Photo: Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life

An uptick in the take-up of veterinary and agriculture studies has seen Massey University expand its Large Animal Teaching Unit (LATU) in recent years.

The country's only veterinary school currently has a cohort of about 650 students across the five-year programme.

With over half coming from non-rural backgrounds, the "outdoor classroom" serves as an important first step on the students' journey to working with farm animals, LATU's manager Mike Reilly told Coun

πŸ“°

Continue Reading on RNZ

This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.

Read Full Article β†’