{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-113-73","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-113-73","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 37-113-73","body":"As used in Sections 37-113-71 through 37-113-81 , the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless context of use clearly requires otherwise:\n\n(a) “ Veterinary student ” means a student enrolled in the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\n\n(b) “ Dean ” means the Dean of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\n\n(c) “ Food supply animal ” includes cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and poultry.\n\n(d) “ Food supply animal veterinarian ” means a veterinarian who is engaged in general or food supply animal practice as his or her primary focus of practice and who has thirty percent (30%) of his or her practice devoted to food supply animal veterinary medicine.\n\n(e) “ Large animal veterinarian ” means a veterinarian whose practice is focused primarily on the health and safety of farm animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses, who must spend sixty percent (60%) of their time providing care for large animals.\n\n(f) “ Program ” means the Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarian Scholarship Program administered by the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.\n\n(g) “ Rural community ” means an area of the state with a population density less than five hundred (500) people per square mile as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture.\n\n(h) “ Rural mixed animal veterinarian ” means a veterinarian who practices in a rural community with provision of care to both small animals, i.e., dogs or cats, and large animals, i.e., cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or horses, within which the veterinarian must spend a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of his or her time providing care to large animals.","path":["MS Code","Title 37"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"4ba9939be0d97f4c2959994f63e97108317cfb5f51828cfcf449a75c1c362750","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-113-71","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-37-113-75"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}