Committee on Diagnostic Laboratory and Veterinary Workforce Development

The purpose of the United States Animal Health Association's (USAHA) Committee on Diagnostic Laboratory and Veterinary Workforce Development is to serve as a forum for Canada, Mexico and the United States to exchange information with the intent to educate policy makers and influence North American's policy on two issues:

The supply and demand of veterinarians and laboratory diagnosticians
Animal health laboratory facility needs.

The committee should consider information about the capacity of the United States, Canadian and Mexican veterinary medical colleges to train veterinarians and provide post-graduate education in veterinary sciences. The committee should also consider information about the resources and sustained funding that are needed to provide adequate infrastructure and workforce in North America's diagnostic and research animal health laboratories.

The committee shall annually present information in the form of a report to USAHA. The committee may seek to influence public policy with regard to veterinarian capacity and laboratory infrastructure and funding through appropriate recommendations and resolutions. Members of the committee are expected to further the goals and mission of this committee by education and/or urging support in their respective countries, governments, institutions and industries.

Committee Members

Committee Member Directory

Call to Action

The Veterinary Workforce Grant Program - Section 11014,
The Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment - Section 7003, &
U.S. 2007 Farm Bill

Reports

Resolutions

2007: Resolution 29: Support for High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories; Resolution 30: Federal Funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network; Resolution 31: National Veterinary Medical Services Act (PL-108-161); Resolution 32: Support for Staffing and Operation of the National Wildlife Research Center's New Biosafety Level-3 Agriculture Wildlife Disease Research Laboratory; Resolution 33: Vehicle Restrictions in Foot-and-Mouth Disease Quarantine Regions of High-Density Food Animal Populations; Resolution 34: Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act
2006: Resolution 17: Requesting an Opportunity to Provide Recommendations and Advice on the Proposed Department of Homeland Security National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility; Resolution 18: Support of Funding a Demonstration Project to Implement the Proposed National Agriculture and Food Continuity of Business Plan; Resolution 19: Federal Funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network; Resolution 20: The Veterinary Workforce Expansion Act
2005: Resolution 8: A New Biosafety Level 3-AG (BSL-3-AG) Wildlife Disease Research Laboratory at the National Wildlife Research Center; Resolution 9: The Veterinary Workforce Expansion Act; Resolution 10: Federal Funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network
2004: Resolution 07: Federal Funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network