The United States veterinary profession has changed markedly over the past 20 years. The human population has increased by 24% whereas the number declaring veterinarian as their profession has increased by 50% and the profession’s female share has increased from 27% to 50%. We discuss some...

Upon outbreak of a contagious animal disease, a primary motive for restoring disease-free status is often to regain access to international product markets. Efforts applied toward continuing or regaining such access is a public good; all growers benefit regardless of extent of private efforts...