AVMA analysts predict improving employment situation, but picture is bleak on lifetime ROI forveterinary degree.Asurvey conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Veterinary Economics Division shows that 51 percent of veterinarians are working at full capacity vs. 35 percent in 2012. AVMA economists presented the findings at the annual AVMA Economic Summit Oct. 28 in Chicago.Overall excess capacity in the profession is at 13 percent (meaning 13 percent of veterinarians' capacity to provide services is going unused), down from 17 percent two years ago, and predictions are that it will continue to decline over the next few years and stabilize at about 6 percent through 2025. Food animal and equine veterinarians have seen the greatest return toward full capacity.
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