Vet tech history

1961

First formal university program SUNY Delhi in New York

Vet techs

Animal health technicians

1963

First graduating class of 8 people

1965

Got funding to develop a curriculum

1967

Maryland becomes first state to register vet assistants

1972

AVMA votes to accredit training programs for animals techs

CVTEA

Committee on veterinary technicain education and activity’s

1973

first two programs accredited Michigan state and Curtis

1976

First professional journal for animal health technicians

1976

EWC graduates it’s first class accredited by AVMA

1981

NAVTA was organized

NAVTA

North American Veterinary technicians association

1984

NAVTA code of ethics

1985

Animal technicians national exam created

ATNE

Animal technicians national exam

1989

AVMA House approves the use of term vet techs

1996

First specialty the academy of emergency and critical care technicians

1999

Roles of vet tech and and vet aids established by AVMA