A recent American Veterinary Medical Association study found less than 4% of veterinarians nationwide predominantly practice production animal medicine.
That’s why Production Animal – Veterinary Early Acceptance Program (PA-VEAP), a joint program between the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Animal Science in Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been established with the goal of educating more veterinarians who wish to practice production animal medicine.
PA-VEAP will recruit and retain future veterinarians to practice production animal medicine, primarily in underserved areas in Iowa and throughout the country, according to an Iowa State University release.
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[Source: Farm Journal’s Pork 14 November 2023 by Jennifer Shike]