{"id":3060,"date":"2023-04-20T20:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/future-dvm-students\/programs-of-study\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:24:59","slug":"vm4-species-track-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/future-dvm-students\/prospective-student-information\/vm4-species-track-options\/","title":{"rendered":"VM4 Species Track Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-block\">\n\t<div class=\"link-block\">\n\t\t<h2>Species Specific Tracks<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/future-dvm-students\/prospective-student-information\/vm4-species-track-options\/years-1-4\/small-animal-option\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSmall Animal Option<span 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