Table 2.

Respondents’ level (%) of interest in each type of veterinary practice from the time of their preveterinary program to graduation (n = 166)

	Type of practice
Program year	Small animal	Equine	Food animal	Mixed animal	Other	Can’t recall
Preveterinary	30.0%	12.5%	12.5%	32.5%	11.7%	0.8%
1st year	23.3%	13.3%	12.5%	40.0%	10.8%	0.0%
2nd year	30.0%	10.0%	13.4%	34.2%	11.7%	0.8%
3rd year	30.8%	16.7%	10.8%	27.5%	14.2%	0.0%
4th year	41.7%	15.0%	10.9%	23.3%	9.2%	0.0%