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This paper was developed at the request of U.S. Senate staffers to show how veterinarians are involved in public health issues including specific past and present examples. This paper can be used to inform and educate public policy makers about the need for more teaching, research, and laboratory infrastructure at veterinary colleges to be able to graduate more veterinarians in public health, public practice, and biomedical research.

Click here to read "AAVMC Member Institution Food Animal Career Incentive Programs"

The AAVMC has been asked what veterinary colleges are doing to help graduate more individuals going into food animal medicine. This paper was developed as a result of a request to the AAVMC member veterinary medical colleges and schools in the United States and Canada asking them to describe the programs they have in place to recruit, retain, and mentor veterinary medical students interested in food animal careers. This paper describes those many and varied programs and can be used to inform and educate public policy makers concerning this issue.