A report on veterinary medical education in Florida and the need for veterinary care in Florida is presented. Overviews of the veterinary profession and veterinary medical education are also given, including the areas of history, careers in the field, licensure, salaries, animal disease research, accreditation, curriculum, enrollment, educational contracts, and tuition and fees. Information on the labor market for veterinarians in the United States, the South, and Florida is presented. There is information on the University of Florida's veterinary education program, with attention to admissions, the curriculum, degrees, the veterinary medical teaching hospital and educational facilities, minority access and retention, faculty, and continuing education and extension services. Consideration is also given to the veterinary technician profession, earnings in private practice, the nature of veterinary technology education, and veterinary technolgy programs in Florida. The issue of the large number of veterinarians who are trained in foreign veterinary schools and who seek licensure by examination in Florida is also addressed. (SW)