Where does the Envirovet course fit into the larger spectrum of innovative educational opportunities in veterinary medicine?
Envirovet uniquely complements other educational offerings currently available. The Canadian veterinary schools have established an ecosystem health program that takes a subset of students enrolled in their four veterinary schools, as well as other students from the USA, into the field to deal with a specific problem. Their program rotates among the schools such that the regional emphasis varies from year to year. The course helps reorient students into an environmental management/ecosystem focus. Students of the Canadian program would clearly benefit from Envirovet and vice-versa. Unlike the Canadian program, Envirovet educates students from schools throughout the world, including persons with DVM or equivalent degrees, many of whom are enrolled in advanced degree programs. There are conventional graduate programs in veterinary toxicology at a number of U.S. veterinary colleges, such as the University of Illinois, Texas A & M, the University of California-Davis, and Iowa State Univers
