Veterinary School Application Process and Simple Record Keeping Metrics
From Cattle Chat by BCI Cattle Chat
February 27, 2026 · 22 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the veterinary school application process and simple record keeping metrics for cattle producers.
In this episode of Cattle Chat , the team discusses what it takes to get into veterinary school, including prerequisites, gaining diverse experience, standing out in the application process, and preparing for interviews. They also explore ways to encourage interest in rural and livestock veterinary practice. The team answers a listener’s question for a 125-cow producer, highlighting simple metrics like pregnancy rate, pounds of calves sold, and winter feed use to measure progress over time. 4:38 Veterinary School Application Process 16:36 Simple Record Keeping Metrics For more on BCI Cattle Chat, follow us on X at @ksubci , Facebook , and Instagram at @ksubci . Check out our website, ksubci.org . If you have any comments/questions/topic ideas, please send them to bci@ksu.edu. You can also email us to sign up for our weekly news blast! Don’t forget, if you enjoy the show, please go give us a rating!
People in this episode
Host: BCI Cattle Chat
Topics covered
- veterinary school application
- record keeping metrics
- livestock veterinary practice
- pregnancy rate
- calves sold
- winter feed use
Keywords
- veterinary school
- application process
- record keeping
- livestock
- metrics
- cattle production
- pregnancy rate
- calves
- feed use
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Organizations: ksubci, ksubci.org
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