Thompson J C
Cornell Vet. 1979 Jul;69(3):215-24.
An understanding of the distributional patterns of Veterinary practitioners in New York State can assist in optimizing veterinary services and opportunities. Veterinarians have been arrayed by type of practice and location within counties and major land form regions. Relationships between the number of practitioners and human and animal populations have been examined in these areas and show the inadequacy of basing veterinary needs on human population data. In contrast, large animal numbers show a much closer correspondence to veterinary practitioners, with ranges of 3341 to 6561 animals being serviced per veterinarian in the large and mixed service fields (98% of these totals are food animals). Data on age composition and degree institution (in-state versus out-of-state) provide indications of the length of service, turnover rate and retention rate for practitioners trained in New York State. At present 60 percent of New York State practitioners received their education at Cornell and more than three quarters of the active total completed their education since 1950.
了解纽约州兽医从业者的分布模式有助于优化兽医服务及机会。兽医已按执业类型以及所在县和主要地形区域进行了分类。在这些地区，已对从业者数量与人类及动物种群之间的关系进行了研究，结果表明，仅依据人口数据来确定兽医需求是不够的。相比之下，大型动物数量与兽医从业者的对应关系更为紧密，在大型和综合服务领域，每位兽医服务的动物数量范围为3341至6561头（这些总数的98%为食用动物）。关于年龄构成和学位授予机构（州内与州外）的数据，为纽约州培养的从业者的服务时长、周转率和留存率提供了线索。目前，纽约州60%的从业者毕业于康奈尔大学，自1950年以来，超过四分之三的在职从业者完成了学业。
