|Articles|February 9, 2015

Veterinary technician specialty data from the 2015 Firstline Career Path study

In the 2015 Firstline Career Path study, we asked veterinarians how many of their veterinary technicians had obtained specialization. We also asked how many would be interested in their technicians obtaining specialization. Here are the results.

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