AVMA membership data 2018
These statistics show AVMA membership as of December 31, 2018. Each section reflects the membership broken down by different classifications.
|
US &
Territories |
Canadian &
Foreign |
Totals
|
|
|
By Species Category
|
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|
Companion Animal Exclusive
|
50,028
|
233
|
50,261
|
|
Companion Animal Predominant
|
7006
|
35
|
7,041
|
|
Equine Exclusive
|
3,357
|
32
|
3,389
|
|
Equine Predominant
|
545
|
6
|
551
|
|
Food Animal Exclusive
|
2,135
|
25
|
2,160
|
|
Food Animal Predominant
|
3,466
|
47
|
3,513
|
|
Mixed Animal
|
2,558
|
18
|
2,576
|
|
Other
|
2,316
|
33
|
2,349
|
|
No Species Contact
|
1,242
|
21
|
1,263
|
|
No Information Provided
|
19,679
|
656
|
20,335
|
|
Total
|
92,332
|
1106
|
93,438
|
|
|
|
By Employment Type
|
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|
|
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Agriculture/Livestock Production
|
146
|
2
|
148
|
|
Air Force
|
44
|
0
|
44
|
|
Animal Science Department
|
74
|
2
|
76
|
|
Army
|
298
|
0
|
298
|
|
Business/Consulting Services
|
312
|
10
|
322
|
|
Emergency/Critical Care Medicine
|
2,208
|
14
|
2,222
|
|
Feeds/Nutrition
|
118
|
1
|
119
|
|
Foreign
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
|
Foundation/Charitable Organization
|
77
|
0
|
77
|
|
General Medicine/Surgery
|
54,687
|
193
|
54,880
|
|
Humane Organization
|
621
|
2
|
623
|
|
Laboratory
|
195
|
5
|
200
|
|
Local
|
166
|
2
|
168
|
|
Membership Assn/Professional Society
|
91
|
1
|
92
|
|
Missionary/Service
|
14
|
3
|
17
|
|
Non-Veterinary Employment
|
61
|
0
|
61
|
|
Not Employed
|
198
|
1
|
199
|
|
Other Academia
|
551
|
3
|
554
|
|
Other Government
|
62
|
6
|
68
|
|
Other Industry/Commercial
|
504
|
12
|
516
|
|
Other Private Clinical Practice
|
906
|
4
|
910
|
|
Pharmaceutical/Biological
|
931
|
12
|
943
|
|
Production Medicine
|
2,947
|
24
|
2,971
|
|
Public Health Commission Corps
|
25
|
0
|
25
|
|
Referral/Specialty Medicine
|
3,517
|
47
|
3,564
|
|
State
|
479
|
2
|
481
|
|
Temporarily Not Employed in Veterinary Field
|
55
|
0
|
55
|
|
U.S. Federal
|
867
|
1
|
868
|
|
Veterinary Medical College/School
|
3,353
|
101
|
3,454
|
|
Veterinary Science Department
|
76
|
0
|
76
|
|
Veterinary Technician Program
|
199
|
1
|
200
|
|
Wildlife
|
91
|
0
|
91
|
|
Zoo/Aquarium
|
172
|
1
|
173
|
|
Not Listed Above
|
645
|
8
|
653
|
|
No Information Provided
|
17,635
|
645
|
18,280
|
|
Total
|
92,332
|
1106
|
93,438
|
|
|
|
By Medical Discipline
|
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|
The totals reflect the entire membership because every member is represented with a primary medical discipline.
|
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|
|
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|
Alternative/Complementary
|
633
|
2
|
635
|
|
Anatomy
|
98
|
2
|
100
|
|
Anesthesiology
|
175
|
7
|
182
|
|
Animal Behavior
|
141
|
6
|
147
|
|
Animal Welfare
|
132
|
0
|
132
|
|
Association Management
|
28
|
0
|
28
|
|
Biochemistry
|
19
|
2
|
21
|
|
Biomedical Engineering
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
|
Business/Economics
|
91
|
1
|
92
|
|
Cardiology
|
258
|
7
|
265
|
|
Dentistry
|
300
|
3
|
303
|
|
Dermatology
|
313
|
3
|
316
|
|
Disaster Medicine
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
|
Ecology
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
|
Emergency & Critical Care
|
2,542
|
11
|
2,553
|
|
Endocrinology
|
11
|
1
|
12
|
|
Environmental Health
|
15
|
0
|
15
|
|
Epidemiology
|
262
|
4
|
266
|
|
Ethics
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
|
General Medicine
|
30,208
|
80
|
30,288
|
|
Genetics
|
23
|
0
|
23
|
|
Homeland Security
|
24
|
0
|
24
|
|
Human Animal Bond
|
31
|
0
|
31
|
|
Immunology
|
42
|
1
|
43
|
|
Insurance
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
Internal Medicine
|
1,981
|
44
|
2,025
|
|
Laboratory Animal Medicine
|
1,163
|
6
|
1,169
|
|
Law
|
18
|
1
|
19
|
|
Media
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Microbiology
|
211
|
5
|
216
|
|
Molecular Biology
|
14
|
0
|
14
|
|
Mycology/Bacteriology
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
Neurology
|
254
|
3
|
257
|
|
Non-Medical
|
53
|
2
|
55
|
|
Nutrition
|
181
|
2
|
183
|
|
Oncology
|
358
|
4
|
362
|
|
Ophthalmology
|
402
|
5
|
407
|
|
Parasitology
|
74
|
5
|
79
|
|
Pathology-Anatomic
|
896
|
18
|
914
|
|
Pathology-Clinical
|
160
|
6
|
166
|
|
Pharmacology
|
76
|
1
|
77
|
|
Pharmacology - Clinical
|
33
|
3
|
36
|
|
Physiology
|
91
|
3
|
94
|
|
Population Medicine
|
76
|
1
|
77
|
|
Poultry Medicine
|
188
|
2
|
190
|
|
Preventive Medicine
|
1,070
|
11
|
1,081
|
|
Production Medicine
|
815
|
5
|
820
|
|
Public Health
|
677
|
12
|
689
|
|
Radiology
|
485
|
13
|
498
|
|
Shelter Medicine
|
520
|
1
|
521
|
|
Sports Medicine
|
467
|
2
|
469
|
|
Surgery
|
2,252
|
51
|
2,303
|
|
Theriogenology
|
547
|
17
|
564
|
|
Toxicology
|
149
|
2
|
151
|
|
Virology
|
49
|
1
|
50
|
|
Wildlife Medicine
|
117
|
2
|
119
|
|
Zoological Medicine
|
273
|
3
|
276
|
|
Other Professional Discipline
|
980
|
16
|
996
|
|
No Information Provided
|
42,317
|
726
|
43,043
|
|
Total
|
92,332
|
1,106
|
93,438
|