Specialized Veterinary Manpower Needs through 1990,
Abstract
The Committee on Veterinary Medical Sciences performed the following tasks: (1) defined functional responsibilities currently met by veterinarians; identified organizational settings and biomedical disciplines in which veterinarians currently perform activities related to the defined functional responsibilities; (3) identified the number of veterinarians working in the organizational settings; (4) analyzed appropriate federal legislation and identified activities mandated or caused by that legislation related to the functional responsibilities and specialty disciplines of veterinarians; (5) estimated the future needs for veterinary specialists in major organizational settings; and (6) projected the number of new veterinarians that will be produced during the next decade and the total population of veterinarians available for service during the same period. Major findings of this report are threefold: the current numbers of veterinarians contributing to non-private-practice endeavors have been documented; the deficiencies in the existing data base concerning the activities of such veterinarians have been identified; and the total number of veterinary specialists has been determined to be small, with just over 2,000 board-certified specialists among the 8,760 non-private-practice veterinarians in 1981.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA124131
Entities
People
- Norman Grossblatt
Organizations
- National Research Council