Contents
Preface Veterinarian Workforce: Actions Are
Needed to Ensure Sufficient Capacity
for Protecting Public and Animal Health ix
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Chapter 1 Results in Brief 1
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Chapter 2 Background 7
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Chapter 3 The Federal Government Lacks a Comprehensive Understanding of the Sufficiency
of Its Veterinarian Workforce 11
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Chapter 4 Efforts to Identify the Veterinarian Workforce Needed during a Pandemic and Large-Scale Animal Disease Outbreak Are Insufficient 33
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Chapter 5 Federal and State Agencies Are Missing Important Opportunities to Ensure Efficient Use of Veterinarians during Disease Outbreaks 41
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Chapter 6 Conclusions 51
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Chapter 7 Recommendations for Executive Action 53
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Chapter 8 Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 57
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Chapter 9 Appendix I: Location and Responsibilities
of Veterinarians in the Federal Government 61
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Chapter 10 Appendix II: Scope and Methodology 67
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Chapter 11 Appendix III: Comments from the Department
of Agriculture 73
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of Defense 85
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Chapter 13 Appendix V: Comments from the Department
of Health and Human Services 87
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Chapter 14 Appendix VI: Comments from the Office
of Personnel Management 96
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Chapter 15 Appendix VII: Comments from the Department
of Homeland Security 98
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Chapter 16 Appendix VIII: Comments from the Department of the
Interior 103
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Index
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