Applications for Pfizer Animal Health Bovine Externship Program due Feb. 15

Pfizer Animal Health will once again offer the Bovine Externship Program in 2010, and the deadline for applications is Feb.15. Selected students will receive a $2,000 stipend and will be matched with either practicing veterinarians or producers for a four-week field work experience.

First- and second-year veterinary students qualify. For more information, students can contact the faculty representative at their school or Dr. Mike Nichols, Senior Veterinarian Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Operations at Michael.Nichols@Pfizer.com.

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