The global veterinarian: the why? The what? The how?
Globalization has created an entirely new landscape for veterinarians. Opportunities abound to meet the formidable challenges presented as animals, people, and microbes travel at a previously unimagined speed, fueled by the engine of commerce, resulting in a plethora of new diseases, issues, and partnerships. Re-tooling our profession to ensure that we can continue to fulfill our veterinary oath in the face of these changes will require both short- and long-term changes. It is essential that a single overarching, non-affiliated organization be formed to tie together all entities, providing the structure to create needed synergy to enhance our currently fragmented professional responses and to solicit funds to effect necessary changes.
Brown
Corrie
C
International Activities, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. corbrown@vet.uga.edu
Thompson
Sharon
S
Vroegindewey
Gary
G
Pappaioanou
Marguerite
M
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