• The University of Findlay’s Pre-Veterinary Program is proud of its students, who have earned better than a 60 percent acceptance rate into schools of veterinary medicine. The average acceptance rate of pre-veterinary students entering a school of veterinary medicine is one out of three, or 33 percent. This year's admittance rate is over 77 per cent of the students that applied to veterinary school.
• The Pre-Veterinary Barn and the new C. Richard Beckett Animal Science Building are unique, hands-on experience for UF Pre-Veterinary students.  

                      
                       New Dr. C. Richard Beckett Animal Science Building
                                           

• Each year of UF’s Pre-Veterinary Program offers unique hands-on curriculum, starting with animal handling classes in the first two semesters. As a sophomore animal nutrition and reproduction student, you would be responsible for the care of the livestock in the Pre-Veterinary Program. You would be supervised by the student barn manager, Dr. Kerns and the Western Farm manager. Then entering the junior and senior years, you will begin clinical internships, where you will have the opportunity to participate in actual clinical medicine. Students have the opportunity to choose small animal medicine / surgery, food animal medicine / surgery or equine medicine / surgery. Get the chance to observe a part of the veterinary profession that you may not yet have seen.
   

                        
                                   A chance to do food animal medicine

• UF Pre-Veterinary students have been awarded summer internship and research fellowships at institutions such as the University of Missouri Veterinary School, the Medical University of Ohio, Ethicon Laboratories, Newport Aquarium and the Cincinnati Zoological Park. Faculty members actively assist students in obtaining such internships.
• Many students are able to conduct research projects in biology, veterinary medicine or animal science. Veterinary schools are very interested in students having a research background as candidates for admission to professional school. This past year, over twenty graduating seniors had conducted research projects with either biology or animal science faculty.
• The University’s Pre-Veterinary Club is a very active group, sponsoring speakers, field trips and fun activities. In the past, club members traveled to the Cincinnati Zoo, the Midwest Veterinary Conference and the Toledo Zoo. They held a jazz Swing Fling Dance on campus and had a bonfire and cookout at Dr. Linda Peck’s house. Last year, the club chartered a bus to visit the Shedd's Aquarium in Chicago for a weekend. This year's activities included a trip to Purdue University School of veterinary Medicine.
• The Pre-Veterinary Program is proud of its diversity. Classes have consistently come from all over the United States, as well as other countries, such as Germany, Sweden and India. An exchange program is in place with a veterinary program in Japan.
                              

.                                    The 2008 exchange class

                          Everyone enjoyed being out at the PVET Barn!  

• The Pre-Veterinary Program covers part of the cost of UF-sponsored GRE preparation classes for its junior and senior students who would like a little extra help, saving the student time, money and travel.
• The University of Findlay has an articulation agreement with Ross University in the Carribean as an alternative for students who wish to pursue their veterinary degree in an exotic setting. The school has just gained full accreditation with the American Veterinary Medical Association . Both Dr. Linda Peck and Dr. Mike Kerns have toured the school to inspect its recent additions to facilities and changes to the teaching curriculum. What a view!

Ross Veterinary School

•  So far this year UF students were accepted to veterinary schools at Western University, University of Florida, Colorado State University, Purdue University, The Ohio State University, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, University of Wisconsin, Auburn University, Mississippi State University, Tuskeegee University, Washington State University and Ross University.  The acceptance process will not be completed until closer to the middle of June. In addition, several UF students were accepted into master's programs of public health and graduate programs in biology.

• More and more Pre-Veterinary students are conducting research projects in genetics, microbiology and cell biology under the supervision of biology and pharmacy faculty.  

Working in the Davis Street lab.