Veterinarian shortage p1 - Military - College News and Information - Military Times EDGE

U.S. veterinary colleges produce only about 2,500 graduates a year, contributing to a worsening shortage of professionals trained to serve in rural communities, care for livestock and help prevent the spread of food-borne and zoonotic diseases — those that can be spread from animals to humans — according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

At least one college is doing something about the problem. Kansas State University has established the Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas. The financial-aid program allows five veterinary students a year to borrow $80,000 over four years while in college. The state will reimburse those students $20,000 a year, up to four years, for each year the new graduate practices in rural Kansas.

www.vet.ksu.edu