Veterans PTSD Service Dogs (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Veterans PTSD Service Dogs

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Kerri Rodriguez, human-animal interaction graduate student (left), and Maggie O'Haire, assistant professor of human-animal interaction in the College of Veterinary Medicine, look at cortisol samples. Cortisoal was one of the measurements used in a new study that shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit physiologically from using service dogs.

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Purdue University photo/ Kevin Doerr)

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