Mission Statement from the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association:
To advertise, safeguard, and enhance the veterinary profession.
The Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association (KVMA) established in 1911, is really a positive group in excess of 1000 professionals representing many areas of veterinary medicine – clinical practice, public health, regulating, academe, and also the military. People are devoted to cooperating enhance the veterinary profession in Kentucky. Through their combined efforts, KVMA can take shape more powerful associations using the public and policy makers by growing their knowledge of and appreciation for that profession.
KVMA monitors condition legislative and regulating activities that have to do with veterinary medicine and animal health problems. The network of people and staff with guidance from your legislative consultant, communicate with the legislature in addition to Kentucky Board of Veterinary Investigators. KVMA has close working associations using the KY Condition Veterinarian’s office and Department of Agriculture, KY Department for Public Health, Kentucky Revenue Cabinet and Kentucky Board of Pharmacy.
KVMA keeps connection with our co-workers of veterinary medicine at Auburn College College of Veterinary Medicine and Tuskegee College School of Veterinary Medicine and works to make sure that Kentucky students will get access to veterinary education.
KVMA works together with the Kentucky Veterinary Specialist Association and also the veterinary technology programs at Morehead Condition College, Murray Condition College and Brown Mackie to supply top quality ongoing teaching programs for veterinary specialists.
KVMA is the resource that impacts the profession within the Commonwealth. Kentucky Veterinary News, the quarterly newsmagazine, once monthly KVMA Enews and blast news and fax alerts, keep people conscious of urgent problems that arise.