Short- and long-term solutions addressing a veterinarian shortage [Video]

So many industries are struggling with labor shortages and the veterinary industry isn’t any different. Leaders in the field are working to make sure there are enough veterinarians to care for our pets, even if some of the solutions are long-term, like opening new vet schools in the U.S.

There areat least ten schools in various stages of development. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is one of them.

“We have no doubt that it will actually move the dial on that question of increasing diversity within the profession,” said Dr. Moses T. Kairo, Dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences.

“It’s a problem right now, we need more vets indeed,” he said. “The problem we currently have is pretty serious at the national level. It is at a time when, in fact, right now we’re not satisfying the current need. And when you actually project forward, it’s like to 2030, the gap just continues growing.”

The historically black …