Non Technical Summary
There is a nationwideshortage of food animal veterinarians in the United States. This shortage endangers the livelyhood of our producers, the local and national economy and the food we eat. This is particularly dangerous given the ever increasing spread of foreign animal diseases that could stop our food producing economy and endanger the animal welfare of millions of food producing animals. By fundingthe start upof a complete mobile veterinary services we can keep costs down and better meet our clients needs in the pasture and increase security of our food sources. Ourgoal for these funds at Crescent Veterinary Hospital are to establish a complete mobile veterinary service with the purchase of a service truck, veterinary clinic box and mobile chute. With this new equipment,we will increase our mobile practice over the 3 year grant period 10 fold and continue utilizing this equipement for the next decade and possibly beyond. This will result in a more secure food chain, increased animal welfare and a more secure local and national agricultural economy.

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
311	3310	1160	80%
311	3820	1160	10%
311	3510	1160	10%

Knowledge Area
311 - Animal Diseases;

Subject Of Investigation
3310 - Beef cattle, live animal; 3510 - Swine, live animal; 3820 - Goats, meat, and mohair;

Field Of Science
1160 - Pathology;

Goals / Objectives
The primary goal of our project is to establish an ambulatory service atCrescent Veterinary Hospital, to serve the shortage area OK243, by purchasing a work truck, veterinary clinic box as well as a portable chute to better serve the needs of our rural shortagearea, thus enhancing food animal wellfare, disease surveilance, protect food safety and the local agricultural economy in our shortage area.

Project Methods
Funds will be used to purchase a full size work truck and a veterinary clinic box to allow quick deployment of clinic resources to address routine and emergent veterinary needs of the shortage area OK243. Additionally, funds will be used to purchase a mobile hydraulic chute to further enhance our ability to treat animals for illness and routine needs in the field. Having equipment stocked and ready to go will allow for increased ambulatory calls by reducingprep time for deployment. This increased availability will naturally increase our ambulatory calls through word of mouth. Additional efforts will be made to identify and recruit producers for ambultory herd health wellness. Community outreach through online advertising and local events will be usedto notify current and future clients of our new ambulatory service.