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After Garrett R. Stewart graduates from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine this spring, he’ll go on to be a food animal practitioner in his hometown of Washington, Kan.
He’ll have some company, too, as 28 of the 108 veterinary students who graduated in 2009 from K-State went into food animal or mixed animal practice. Thirty-seven graduates did so in 2008.
Compared with what’s happening nationally, however, Stewart is considered a rarity.
Food animal practitioners now make up fewer than 10 percent of the veterinarians in the United States, according to a 2006 study by the Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition, meaning only about 8,900 veterinarians are involved in food animal practice.
A new initiative led by the AVMA is hoping to help reverse this trend. The AVMA/AVMF Food Animal Veterinarian Recruitment and Retention Program is an economic assistance program that provides student loan debt forgiveness for veterinarians who meet the requirements.
The aim of the pilot program, which officially launches April 1, is to bring more veterinarians back into food animal practice. Read More…
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