Six universities received USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants for education, extension and training to develop specialized training and educational programs for veterinarians. The emphasis was on food animal medicine to increase the knowledge base and experience of veterinary graduates.

The University of California-Davis received a grant for a project to encourage high school students to consider poultry veterinary medicine as a career option.  Grants to Tuskegee University, College of Veterinary Medicine, the University of Missouri, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M Agri Life Extension Service and Mississippi State University were more general in content involving training and welfare, reproduction and food animal practice with specific reference to rural communities.

It is noted that there are a number of functional residency and post-graduate programs in operation with UGA preeminent, with completion of these programs leading to specialty recognition by the American College of Poultry Veterinarians (dip. ACPV)