About Food Supply Veterinary Medicine

What is FSVM?

Veterinary distribution maps

Resources

FSVM in your state

Opportunities for students and tools for faculty

Tools for state associations, allied partners and industry

Studies and statistics

Media coverage

Careers in FSVM

Recognition of FSVM Coalition

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• AVMA, AVMF announce $500,000 in incentives to attract veterinarians into food animal veterinary medicine (AVMA Press Release, October 5, 2010)
  
  
• Steering Students into Rural Veterinary Practice (Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine Press Release)
  
  
• N. C. State Hopes to Combat Vet Shortage
  
  
• USDA Addresses Veterinary Shortages with Education Loan Repayment Program (USDA, Feb. 2010)
  
  
• Animal Health Care in Crisis (PDF) - (Article is courtesy of DTN/The Progressive Farmer Magazine and originally ran in September 2009)
  
  
• BEEF magazine maps show beef industry demographics (BEEF magazine, 2009)
  
  
• U.S. Senators introduce veterinary services legislation (AVMA Press Release, September 24, 2009)
  
  
• Georgia offering veterinary incentive program (Southeast Farm Press, October 17, 2008)
  
  
• New programs at UF Veterinary College target food vet shortage (University of Florida, August 27, 2008)
  
  
• Working to bring individuals with large-animal interest into veterinary medicine (University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 26, 2008)
  
  
• Veterinary Medicine Contributes $3.3 Billion to New England Economy (Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, June 3, 2008)
  
  
• 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)