Only four Filipino Veterinarians were eligible for membership under the 1914 Constitution and By-Laws; these veterinarians were those registered in the list of the Veterinary Examining Board, VEB of the Bureau of Agriculture beginning 1913 November 4. Act 2245, An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands was enacted by the Third Philippine Legislature on its Special Session in 1913 February 11. The veterinarians were Dr. Victor A. Buencamino who graduated from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in 1911, Dr. Vicente G. Ferriols, who graduated from the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1912 and Dr. Ventura T. Gatchalian who graduated presumably in a veterinary school in the United States of America before the registration date in 1913. The fourth, Dr. Sixto N. Almeda Carlos graduated from The San Francisco Veterinary College in 1916. The first three were registered with the VEB in 1913 with registration numbers 0022, 0003, and 0030 respectively; Dr. Almeda Carlos was registered in 1916 with registration number 0057. Dr. Victor A. Buencamino became the Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry, BAI in 1933, while Dr. Vicente G. Ferriols became the Director of the BAI in 1946. Dr. Ventura T. Gatchalian became the District Veterinarian of the Bureau of Animal Industry for Nueva Ecija and stationed at Cabanatuan in 1932; and Dr. Sixto N. Almeda Carlos, who worked very briefly with the Bureau of Agriculture in 1916, was the veterinarian of the Buencamino Veterinary Hospital from 1916 to 1927; later in 1927 he established his veterinary clinic at 185 Marquez de Comillas now 839 Romualdez, Ermita Manila; this eventually became the Dog and Cat Hospital. Except for Dr. Buencamino, the other three Drs Ferriols, Gatchalian and Almeda Carlos were not given the privilege of being members in 1914 and in 1916 despite the fact that they graduated from Veterinary Colleges in the United States of America. The PVMA membership diplomas of Drs. Ferriols and Almeda Carlos issued by Drs. Gregorio M. San Agustin, and Manuel D. Sumulong, president and Secretary-Treasurer respectively in 1934 June 20 attested to the election of both as members as of 1918 February 5.
