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A professional who studies factors influencing existence and spread of diseases among humans and animals, particularly those diseases transmissible from animals to humans. Required to hold degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies animal parasites that attack domestic animals and poultry. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts research to determine control and preventive measures, utilizing chemicals, heat, electricity, and other methods.
* Required to hold degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies nature, cause, and development of animal diseases, and structural and functional changes resulting from them. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts tests, performs biopsies, and analyzes body tissue, fluids and other specimens to diagnose presence and stage of disease in animals, and probable source of contamination or infection.
* Conducts further research to expand scope of findings, or recommends treatment to consulting veterinary personnel.
* May direct activities of veterinary pathology department in educational institution or industrial establishment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies nature, cause, and development of animal diseases, and structural and functional changes resulting from them. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts tests, performs biopsies, and analyzes body tissue, fluids and other specimens to diagnose presence and stage of disease in animals, and probable source of contamination or infection.
* Conducts further research to expand scope of findings, or recommends treatment to consulting veterinary personnel.
* May direct activities of veterinary pathology department in educational institution or industrial establishment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies drugs, including materia medica and therapeutics, as related to veterinary medicine. Required to hold degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies function and mechanism of systems and organs in healthy and diseased animals. Required to hold degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of pets, such as dogs and cats, and farm animals, such as cattle or sheep. Responsibilities include:
* Examines animal to determine nature of disease or injury and treats animal surgically or medically.
* Tests dairy herds, horses, sheep, and other animals for diseases and inoculates animals against rabies, brucellosis, and other disorders.
* Advises animal owners about sanitary measures, feeding, and general care to promote health of animals.
* May engage in research, teaching, or production of commercial products.
* May specialize in prevention and control of communicable animal diseases and be designated Veterinarian, Public Health.
* May specialize in diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases, using roentgen rays and radioactive substances, and be designated Veterinary Radiologist.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who advises individual poultry raisers on poultry problems. Responsibilities include:
* Gathers from owner information on care, condition, performance, and action of birds.
* Inspects flocks, pens, and housing.
* Diagnoses disease and prescribes treatment.
* Culls undesirable birds from flock.
* Suggests feed changes to increase egg production or growth of fowls.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, directs, and participates in health care program of veterinary clinic in zoo. Responsibilities include:
* Establishes and conducts effective quarantine and testing procedures for all incoming animals to ensure health of collection, prevent spread of disease, and comply with government regulations.
* Conducts regularly scheduled immunization and preventive care programs to maintain health of animals and guard against communicable diseases.
* Provides immediate medical attention to diseased or traumatized animals.
* Participates with other personnel in planning and executing nutrition and reproduction programs for animals in zoo.
* Develops special programs to encourage reproduction among animals designated as endangered species, based on knowledge of native habitat and instincts.
* Participates in employee training in handling and care of animals.
* Conducts postmortem studies and analyses.
* Cooperates with zoo and aquarium personnel to exchange information concerning care of animals, to arrange transfer, sale, or trade of animals, and to maintain nationwide inventory of animals of every species, including notation of live births.
* Acts as consultant to veterinarians in general practice seeking advice in treatment of exotic animals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects animals for presence of disease. Responsibilities include:
* Performs standard clinical tests and submits specimens of tissues and other parts for laboratory analysis.
* Reports existence of disease conditions to state and federal authorities.
* Advises livestock owners of economic aspects of disease eradication and advises consumers of public health implications of diseases transmissible from animals to humans.
* May institute and enforce quarantine or other regulations governing import, export, and interstate movement of livestock.
* Required to hold degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Industry:Professional careers
