USDA agency initiates program to enhance base of DVM-Ph.D.s.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 September 2003-US ARS: USDA agency initiates program to enhance base of DVM-Ph.D.s(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09082003 WASHINGTON - The Agricultural Research Service is launching a pilot program that will pay for tuition, books and laboratory fees of a selected veterinarian who wants to obtain a Ph.D.

in order to conduct animal disease research. ARS is the chief scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "The research area could benefit from more doctors of veterinary medicine who also have Ph.D.s," said Roric E. Wells, ARS deputy director of human resources. "This educational combination is needed because we want to combine the veterinarian's knowledge of animal medicine with the Ph.D. training necessary...