Veterinarian Career

My career choice is a Veterinarian. A Veterinarian is a person qualified to treat diseased or injured animals. The reason I have chosen this career is because I’ve always loved animals, loved working with them, and I love helping injured animals. This career interest me in many ways. Veterinarians have the ability to heal various animals right before their eyes. Veterinarians also have communication skills, allowing them to connect with the animals’ owners. They are respected leaders in their communities as well because of their caring heart for both animals and humans. The Veterinary field is also diverse. Veterinarians have a part in aquatics, public health, livestock, exotix animals, and small household pets. Veterinarians often

have to stay up all night caring for sick animals or meen an unkind owner. I do not see these pitfalls from stopping me from acquiring this career. I see them as challenges that make the career better. I was amazed when we took our horse to the Veterinary clinic. And the doctor knew everything about how the body works and how it should respond.
Veterinarians duties depend upon the areas in which they work.

Many veterinarians treat small companion animals. As a small animals vet, you may perform services such as spaying and neutering, setting broken bones, treating wounds and providing geriatric care for older pets. You might also take X-rays and dispense prescription medicine for animals with illnesses. Other job duties include pets against diseases and performing surgeries and euthanasia if necessary. Veterinarians who care for large animals often engage in production medicine, which involves treating entire herd to prevent disease. As a large animals vet, you may also advise farm owners on animal feeding and production concerns , as well as maintaining sanitary conditions. Working in food inspection as veterinarians you must ensure that animals are free of communicable diseases. Your duties might include placing animals in quarantine and investigating meat processing facilities to ensure they are in compliance with government

regulations.
Your pre-veterinary bachelor's curriculum includes coursework in animal biology, genetics, chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physics and animal nutrition. Aspiring veterinarians must then attend one of 28 American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)-accredited schools of veterinary medicine and earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree. Curricula for these programs usually include courses such as veterinary immunology, advanced surgical techniques, veterinary physiology and zoological medicine. To practice veterinary medicine, you must be licensed by your state. Requirements for licensing include a DVM degree and successful completion of the comprehensive North American Veterinary Licensing Examination. You might also be required to pass a jurisprudence examination, which deals with state regulations. You may choose to complete an internship before joining or opening a veterinary practice. To become a board-certified vet, you must complete a residency program, which will allow you to specialize in such areas as surgery, cardiology or preventive medicine after an additional four years of training.
Veterinarians work in a rage of condition that vary according to the requirements of their specialty. As such, veterinarians can work in private veterinary practices and animals hospitals, zoos, aquariums, farms and ranches, or travel to various locations in a temporary or on-call capacity. The BLS reports that veterinarians earned a median salary of $87,590 in 2014. The best-aid veterinarians earned $157,390, while the lowest-paid earned $52,530. Veterinarians working in scientific research tend to be among the highest paid.
Advantages of being a vet.

You’ll be working with your passion. It is rewarding and fulfilling to diagnose, treat, and make animals feel better. Versatile degree with different industry applications, daily responsibilities, and mobility. Possibility of owning your own practice. In animals practice, you can be anesthesiologist, surgeon, or obstetrician all at once. Depending on what clients the day brings you. Disadvantages of being a vet. Animals will likely protest being taken to the vet’s office. You might get bitten, scratched, or kicked. Neglectful, difficult or emotional human caretakers.

In conclusion, the Veterinarian profession has many interesting aspects to it. It calls upon those who are hard working, communicative, and people who have a passion. The career is also sought out after by many aspiring students and children. I want to have this profession as my career, because it would let me have the ability to live my dreams as I have already been doing in my life as a

career.