April 11, 2005 - 8:00pm
By Rebecca Shoval
The Veterinary School has decided to reenergize their curriculum and student body to address the need for veterinarians who work with non-pet animals, according to Daryl Nydam, Ph.D. '02, a diagnostician at the Veterinary School.
Veterinarians are needed in the fields of food animal medicine and veterinary public health, Nydam said.
If more students do not take an interest in them, these fields will be greatly underserved in the near future.
"[As] part of our land grant mission ... we have to be responsive to the needs of New York state," Nydam said.
Cornell has been trying to add courses and study focusing on food animal medicine and veterinary public health to the veterinary curriculum.
