Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1. Results in Brief, pp. 1-5
Chapter 2. Background, pp. 7-9
Chapter 3. The Federal Government Lacks a Comprehensive Understanding of the Sufficiency of Its Veterinarian Workforce, pp. 11-31
Chapter 4. Efforts to Identify the Veterinarian Workforce Needed during a Pandemic and Large-Scale Animal Disease Outbreak Are Insufficient, pp. 33-40
Chapter 5. Federal and State Agencies Are Missing Important Opportunities to Ensure Efficient Use of Veterinarians During Disease Outbreaks, pp. 41-49
Chapter 6. Conclusions, pp. 51-52
Chapter 7. Recommendations for Executive Action, pp. 53-55
Chapter 8. Agency Comments and Our Evaluation, pp. 57-60
Chapter 9. Appendix I Location and Responsibilities of Veterinarians in the Federal Government, pp. 61-66
Chapter 10. Appendix II Scope and Methodology, pp. 67-71
Chapter 11. Appendix III Comments from the Department of Agriculture, pp. 73-83
Chapter 12. Appendix IV Comments from the Department of Defense, pp. 85-86
Chapter 13. Appendix V Comments from the Department of Health and Human Services, pp. 87-95
Chapter 14. Appendix VI Comments from the Office of Personnel Management, pp. 96-97
Chapter 15. Appendix VII Comments from the Department of Homeland Security, pp. 98-102
Chapter 16. Appendix VIII: Comments from the Department of the Interior, pp. 103-105
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