College of Veterinarians of Ontario

The College of Veterinarians of Ontario is the body charged by the Government of Ontario with regulating practising veterinarians in the province.[2][3][4] The authority comes from the Veterinarians Act, RSO 1990, c V.3.[2] It is also Ontario's only regulatory college to not be headquartered in Toronto: its head office is in Guelph, Ontario the location of the Ontario Veterinary College which is the province's only post-secondary institution providing training in veterinary medicine.

College of Veterinarians of Ontario
AbbreviationCVO
Formation24 September 1874 (1874-09-24)
TypeRegulatory body
HeadquartersGuelph, Ontario, Canada
Location
  • 2106 Gordon Street
    Guelph, Ontario N1L 1G6
Region
Ontario, Canada
President
Dr. Alana Parisi
Registrar
Jan Robinson[1]
Websitewww.cvo.org

References
  1. "President & Registrar of the CVO". cvo.org. The College of Veterinarians of Ontario. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. "Veterinarians Act, RSO 1990, c V.3". CanLII. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "The College of Veterinarians of Ontario - About the College of Veterinarians of Ontario". cvo.org. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. Collie, Meghan (5 June 2019). "Declawing pets is actually 'amputating a joint' and should be outlawed: experts". Global News. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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