{"id":28503,"date":"2024-10-03T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28503"},"modified":"2024-09-25T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:55:22","slug":"maryland-agriculture-secretary-appoints-dr-jennifer-trout-as-state-veterinarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/10\/03\/maryland-agriculture-secretary-appoints-dr-jennifer-trout-as-state-veterinarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Agriculture Secretary Appoints Dr. Jennifer Trout as State Veterinarian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 3, 2024)<\/strong> \u2013 The Maryland Secretary of Agriculture<\/strong> has announced the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Trout as the new State Veterinarian to oversee animal health.<\/p>\n

\u201cMDA and Animal Health are excited to welcome Dr. Trout as the new leader of our Animal Health Program,\u201d said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks<\/strong>. \u201cWith her extensive experience in both large and small animal medicine, and a specialized focus on large animal disease management, she brings valuable expertise to our team. We\u2019re thrilled to have her join MDA!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Trout earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State University and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She practiced in several states across the country before returning to Maryland to work on her family\u2019s dairy farm. Most recently, she practiced at a small animal clinic in Jarrettsville, Maryland.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to working with the Animal Health Program to protect Maryland’s livestock industry, ensure the safety of our food supply and the success of our livestock producers,\u201d said Dr. Jennifer Trout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The department\u2019s Animal Health Program <\/strong>works to prevent and control infectious and contagious diseases in Maryland livestock and poultry with particular emphasis on those diseases that threaten public health, endanger food supplies, or threaten the economic security of the animal industries. In addition to a field staff, the section has two veterinary diagnostic laboratories in Salisbury and Frederick.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit the department\u2019s website<\/a>. For questions, contact the department\u2019s Animal Health Program at (410) 841- 5810 or animalhealth.mda@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 3, 2024) \u2013 The Maryland Secretary of Agriculture has announced the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Trout as the new State Veterinarian to oversee animal health. \u201cMDA and Animal Health are excited to welcome Dr. Trout as the new leader of our Animal Health Program,\u201d said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks. \u201cWith her  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28509,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28503\/revisions\/28509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}