Veterinary Career Research Paper

According to medicinenet.com, veterinary science/medicine is, “the medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals,” and “veterinarians prevent the transmission of animal disease to people, and advise owners on proper care of animals.” The type of animals treated depends on the type of veterinarian practice, and the three major categories are large animal, small animal, and mixed animal. Although there are many branches of veterinary medicine such as but not limited to, behavior, dentistry and surgery.
Veterinary medicine is tracked back to 300 BC in Mesopotamia, but most people consider the start of the veterinary profession when Claude Bourgelat founded the first veterinary college in Lyon, France

in 1762. British veterinary medicine began with the foundation of the Odiham Agricultural Society in England of 1783, which led to the establishment of the Veterinary College in London 1791. It was only until the mid 19th century when the United States began establishing schools in states like Boston and New York. The era of modern veterinary science came about in the 19th century, and Sir John McFadyean is attributed with the establishment of most of the research contributing to the modern practice. One famous veterinarian is Danish Dr. Bernhard Bang. In 1897, Dr. Bang discovered brucella abortus, now known as Bang’s bacillus, which is a bacterium that causes Bang’s disease. Bang’s disease, or brucellosis, can be transmitted from animals to humans and is highly contagious; and can be caused by unpasteurized milk or underdone meat from the infected animal. Dr. Bang received an honorary doctorate in 1921 for his numerous additions to veterinary medicine. Today not his discovery of brucella abortus, but his research in smallpox, animal bacillary disease and prevention of spread of bovine tuberculosis, has benefitted our society by allowing us to gain extensive knowledge on these subjects so to better educate our scientists and learn from the past to improve our modern medicine.
One of the most current efforts in veterinary science is finding out the principal cause in diabetes for dogs. Up until now there has been little understanding and knowledge about canine diabetes, but research from the University of Pennsylvania and Baylor College has been using advanced imaging technology to gain new information on this subject. The main difference between type 1 diabetes in humans and canines is, that humans are usually diagnosed around childhood while dogs are diagnosed in their middle to old age. To understand more about the contributing factors towards diabetes, the sciencedaily.com says, “The team used robotic microscopes that can rapidly move around a slide taking images of pancreas tissue samples, which were analyzed by computer to determine the contents.”
To become a veterinarian, you must complete 8 more years of college after high school.

Most colleges only require you to complete 4 years minimum of undergraduate schooling. Most vets take classes like, biology, chemistry, physics, math animal science and much more. Other classes such as communication and humanities may be advantageous for pursuing a career in the veterinary field. After completing your undergraduate schooling, you must apply to veterinarian school, and although different schools may have different requirements, you must take a college admissions test, for example the GRE (Graduate Record Examination). Once gaining acceptance into veterinarian school, you must complete fours years of veterinarian school to earn your D.V.M (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine). In the United States, after gaining you D.V.M, you must acquire a licensure from any state in which you want to practice veterinary medicine in, by passing the North American Veterinary Licensing Exam. If students in high school would like to start prepping to become a vet, they can do so by talking to their counselor and charging their schedule to attended classes that will get them on the track to veterinarian school. Classs in high school that will further your knowledge and prepare you for veterinary science are, biology and chemistry, 4 years of math classes (algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus), and 4 years of English. Also getting involved at your local animal shelter or clinic is never a bad idea

either.