Behaviorist hired by MSU vet hospital

MSU has hired a new kind of veterinarian for their vet hospital with an eye on developing a veterinary behaviorist program down the road.


According to excerpts from the article:

Rigterink, MSU’s first veterinary behavior resident, started seeing exclusively behavior cases at the MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, or VTH, in June.

Chairperson of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Charles DeCamp said having an animal behaviorist resident is significant. There are only 40 or 50 board certified animal behaviorists in the U.S.

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