National Need and Priorities for Veterinarians in Biomedical Research

Identifies various factors which contribute to creating a need for veterinarians in the biomedical research workforce. This work also looks at factors that include an increase in the number of NIH grants utilizing animals and the use of transgenic rodents, without a comparable change in the supply of appropriately-trained veterinarians.

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The report identified various factors which contributed to creating an unfulfilled need for veterinarians in the biomedical research workforce, including an increase in the number of NIH grants utilizing animals and the burgeoning use of transgenic rodents, without a comparable change in the supply of appropriately-trained veterinarians. The committee developed strategies for recruiting more veterinarians into careers in biomedical research.