As nurses for animals, veterinary technicians provide critical support for veterinarians and care for the animals. Here, a veterinary technician describes her duties and the rewards of her career.
Unlike Mr. Ed, the average horse can't speak and tell you where it hurts. Equine veterinarians have to use their heads to figure out what's wrong and how they can make it better.
Interested in becoming a veterinarian? Get some pointers on putting your best foot forward and improving your chances of being admitted to veterinary school.
No, she's not a cow veterinarian because she likes the fashionable coveralls, big, rubber boots, and arm-length sleeves. What she does like is being on the forefront of protecting the health of our nation's food animals...and our food supply.
Getting to the Good Stuff - Going to Veterinary School:
No, it's not easy...but if it was, you'd get a degree out of a cereal box. It's challenging, and it's rewarding. Find out what to expect in veterinary school.
It's "CSI" meets "Dr. Doolittle" when you enter the world of the veterinary pathologist. Find out more about the critical role a veterinarian played in solving one of the most recent disease dilemmas.
Just when you thought you'd seen it all, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Veterinarians are also found in the government...researc h labs...in space...on the cover of Time magazine...and even on the beauty pageant runway!
Veteran veterinarians? Of course! Veterinarians not only protect the health of animals, people, the environment, and our food supply?they also help protect our country.
