title: The future of veterinary medicine in poultry production.
abstract: The poultry industry is a highly complex food-animal production system. Its success is dependent upon sophisticated techniques and systems to ensure disease prevention and product quality. Poultry veterinarians play a key role in the overall business and are typically the only individuals within poultry companies who are involved in the entire production process, including production management, health management, product quality, nutrition, and economics. Preparing veterinarians to work effectively in the poultry industry can no longer be accomplished within the DVM instructional program. Post-DVM training programs specializing in poultry medicine are now producing the veterinarians entering the North American poultry industry. Regionalization of training in poultry medicine has already taken place. These training programs are very important to food animal production in North America; in the future, they must be nurtured and supported in order to remain able to supply the veterinary workforce for our dynamic poultry industry.
authors.affiliation: Poultry Diagnostic Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-4875, USA. jglisson@vet.uga.edu
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Glisson
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hofacre
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards; D011200:Poultry; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000592:standards*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D000078329:Workforce