JANESVILLE â?? It’s not easy being a small animal veterinarian.
A sweet kitty can become a hissing, screaming furball requiring two leather-gloved doctors to give it a vaccination.
But what if the patient is 10 times the size of the doctor with four hooves and a dirty tail made for clubbing?
The number of graduates entering the large animal and general practice veterinarian fields in Wisconsin has declined, said Dr. Nigel Cook, head of the Food Animal Production Medicine group at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine.