Veterinary specialists 2020

Total active board-certified diplomates (as of December 2020)*

13,539          

American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP)

768

Avian

106

Beef Cattle

14

Canine & Feline

371

Dairy

33

Equine

61

Exotic Companion Animal

31

Feline

75

Food Animal

17

Reptile/Amphibian

15

Shelter Medicine

27

Swine Health Management

14

American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (ABVT)

100

American College of Animal Welfare (ACAW)

61

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)

1,092

American College of Poultry Veterinarians (ACPV)

†

American College of Theriogenologists (ACT)

394

American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ACVAA)

291

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB)

83

American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology (ACVCP)

69

American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD)

313

American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care (ACVECC)

792

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)

3,121

Cardiology

327

Small Animal Internal Medicine

1,430

Large Animal Internal Medicine

601

Neurology

347

Oncology

462

American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM)

200

Bacteriology/Mycology

†

Immunology

†

Virology

†

Parasitology

†

American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN)

81

American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO)

470

American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP)

1,825

Anatomic Pathology

1,455

Clinical Pathology

404

American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM)

832

Epidemiology

47

American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR)

639

Radiation Oncology

122

Equine Diagnostic Imaging

16

American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (ACVSMR)

238

American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS)

1,872

Small Animal

858

Large Animal

418

American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM)

228

American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC)

184

Equine Dental

21