-Canadians.

120 student veterinarians are admitted to the school each year after successfully passing the highly competitive application and interview processes.

The white coat ceremony signifies a student's transition from class-based learning to clinical rotations.

Hockey plays a large part in these intramurals, with rivalries coming to a head in a college-wide "Challenge Cup" tournament, held each year in March.

[20] Dr. Scott Weese is a Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, and Chief of Infection Control at the OVC Teaching Hospital.