Dear Editor: Vote no on Ballot Measure 129

Dear Editor:

In the upcoming election next month there is ballot measure to create a “mid-level veterinary practitioner” in the State of Colorado. This measure is almost uniformly opposed by veterinarians across the state and country including the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Colorado VMA, the Independent Veterinary Practitioners Association, the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Dentists, and Internal Medicine specialists. Let’s delve into the program:

This ballot measure would establish a non-veterinary Master’s degree involving only three semesters of online basic study, a fourth semester of clinical skills and a short internship. CSU is still in the process of developing the curriculum. Veterinarians, on the other hand, undergo four years of undergraduate (eight semesters) and four years of professional curriculum, again eight semesters. A graduate veterinarian has spent eight years in training but the new mid-level graduate – two years.

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