Expanded wet labs draw crowds at AVMA Annual Convention

At the second national forum of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues at the AVMA Annual Convention in Boston, NCVEI CEO Howard Rubin introduced the organization's Web site, www.ncvei.org. "The site is the initial distribution point for our analytical tools," Rubin said.

The site displays the results of the KPMG LLP Megastudy and Brakke study, both assessing that such factors as veterinarians' income, large numbers of women in the profession, student loan debts, and the global demand for all categories of veterinary services have discouraged the best and the brightest from becoming veterinarians.

Other features include a salary mapper, current statistics on the profession, the history of the organization, and easy-to-follow business solution.