With food safety and public health concerns, animal welfare issues, and the threat of bio-terrorism, veterinarians specializing in food supply animals are in demand. But first-year veterinary students aren't exactly banging down their advisors' doors asking to join the ranks of food supply vets.
So what will it take to attract college students to the field of food supply veterinary medicine? The June issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Association included the first of a three-part series of articles on this topic.
Read the report (PDF).
The report, written by Drs. Kevin P. Gwinner, J. Bruce Prince, and David M. Andrus, examines the reasons behind the specialty choices veterinary medicine students make, and offers suggestions for to recruit more of those students into the food supply field.
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