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3 Equine Veterinary Medicine
3 Equine Veterinary Medicine
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There is an ongoing effort by the industry to expand horse ownership among former horse owners and also to attract new owners. If that initiative is successful it will have a positive impact on equine veterinary medicine.
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The American Quarter Horse is the most popular and most numerous breed in the United States and is used for racing, western riding events, and pleasure riding. Figure 3-1 records the number of American Quarter Horse Association registrations from 1995 to 2008.
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Equine veterinary medicine is more sensitive to fluctuations in the nation's economy than most areas of the veterinary medical profession because the demand for services are strongly linked to the racing industry, an industry that was already in decline prior to the current recession; the recession merely reduced the demand for veterinary services further (Felsted, 2009)
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FIGURE 3-3 Registered Thoroughbred stallions, 2000-008. SOURCE: The Jockey Club, 2010.
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Because of the unique demands placed on horses in different sports, each activity is associated with distinctive health problems and many equine veterinarians are specialized to serve one or more of these specific constituencies. The weak economy in the racing industry has also encouraged many racetrack veterinarians to provide care for sports horses between race meets.
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initiated by a group of equine practitioners concerned by the diminishing number of graduates entering equine practice. The objective of the recruitment program was "to promote equine practice as [a]
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Young equine practitioners are aware that their classmates in small animal practice have higher starting salaries, better work hours, and experience less stress, risk of injury, and emergency work. Practices with multiple practitioners, which are more commonly found in companion-animal practices, provide practitioners with shorter hours and greater flexibility for personal leave: Companionanimal practitioners averaged 42 hours per week with 4 hours of emergency TABLE 3-3 American Association of Equine Practitioners Membership Attrition Rates by Years in Practice 2007 percentage 2006 percentage 2005 percentage Number of years Percentage of all not renewing not renewing not renewing post graduation members in 2007 membership membership membership 4 years or less 18.5 37.5 36 32.1 5- 9 years 15 19.9 19.7 20.7 10-14 12.3 11.2 12.1 11.4 15-19 12.1 10.1 8.4 11.1 20-24 12.1 7.1 7.6 8.6 25 or more 0 14.2 16.3 16 SOURCE: AAEP, 2008.
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On the other hand, with few exceptions, emergency clinics have not developed in equine practice and it is questionable whether they will develop because of client expectations: clients develop personal relationships with their equine practitioner and are generally reluctant to accept substitutes. Consequently, equine practitioners spend a great deal of time on call, which presents a special challenge for practitioners with family responsibilities.
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. One estimate of future workforce needs in equine medicine would be to consider the rate at which the current pool of AAEP-member veterinarians in the United States who spend more than 75% of time in equine practice (approximately 4,254)
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Second, senior equine veterinarians are unable to sell their practices and are therefore continuing beyond their originally planned retirement age. Thus, the aging of equine practitioners as a group appears to be a direct result of the inadequate number of young veterinary practitioners entering the equine workforce to replace those leaving and retiring.
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Support from the USDA and from state legislatures is evaporating as the horse is generally not viewed as an agricultural animal, yet the equine industry is large, generates significant revenues, helps to maintain open space, and provides nearly half a million jobs annually. Support for research on equine health is equally problematic but critically needed for improved animal well-being and improved cures from diseases such as equine laminitis.
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