Veterinary medicine and its opportunities . age, never as accentuated as today, will for years tocome, produce a demand far in excess of any available factors other than the cited emphasis on husbandryhave operated in the shortage: The recent call for men forarmy service taking some 25% from civil life and collegecourses and to which not all will return, from this collegealone over 80% of graduates of the past six years enteredservice during the World War; the recently adopted highstandard of education requirement, making four years ofhigh school work prerequisite for entering upon
Veterinary medicine and its opportunities . age, never as accentuated as today, will for years tocome, produce a demand far in excess of any available factors other than the cited emphasis on husbandryhave operated in the shortage: The recent call for men forarmy service taking some 25% from civil life and collegecourses and to which not all will return, from this collegealone over 80% of graduates of the past six years enteredservice during the World War; the recently adopted highstandard of education requirement, making four years ofhigh school work prerequisite for entering upon the veterinarycourse; the shortage of students and closing of many collegesheretofore furnishing the annual supply, the former in manyinstances only 50% of normal; increase in number of commu-nicable diseases as production has been intensified and,finally, remarkable increase in the field of opportunity forefficient, trained veterinarians. Fields of Opportunity Following are some of the fields for opportunity for thegraduate veterinarian:. Pharmacy Laboratory 5 General Practice. Though motor power has considerablysupplanted the horse, increase in both country and citywork has, however, more than compensated. Contrary tothe predicted elimination of the horse their number andvalue continue to increase; moreover, the stimulation andimportance of the live stock industry, the increasingdemand to treat diseases among all classes of animals andthe fact that stock holders are becoming better informedassures attractive income for skilled men entering the fieldof general veterinary practice. Government Inspection Service. The Bureau of Animal Indus-try, United States Department of Agriculture, employsover 1700 graduate veterinarians as meat inspectors; forlaboratory and quarantine work, and in disease controlproblems. Following graduation from an accreditedveterinary college and competitive civil service examinationthe initial salary is $1500 and through advancement rangesas high as $35
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