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By Betsy Birke Parker
Special to the Rappahannock News
They might not feel the pinch, yet.
But Farm Bureau officials warn they will.
While veterinary schools continue to graduate plenty of qualified veterinarians, fewer of those grads tire seeking careers working with f(*xl animals. That’s a huge concern if you raise livestock.
It's significant even if you don’t.
Large-animal vets are involved in “everything from controlling zoonotic diseases (those that can be transmitted from animals to humans) to making sure what you eat is safe," said Dr. Tom Massie, who established the Rose Hill Veterinary Practice in Rappahannock County in 1998. What most worries Massie is "where are the young people” to replace retiring large-animal vets.
“In our practice, we primarily, focus on bovine and equine medicine and surgery. We also work with sheep, goats, exotic hoof stock, camels, llamas, alpacas, and the occasional pot-bellied pig,” Massie explained, noting that he seesTewec young vet students going into the livestock specialty.
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports that 60 (K'rcent of hist year’s vet grads went into private practice, with just five percent in large-animal medicine.
"For a farmer with livestock, the possibility of not being able to get a vet when you need them is not unlike being unable to reach an MD when someorie in your family is ill,” said Lindsay Reames of the Virginia
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