Professionalism and expertise in federal service while promoting continuing education, teamwork and excellence. Almost every federal Agency employee veterinarians. Your career in federal service can be a varied or narrow as you would like. Positions can be had from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to the National Zoo. Find out what it's like working in these varies Agencies by applying for an externship.
Or get an overview of all the Agencies as well as how the legislative process works with an externship with us, NAFV. The AVMA extern program pairs talented veterinary students together with the AVMA Government Relations Division for a four-week program that introduces the breadth of public policy issues facing the profession and provides hands-on lobbying experience with Capitol Hill legislators and staff.
Veterinary medicine is a profession with wide-ranging opportunities, and whether you are a graduate veterinarian or aspire to become one, an exposure to the broad knowledge and skills needed for public and corporate practice will prepare you to adapt to society's changing needs as well as your own evolving career preferences.
Or get an overview of all the Agencies as well as how the legislative process works with an externship with us, NAFV. The AVMA extern program pairs talented veterinary students together with the AVMA Government Relations Division for a four-week program that introduces the breadth of public policy issues facing the profession and provides hands-on lobbying experience with Capitol Hill legislators and staff.
Veterinary medicine is a profession with wide-ranging opportunities, and whether you are a graduate veterinarian or aspire to become one, an exposure to the broad knowledge and skills needed for public and corporate practice will prepare you to adapt to society's changing needs as well as your own evolving career preferences.
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You are no longe a lone voice in the wilderness.
Through NAFV you have a megaphone to shout from the highest mountain tops.
We put the voice of the entire membership behind your voice so people listen.
And when necessary we work with our allied associations such as AVMA, Animal Agriculture Coalition, to name a few.
Congress and Administrations try to change the rules on you, like proposals that reduce retirement benefits or locality pay.
We partner with many associations representing federal employees to get your voices heard.
Through NAFV you have a megaphone to shout from the highest mountain tops.
We put the voice of the entire membership behind your voice so people listen.
And when necessary we work with our allied associations such as AVMA, Animal Agriculture Coalition, to name a few.
Congress and Administrations try to change the rules on you, like proposals that reduce retirement benefits or locality pay.
We partner with many associations representing federal employees to get your voices heard.
Dr. Brown has been a member of the AVMA, NAFV and AAFSPHV for most of her professional career.
She has served NAFV as FSIS Rep to the BOD as well as two terms as Secretary-Treasurer. Her interest in becoming NAFV President lies in her belief that NAFV is the primary voice tospeak on behalf of federal veterinarians, to promote the value and skills that we bring to our agencies, and to ensure that decisions being made to reduce costs don't reduce our ability to protect public health.
NAFV has made great progress, but she recognizes that we have significant challenges ahead.
She has served NAFV as FSIS Rep to the BOD as well as two terms as Secretary-Treasurer. Her interest in becoming NAFV President lies in her belief that NAFV is the primary voice tospeak on behalf of federal veterinarians, to promote the value and skills that we bring to our agencies, and to ensure that decisions being made to reduce costs don't reduce our ability to protect public health.
NAFV has made great progress, but she recognizes that we have significant challenges ahead.
Dr. McIntyre is a 1997 graduate of Tuskegee University, School of Veterinary Medicine.
She started in the Federal community during the summer of her sophomore year of veterinary college.
She worked with the USDA, APHIS, VS where she earned hands on experience with eradicating Brucellosis in cattle and Pseudorabies in swine in the state of Georgia.
Also during that time with USDA, APHIS, she worked with veterinarians during the 1996 Summer Olympics where she was a part of the Piroplasmosis and Equine Contagious Metritis Surveillance Team for the carrier horses that were brought to the U. S. for competition.
She started in the Federal community during the summer of her sophomore year of veterinary college.
She worked with the USDA, APHIS, VS where she earned hands on experience with eradicating Brucellosis in cattle and Pseudorabies in swine in the state of Georgia.
Also during that time with USDA, APHIS, she worked with veterinarians during the 1996 Summer Olympics where she was a part of the Piroplasmosis and Equine Contagious Metritis Surveillance Team for the carrier horses that were brought to the U. S. for competition.
The Dr. Daniel E. Salmon Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions and notable service in the public's interest by a veterinarian federally employed in any human health, environmental health, or animal health discipline.
This award was established to honor the first director of the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry in its centennial year - 1984.
Dr. Daniel E. Salmon was a world-renowned veterinary medical scientist who pioneered research in bacterial diseases of animals and immunology.
This award was established to honor the first director of the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry in its centennial year - 1984.
Dr. Daniel E. Salmon was a world-renowned veterinary medical scientist who pioneered research in bacterial diseases of animals and immunology.
Federal Veterinarians often work in widely dispersed areas with little contact for sharing ideas, working through problems, or even just sharing experience to see if others are seeing the same things.
Jump on our members only Facebook group and follow the discussions or add a topic of your own.
Or join a webinar and learn and interact with your fellow colleague.
We make lifelong learning easy, accessible, and free from the comfort of your home.
We have reenergized the American Academy of Veterinary Preventative Medicine with monthly webinars on topics of interest related to your work in public pactice.
Jump on our members only Facebook group and follow the discussions or add a topic of your own.
Or join a webinar and learn and interact with your fellow colleague.
We make lifelong learning easy, accessible, and free from the comfort of your home.
We have reenergized the American Academy of Veterinary Preventative Medicine with monthly webinars on topics of interest related to your work in public pactice.
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