The Profession of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine is a branch in the science field that deals with the health of animals. A veterinarian is someone whom works in this field and keeps the animals healthy. Most veterinarians work with companion animals in fact 77% in the United States do, 6% work with horses, 8% work with food animals, and 7% work with a mixture of each animal. A veterinarian can choose to specialize in a certain animal such as cats,birds,horse,marine species,and zoo animals. A veterinarian can also choose to specialize in a certain body system such as circulatory,skin,and eyes. There are three fields in veterinary practice which are service,education, and research.
Education is were the licensed veterinarian teaches students about veterinary medicine and the well being of animals.
Research is were the licensed veterinarian performs clinical research on laboratory and other animals to discover diseases.
Service is were the licensed veterinarian diagnosis and treats diseases and injuries.
Veterinarian assistants help nurse animals that are not well,treat wounds, assist in surgery,collect blood samples,identify bacteria,take radio graphs. The assistant must be aware of how the animal is acting in order to restrain it correctly.
*You can learn more about veterinary assistants in the Careers tab
Veterinary Medicine is a branch in the science field that deals with the health of animals. A veterinarian is someone whom works in this field and keeps the animals healthy. Most veterinarians work with companion animals in fact 77% in the United States do, 6% work with horses, 8% work with food animals, and 7% work with a mixture of each animal. A veterinarian can choose to specialize in a certain animal such as cats,birds,horse,marine species,and zoo animals. A veterinarian can also choose to specialize in a certain body system such as circulatory,skin,and eyes. There are three fields in veterinary practice which are service,education, and research.
Education is were the licensed veterinarian teaches students about veterinary medicine and the well being of animals.
Research is were the licensed veterinarian performs clinical research on laboratory and other animals to discover diseases.
Service is were the licensed veterinarian diagnosis and treats diseases and injuries.
Veterinarian assistants help nurse animals that are not well,treat wounds, assist in surgery,collect blood samples,identify bacteria,take radio graphs. The assistant must be aware of how the animal is acting in order to restrain it correctly.
*You can learn more about veterinary assistants in the Careers tab