friday, november 14, 1973
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daily nebraskan
Search 'forltietafe vet school site proceeding
The search for a site for a five-state
regional veterinary school has continued
since the Old West Regional Commission
compiled an extensive report on the needs
for such a school in February.
The fivo states planning to pool resources
for a veterinary school are Montana, :Co:th
and South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska.
State Sen. Richard Maresh of Milligan
last month requested another legislative
hearing on the idea, suggesting that. the
now defunct Pershing College campus in
Beatrice be used.
Maresh said last week that he has writ
ten to Nebraska State Sen. Loran Schmit
of Bellwood, chairman of the Agriculture
and Environment Committee, pointing out
that there has not been a hearing since the
study was made.
Nebraska's chance
He said he is requesting the hearing so
those who did the study could explain the
findings to Schmit's committee, and to
determine Nebraska's chance as a site
for the school.
According to the vet school study, re
searched and written by Clarence Cole,
dean of veterinarian science at Ohio State
University and head of the Old West Re
gional Commission, the commission
considered:
-Veterinary programs of education, re-
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-Size and organization of the five state s
college campuses, number of students,
number of f aculty.
-Optimal location. .'
Space requirements.
Operational costs.
Sources of those costs.
When a location is found, it will be
about five years before the Old West
College of Veterinary Medicine is opened,
according to Cole's study.
Vet shortage
The report also said that in the ab
sence of a regional College of Veterinary
Medicine (CVM), the shortage of veter
inarians is estimated at 254 in 1980, 573 in
1985, and 1,028 in 1990.
In 1974 there were 646 preveterinary
students in the region's universities. That
number is estimated to be 869 in 1980 and
nearly 1,000 in 1990.
Because many people want to become
veterinarians, they could not achieve their
goal without a regional vet school, the
study maintains. Veterinary colleges re
fused more than 88 per cent of the ad
mission applications for the region in 1974
and more than 95 per cent are expected to
be refused in 1975.
The study further states other possible
benefits to be gained from a regional vet
erinary institution.
Research alone will increase the farm
and ranch cask- receipts in the region by
$128 million annually, the study showed.
With research, the college will provide
patient referral service, diagnostic service
Sency, internship and continuing
education.
Alternatives
While the study evaluated four altern
ative approaches for veterinary students, it
concluded that a CVM in the region is the
"only viable, permanent solution." The al
ternatives are: recruitment of out-of-state
and foreign veterinarians as the state s
sole supply; sending students to other
states, which is what Nebraska does and
the shared curriculum approach, where
large classes are held away from the geo
graphical center of the Old West Region.
The study reported that there is a link
between animal science study and benefits
to human health and disease study.
It is easier to gain admission to a med
ical school than a veterinary school, the
report said.
There are 18 full-operating CVM's in
17 states in the United States, according to
the report. In 1974, there were 12,003 ap
plications to 19 veterinary colleges and 14
per cent were admitted.. -In 1975 the Dm.
jection for admissions is 12.8. But, in
1972, 37 per cent of the applicants to rned
ical schools around the country were
admitted.
Since 1959, 40 per cent of Nebraska's
vet students sent out-of-state on UNL's
reciprocal agreement returned to practice
veterinary medicine.
Anolications and Admiainn
to US. Coilno of Veterinary Medicine, 1974
State
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Applicationi
108
75
68
72
147
Admission!
10
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9
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Report by Dr. C.R. Cole. 1975
Students Enrolled in Universities of the Old
West Region to fulfill requirements to apply
to a CVM 1970-74 (estimated for 75, 80. 85)
Stat 1970 71 72 73 74 75 80 8S
Mont. 192 222 222 250 250 250 312 312
Neb. 58 60 74 63 .96 110 150 200
N.D. 54 74 91 110 105 115 157 177
S.D. 60 72 .84 98 105 120 150 177
Wyo. 70 75 80 90 90 100 100 200
Total 434 503 551 611 646 695 869 991
Report by Dr. C.R. Cole, 1975
Number of veterinarians in the U.S.
breakdown in Old Wast states, Jan. 1974.
Number of Veterinarians , Ares
26,000 ' U.S.
1,009 Old West states
193 Mont.
434 Neb.
97 N.D.
196 S.D.
89 Wyo.
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