On-site training for veterinary students who confuse goats with sheep

In recent years, veterinary student associations have been created that seek to bring the world of livestock farming closer to many students who lack basic information about this sector. There is more to veterinary science than pets, and that is why there are student associations that spread the word that the entire livestock value chain is full of job opportunities for many students who are unaware of the sector and who may enter university without being able to distinguish a goat from a sheep. Sources from the associations explain to Efeagro that their objective is to bring livestock farming closer to future veterinarians, who enter the degree program focusing on the world of pets, without knowing that there are many other job opportunities in the sector. Roberto Romero has been the president of the Livestock Club at the University of Alfonso X (which he founded in the 2022-2023 academic year) and has recently graduated in Veterinary Science. According to him, the aim was to ...