Pfizer Partners with Customers to Contribute to FFA and AABP, AAEP Foundations in 2012

US - Pfizer Animal Health announces the return of the FFA and American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Foundation Support Programme and the addition of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation Support Programme. Since its inception in 2008, Pfizer and its customers have contributed more than $3.6 million to local FFA chapters and veterinary student scholarship funds.
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Pfizer Animal Health

A portion of purchases from qualified Pfizer Animal Health cattle and equine products made between 1 February and 30 April, 2012, will be donated on behalf of local veterinarians and animal health suppliers to the local FFA chapter(s) of their choice, the AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund or the AAEP Foundation.

“Connecting FFA members with their local veterinarians is incredibly valuable in educating them about the animal health industry,” says Lori Randle, regional director, National FFA Foundation. “This programme also provides local FFA chapters with funds for traveling to educational and leadership seminars. This has been an excellent programme, and we look forward to continuing it.”

In previous years, more than 1,100 veterinarians, animal health suppliers and dealers across the country have participated in the FFA/AABP Foundation Support Programme, which is part of Pfizer Animal Health’s Commitment to Veterinarians™, an initiative supporting veterinarians through training and education, research and development, and investment in the future of the veterinary profession.

“The AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarships will help ease some of the financial burdens recent graduates take with them into practice,” says M. Gatz Riddell Jr., DVM, executive vice president of AABP. “By targeting students with a proven interest in food animal practice, these scholarships allow more students to enter the field of their choice than ever before. These scholarships should also help address the need for more veterinarians in rural veterinary practice.”

John Mitchell, DVM, AAEP president says the addition of support for the AAEP Foundation will help deliver on the foundation’s core mission of improving opportunities for careers in equine medicine.

“Many new veterinarians face serious financial burdens from years of education,” Dr Mitchell says. “In fact, this debt may unduly influence where they choose to practice and in what field. Providing scholarships to veterinary students helps ensure continued interest in equine veterinary practice.”

Support for the FFA as well as the AABP and AAEP Foundations helps promote the future of agriculture, states Julian Garcia, group director, US Cattle and Equine Marketing, Pfizer Animal Health.

“Our support to all three organizations helps honor the assistance and encouragement many of our team members at Pfizer Animal Health received when they were students,” Mr Garcia says. “Many of us at Pfizer Animal Health have been directly involved with these organizations, and now it’s our chance to work with our veterinary clinic, dealer and distributor partners to give back. In turn, we are supporting the next generation of our industry.”

For more information, or to enroll in the FFA/AABP/AAEP support program, call 866-611-2626, contact your local Pfizer Animal Health representative or visit www.pfizerperformancepays.com.

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