Large Animal Experience

[guest7777]

Hi all!
I just applied for this year's OVC cycle, but I'm getting worried because I have no large animal experience. I have great small animal (1500+ hours) and some wildlife experience (250 hours), and I applied with a 91 average. I was wondering if my lack of farm animal experience will reduce my chances of getting accepted. Has anyone with my similar grades and experience gotten accepted to OVC? Thanks!

[lowenger]

Hi

If you look over the Selection Criteria at www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/recruitment/en/applyingtodvm/selectionprocess.asp we don't give minimum hours or say that you must have specific animal type experience. True it is better for you in terms of your experience/comfort level to have worked with a variety of species but you will have to work with them at OVC once you are here.