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Food-animal Veterinarians and the Persistence of Rural Shortage Areas

  • EIB-311

Overview

Veterinarian services are an important input into food-animal agriculture. However, veterinarian shortages in food‑animal and mixed‑animal practices have persisted across many U.S. rural areas for more than a decade, despite ongoing Federal and State efforts to address service gaps.

Genetin, B., Davis, J. C., & Grossen, G. (2026). Food-animal veterinarians and the persistence of rural shortage areas (Report No. EIB-311). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.32747/2026.9562445.ers

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