A new study funded by the Morris Animal Foundation is looking to fill that gap. The Denver-based foundation is one of the largest nonprofit animal health research organizations in the world, donating approximately $150 million to fund nearly 3,000 animal studies over the past 75 years. Morris recently funded research looking into CBD’s pain relief potential for dogs that have undergone a common ligament surgery known as a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). To learn more about the research and how pet owners can benefit from it, we chatted with study leader and University of Saskatchewan professor Dr. Alan Chicoine.
Westword: What are you trying to discover with this study?
Dr. Alan Chicoine: Our interest was due to a lot of interest in CBD for quite some time in veterinary medicine. Much like in the United States, it wasn’t technically legal for use in Canada in either animals or people, but people were using it. There were a lot of anecdotal reports, both positive and negative, lots of different types of products being used, so it was kind of like the Wild West. In Canada in 2018, cannabis usage was legalized for people across the board,…
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