Mars Petcare launches biobank
by Katie Pfaff
Pet health and food company, Mars Petcare, has begun an initiative to better understand pet disease with its biobank. The work also marks a decade-long study by the company.
"We aim for this biobank to drive breakthroughs in scientific knowledge for the future of pet health," said Poul Weihrauch, president, Mars Petcare. "Pets make our world better, so it makes sense that we are investing in state-of-the-art research in service of our purpose to make a better world for petsTM."
The Mars Petcare Biobank will collect health information from 20,000 pets, 10,00 each of cats and dogs living in the United States. The goal of the plan is to gather comprehensive information on genetic, clinical, and lifestyle data points on pets. It is hoped that this information will be able to make disease diagnostics and preventive treatment better.
Across the 10 years, the longitudinal study is hoped to also provide insight into factors that lead to changes in health and differences for those pets that remain healthy versus unhealthy.
"As a veterinary organization that touches the lives of more pets in more places than any other veterinary healthcare provider, we believe this biobank will help transform pet care for future generations of dogs and cats by engaging clients in their pets' care in a new way and enabling veterinary teams to detect potential health issues before they happen," said Jennifer Welser, DVM, DACVO, chief medical officer at Mars Veterinary Health. "The insights gleaned from this study have the potential to improve preventive pet care and individualized interventions, enabling even more pets to stay healthy."
The study is currently recruiting dogs 6 months to under 10 years of age.
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