Interns rotate through the Medicine and Surgery Sections of the Large Animal Clinic. There are opportunities to pursue areas of special interest later in the year. Interns work with clinical cases under supervision by senior faculty and assist in the clinical laboratory classes. The principal objective of the program is to identify alterable predisposing factors or determinants of disease. Modification of these predisposing factors enables prevention of disease.
Opportunities exist for work in methods dealing with missing data.
Additionally, collaborative arrangements exist with faculty at other colleges of veterinary medicine, private equine veterinarians and epidemiologists employed at human health centers. Opportunities for financial support exist. The Food Animal Epidemiology program s goals are to ensure the quality of food produced by Texas beef and dairy producers and to reduce morbidity among Texas cattle. Producers are driven by economic pressures and consumers want a safe and healthy food supply. Our epidemiology research efforts stress the common goals.