veterinarians

Both the University of Missouri Veterinary Health Center and Horton Animal Hospital are temporarily shortening hours.

Being a veterinarian and helping animals can bring a lot of joy. But the job also comes with a host of stressors that can affect veterinarians’ mental health, and the field is starting to have more conversations about it.

Kerry Karaffa is an embedded psychologist and mental health and wellbeing coordinator within the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.

Low wages and the burden of student debt are leading to a critical shortage of large-animal veterinarians in rural Missouri, industry experts said.This is…