The veterinary profession is searching for workforce solutions to ensure that our practices are able to care for patients now and long into the…

The veterinary profession is searching for workforce solutions to ensure that our practices are able to care for patients now and long into the…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded over $111,000 to the nonprofit LifeStock International to…

As AVMA President, Dr. Lori Teller delivered a presentation and participated in a panel on July 13 on the topics of the veterinary workforce, proposed…

The Veterinary Hospital Managers Association (VHMA) developed a new Organizational Diagnosis and Design (OrgDD) Toolkit to help practice leaders solve…

After months of collaborative work by the AVMA, other stakeholder organizations, and congressional offices, the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act,…

Legislation that would help increase rural access to veterinary care has been reintroduced in Congress. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act would help…

Also on the AVMA Executive Board's agenda was a proposal postponed from the August board meeting to conduct a study of the U.S. veterinary workforce.

AVMA staff analyze trends in patient volumes, clinic and hospital incomes, and staffing in those businesses.

Q:  Why have you chosen the shortage of veterinarians in the workforce as your main focus?

AVMA leaders resolved to help address economic, staffing, and morale challenges in the veterinary workforce and they adjusted a series of existing…

Nearly a dozen newly proposed veterinary colleges have been announced in the past two years, which represents a sizeable potential increase to the…

American Animal Hospital Association Executive Director Michael Cavanaugh says the U.S. Veterinary Workforce Study confirms what many in the…

Key areas highlighted during leadership conference

There are many questions circulating about the economics of veterinary practices, stress on the veterinary workforce, and veterinary teams’ wellbeing…

The Commission on Equine Veterinary Sustainability, one of the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ largest initiatives, aims to reverse the…

California Assembly Bill 1399 passed the California Senate Appropriations Committee on September 1. The bill would allow a…

A federal district court has again upheld provisions of a Texas veterinary practice act mandating that a veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR)…

According to the Federal Trade Commission, it’s not for the AVMA to decide how many veterinarians are in the marketplace.

Authors of the National Research Council’s report for the National Academy of Sciences on “Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine” provided details…

The AVMA Executive Board has appropriated more than half a million dollars to conduct an economic analysis of the U.S. veterinary workforce and to…

The AVMA Executive Board has directed Association staff to prepare a preliminary proposal for conducting a comprehensive study of current and future…

A modified version of the Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act passed the Senate July 23 as an amendment

The U.S. veterinary profession is facing critical workforce issues that will heavily influence the role of veterinary medicine in

A consortium led by the University of California-Davis One Health Institute has been awarded up to $85 million over five years from the U.S. Agency…