Since we were on the topic of training, I asked him if he thought that small animal practice would stay dominant over large animal practice. Much of it is because small animals are a more popular field of study, and the working conditions are better too. Being a student myself, I'm concerned with difficulty and the rumor that vet school is even harder to get into than medical school. I asked Dr. Parrett about this to check for truth. Med school accepts more students and then lets the poor ones weed themselves out.
Vet school weeds out the bad students before they get in, so accepts fewer students.
Vet school is so selective because they to see the students succeed, not drop out. With the viscious rumor set aside so kindly by Dr. Parrett, I moved on to the aspect of the future, and first on my list was computer technology. When I asked why even use them, a grin came to his face. It lets us use less animals for dissection, because it's right there on the computer. It also let's us make a virtual model of an animal that is seldom worked on, say a tiger.