{"id":63038,"date":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-animal-science-students-admitted-to-vet-schools-at-extraordinary-rate\/"},"modified":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","slug":"uri-animal-science-students-admitted-to-vet-schools-at-extraordinary-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/04\/uri-animal-science-students-admitted-to-vet-schools-at-extraordinary-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 animal science students admitted to vet schools at extraordinary rate"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tDemand for large animal vets gives 溏心vlog免费B站 students advantage<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 15, 2010 \u2013 The high rate of acceptance to veterinary schools achieved by 溏心vlog免费B站 animal science students might be considered extraordinary, given the small number of accredited vet schools in the country and their reputed selectivity. But the increasing demand for large animal veterinarians and the extensive hands-on experience that 溏心vlog免费B站 students have with these animals provides them with a distinct advantage.<\/p>\n


\n\tAccording to 溏心vlog免费B站 Animal Science Professor Anthony Mallilo, the nation\u2019s 28 vet schools admit just 10 percent of those who apply, but 75-80 percent of 溏心vlog免费B站 students are admitted to at least one vet school on their first try. Because most veterinary schools are public institutions that primarily cater to in-state students, they typically only accept 2-4 percent of out-of-state applicants, making 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s achievement even more significant.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe students who deserve to get in to vet school do get in,\u201d said Mallilo. \u201cWe give them hands on experience with lab animals, farm animals and companion animals, and that\u2019s what vet schools are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMost students start out thinking they want to be small animal vets, but often the experience we give them with large food animals changes their minds,\u201d added Darlene Jones, a veterinarian and 溏心vlog免费B站 animal science lecturer who serves on the board of the R.I. Veterinary Medical Association. \u201cMany vet schools are looking for students with experience in food animals.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThat\u2019s what happened when 溏心vlog免费B站 senior Jennifer Halleran enrolled at 溏心vlog免费B站. A New Jersey native, she started out wanting to be a small animal vet, but her experience working with pigs at 溏心vlog免费B站 changed her mind.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cNow I want to be a large animal vet and especially focus on swine,\u201d said Halleran, who was admitted to several vet schools and has chosen to attend Colorado State University. \u201cI want to practice veterinary medicine first, and then maybe get into research. Pigs are increasingly being used in human medicine, and that\u2019s something that really interests me.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile there is a nationwide shortage of large animal veterinarians, there is also a shortage of laboratory animal veterinarians, a little-known specialty that is also in great demand to care for the 10 million laboratory animals at biotechnology labs and other research facilities in the United States.<\/p>\n


\n\tEllen Scherer, a 溏心vlog免费B站 senior from Port Allegheny, Penn., credits an internship she had at Massachusetts General Hospital\u2019s Center for Comparative Medicine for sparking her interest in working with laboratory animals.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt was a really unique research opportunity that has an influence on human health and benefits people,\u201d she said. \u201cI did rodent health monitoring, animal husbandry, post-operative care. I treated health conditions and administered special diets and pain medications. It was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tScherer has been accepted to the Ohio State University vet school.<\/p>\n


\n\tMallilo and Jones note that there is an increasing demand for veterinary technicians as well, and they are preparing a proposal to create a 4-year degree program in this discipline to prepare students to assist licensed veterinarians.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe have students entering school with a variety of non-traditional veterinary interests,\u201d Jones said. \u201cHopefully some of them will come back to Rhode Island after vet school and have a positive impact on the state\u2019s animal population when they return.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 Animal Science Professors Darlene Jones (left) and Tony Mallilo (right) flank student Ellen Scherer, who will enroll in the vet school at Ohio State University next fall. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demand for large animal vets gives 溏心vlog免费B站 students advantage KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 15, 2010 \u2013 The high rate of acceptance to veterinary schools achieved by 溏心vlog免费B站 animal science students might be considered extraordinary, given the small number of accredited vet schools in the country and their reputed selectivity. But the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}