National Research Council

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

Committee on Increasing Veterinary Involvement in Biomedical Research

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.

Committee on Increasing Veterinary Involvement in Biomedical Research

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