Youngstown State University was the site of a vaccination clinic for pets Sunday morning.

The Marjorie Hartman Family Foundation Pet Clinic was held at YSU Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Stambaugh Stadium gymnasium.

The clinic offered a low-cost vaccine and a free physical examination and also gave students from YSU, as well as MCCTC's animal science program and Kent State University's vet tech program hands-on experience with animal handling.

"This is a wonderful opportunity. They rotate through the day so they'll be rotating how to check in the clients, how to weigh the dogs, make sure the clients have answered all the questions and then go back and help the veterinarian [and] learn how to draw blood, learn how to give vaccines [and] learn how to restrain the animal," said veterinarian Dr. Tina Costarella.

Costarella adds that this low-cost clinic was originally designed for those who could not afford to care for their pets themselves but it has since evolved into a "huge venture" that brought in 300 patients.

"We started at Wick Park [where] we probably saw 20 dogs, and then we evolved into doing it in the basement of a church and we probably saw 40 and now here we are turning people away at 300," Costarella said. 

In addition to vaccines for dogs and cats, the clinic also offered heartworm, FIV, FeLV testing and fecal flotation and free nail trims.