Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The present and future veterinary practitioners in the tropics.
- Journal:
- The veterinary quarterly
- Year:
- 1993
- Authors:
- Schillhorn van Veen, T W
Plain-English summary
In tropical countries, there are challenges in keeping veterinary services running effectively, especially those provided by the government. As private animal health services improve, the role of veterinarians is changing. While controlling outbreaks of animal diseases will still be important, there is also a growing need to address issues like poor nutrition and management-related health problems in animals. This shift will affect how veterinarians are trained and the kind of research that gets done. Additionally, there are currently too many veterinarians in some areas for the available private practice jobs, which means that animal health technicians and other support staff will continue to play a key role in managing animal health.
Abstract
The tropical countries' inability to maintain veterinary services in the realm of the state as well as the improved quality of privately provided animal health services are leading to a change in the role, and type, of veterinarians in most of the tropics. Although control of epizootics diseases will continue to be important, further attention has to be given to the equally important nutritional deficiencies and management related diseases. These changes will have implications for the position of veterinarians as well as for animal health related research and training. The present overproduction of veterinarians in some tropical and subtropical countries can not be absorbed in private practice, especially in view of the continuing role of animal health technicians and lay personnel in disease control.
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