About Food Supply Veterinary Medicine

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• Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition Report
  The Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition (FSVMC) was formed in May 2004 with the mission of maintaining an abundant, safe and wholesome food supply by ensuring that veterinarians are appropriately involved throughout the food supply system.
  
  The Coalition's first major project is a comprehensive study comprised of multiple research phases addressing the demand for, and the availability of, food supply veterinarians in the United States and Canada.
  
  
• "Attracting students into careers in food supply veterinary medicine"
  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. June 1, 2006, Vol. 228, No. 11, Pages 1693-1704.
  
  Full article in JAVMA (PDF) | Fact sheet (PDF)
  
  
• "Recruitment and retention of veterinary students for food animal practices"
  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. June 15, 2003, Vol. 222, No. 12, Pages 1697-1699.
  
  Full article in JAVMA (PDF) | Fact sheet (PDF)
  
  
• "Future demand, probable shortages, and strategies for creating a better future in food supply veterinary medicine"
  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. July 1, 2006, Vol. 229, No. 1, Pages 57-69.
  
  Full article in JAVMA (PDF) | Fact sheet (PDF)
  
  
• PowerPoint: "Estimating FSVM Demand and Maintaining the Availability of Veterinarians for Careers in FSVM"
  
  HTML version for viewing online | PowerPoint version (.ppt) for downloading

• Shortage of veterinarians has "makings of a crisis" (AVMA Press Release, February 8, 2008)
  
  
• Calling for more veterinarians (AVMA Press Release, January 24, 2008)
  
  
• Farm Medicine (UC Davis Magazine, Winter 2007)
  
  
• An Educational Bottleneck (UC Davis Magazine, Winter 2007)
  
  
• Letters to the editor (PDF) (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, September 1, 2006)
  
  
• California congresswoman urges passage of bill to increase veterinary infrastructure, protect public health (AVMA Press Release, August 11, 2006)
  
  
• Food Supply Veterinary Medicine: An invited perspective on the shortage of veterinarians in food supply veterinary medicine (PDF) (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, July 1, 2006)
  
  
• Job satisfaction, changes in occupational area, and commitment to a career in food supply veterinary medicine (PDF) (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, June 15, 2006)
  
  
• Projected serious food supply veterinarian shortage poses threat to industry, society (AVMA Press Release, June 2, 2006)
  
  
• Where are all the veterinary students? (Audio News, AVMA Media Library)
  
  
• In the news: The food supply medicine shortage
  
  Below are examples of media coverage of the food supply veterinarian shortage.
  
  (Note: The stories, while possibly containing references to the American Veterinary Medical Association, do not necessarily reflect the opinions and/or the policies of the AVMA and/or the members of the Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition.)