Crimson Veterinary Centre, a health care centre for animals was, on Monday launched in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state.
The centre which is located at Inaolaji Road (leading to Sharp Corner Oluyole ) off BCGA-Wema-Apata Road, Oluyole, Ibadan, Oyo state is aimed at giving standard health care services to pet animals in the society.
Their services include veterinary clinic, pet mart, dog boarding, dog training, pet grooming, diagnostic laboratory, fumigation and others.
In the opening remarks by the President, Association of Private Veterinary Medical Practitioners, Oyo State, Dr. Bolaji Olaomo, stated that the new facility will create a preventative health care plans for pets in the community, which will help them live longer.
He said: “I appreciate Crimson for starting big, the most difficult thing to get is a good location, somebody who has a good location is starting big. This project will help to create a preventative health care plan for animals in the community”
The owner of Crimson Veterinary Centre, Dr Babajide Gbenle, a graduate of Veterinary Medicine from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in his dedication speech explained the reason for establishing the veterinary centre.
He said: “There is a need in the community for a proper veterinary centre. So, we felt like having a place that has facilities for pets, where we can have proper records for cases of diseases. What we want to do is to serve the health need of the people through their pets and that’s why we are here.
“We want to serve the people of the community. We want to make ourselves a force to reckon with when it comes to clinical veterinary services. In the next ten years, we want to grow better than what we are now. We want to have more facilities, and provide more boarding, admission and proper diagnostic centres”
Also speaking, on the importance of the veterinary centre, the Chairman, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, Oyo state branch, Dr Moses Arokoyo, said: “It is a fantastic thing that we have Crimson Veterinary Centre. It is very important for humanity; he as a veterinary doctor will bring more enlightenment to the diseases that prevail in dogs and in cats.
“Dogs are responsible for transmission of rabies that kills over 59, 000 people every year so with a facility like this, more dogs will be vaccinated, and we will have less cases of rabies in the society.
“I’m using this privilege to encourage other professionals planning to build a structure like this to start small, everything starts small, nothing starts big they should take the first step and help the growth of veterinary services”
Present at the event includes dog owners, veterinary doctors, dog enthusiasts and other members of the society.
