VDPAM is made up of the following 5 units:
- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- Veterinary Extension
- Veterinary Field Services
- Food Supply Veterinary Medicine
- Food Animal and Camelid Hospital
VDPAM Vision
VDPAM is recognized as a leader, sought as a collaborator, and trusted as a provider of solutions to the food animal and population medicine challenges of the world.
Mission Statement
The mission of VDPAM is to educate current and future food animal veterinarians, population medicine scientists and stakeholders by increasing our understanding of issues that impact the health, productivity and well-being of food and fiber producing animals; developing innovative solutions for animal health and food safety; and providing the highest quality, most comprehensive clinical practice and diagnostic services.
VDPAM Organizational Chart & Faculty Brochure
VDPAM Organizational Chart PDF
Teaching
Our teaching in the professional program emphasizes both basic and applied clinical skills for all students. In addition, we offer advanced training in large animal medicine and specialized training for those interested in production medicine. These advanced programs are taught with the premise that the veterinarian can bring a broad-based systems approach to all phases of livestock production in a systematic and effective way.
Research
Our faculty conduct research on diseases of economic importance to swine, beef, dairy, sheep and poultry producers, and consumers of animal products. Extensive access to field cases enhances identification of significant problems and places an emphasis on our abilities to solve those problems.
Professional Practice
Each year more than 120,000 cases are submitted to our Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. We place a high priority on using technological advances to deliver rapid and consistently accurate results to the practitioners and producers who rely on our diagnostic services.
Veterinary Field Services provides high quality, on-farm services for livestock producers in the Ames area. Three fully equipped mobile veterinary trucks and seven clinicians provide individual animal and heard health services for beef, dairy, swine, sheep, goats, and camelids.
Our professional practice mission is also carried out through the food animal section of the Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center. Our clinical specialists handle a variety of cases, primarily bovine and small ruminants, as an important referral service for veterinarians and livestock producers throughout Iowa and the midwest.
When requested by the herd veterinarian, VDPAM faculty members travel across Iowa in response to investigatory calls or to provide on-site consultation to deal with disease and production issues affecting swine, beef, dairy or poultry operations.