COLUMBUS, Minnesota — For more than a year, construction has been underway on Minnesota's first and only veterinary neurology center.

Minnesota Veterinary Neurology (MVN) will open Monday morning, helping fill a gap in the region.

"It was just something that it just felt like I had to do so that I could be helping more pets and their owners," said Missy Carpentier, DVM, DACVIM. "Because there's a lot that we can do. But it makes it difficult when it's a hospital that has other specialties and other doctors focused on other areas, which are so needed. But there's also the necessity to really be able to focus on solely neurology."

Carpentier is the owner and head neurologist at MVN.

Construction started last August and this week, workers are putting the finishing touches on the 12,000-sq

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