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COLORADO BALLOT INITIATIVE AIMS TO CREATE NEW VETERINARY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE ROLE TO ADDRESS SHORTAGE (8/1/2024)

Denver, CO

AREA FARMERS TEACHING THEMSELVES VET SKILLS AMID LIVESTOCK-VET SHORTAGE (7/30/2024)

Faribault, MN

MINNESOTA CREATES TITLE PROTECTION, LICENSURE PATHWAY FOR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS (5/30/2024)

St. Paul, MN

BOVINE, EQUINE GROUPS CREATE VETERINARY TECHNICIAN UTILIZATION GUIDELINES (5/20/2024)

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PUSH FOR MIDLEVEL ROLE IN VETERINARY MEDICINE EXPANDS (2/28/2024)

Denver, CO

VETERINARIAN SHORTAGE PERSISTS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND U.S., LEADING TO CALLS FOR ACTION (11/1/2023)

Minneapolis, MN

VETERINARIAN SHORTAGE HAS LOCAL IMPACT (9/27/2023)

Crow River, MN

EDITORIAL COUNTERPOINT: DIAGNOSING THE FARM VET SHORTAGE, AND HOW TO HEAL IT (7/4/2023)

Star Tribune Editorial

RURAL VET SHORTAGE REQUIRES SOLUTIONS (7/1/2023)

Star Tribune Editorial

MINNESOTA VETERINARIAN WANTS STATE TO RECOGNIZE VETERINARY TECHNICIANS WITH LICENSURE PROCESS (2/5/2023)

Willmar, MN

MINNESOTA VET OFFERING TO GIVE AWAY BUSINESS — AGAIN (8/15/2022)

Blue Earth, MN

UNDERSTAFFED AND AT CAPACITY, MINNESOTA VET CLINICS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP (10/5/2021)

St. Paul, MN

RURAL COUNTY'S ONLY VETERINARIAN OFFERS TO GIVE AWAY HIS PRACTICE, CLINIC & PICKUP TO ATTRACT A NEW VET BEFORE HE RETIRES (7/6/2021)

Faribault County, MN

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

ADDRESSING THE PERSISTENT SHORTAGE OF FOOD ANIMAL VETERINARIANS AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES

Clinton L. Neill, Ph.D.

  • Half of all bovine veterinarians had unpaid educational debt 29 years after graduating (pg 8).

  • The Veterinary Medicine Load Repayment Program (VMLRP) had fewer applicants (136) than nominated areas (217) in 2020 (pg 9). 

  • In VMLRP areas, shortage areas may be nominated one year, but not get awarded, and then fail to be re-nominated by State Animal Health Officials for the following year. So, there is no consistent way to know if an applicant at one location is eligible for an award (pg 10). 

THE LIVESTOCK VETERINARIAN SHORTAGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY

Lisa M. Weltzien, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

  • "The number of food animal veterinarians (FAVs) has decreased by 90 percent since World War II" (pg 6)

  • "With one veterinarian for every 85,000 head of cattle in some states, it is physically impossible for the current veterinary workforce to adequately meet VCPR requirements."

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