Many years ago I had a dog who was my best friend. I found him when he was just a puppy and had been dumped on the side of the road. He was so young that I had to feed him baby food with a dropper. As he grew up we became inseparable; we went everywhere and did everything together. One day while playing fetch, Bronson ran into the road. It was a horrible incident to witness because he ran right in front of a car instantly breaking both his back legs and several ribs. My mom ran out and we took him to the veterinarian. It was like she was a miracle worker; he survived with just a limp. It was at that moment that I knew I was interested in the field of veterinarian medicine. Being a Veterinarian can be fun, yet difficult. The Veterinary
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The official beginning of the Veterinary practice is said to have started in 1761, when a Frenchman named Claude Bourgout founded the Veterinary School in Lyon, France. The practice soon spread to the United Kingdom, which eventually spread throughout the globe. The focus of Veterinary work centered on only horses for many years until a woman named Maria Dickin, the person responsible for the rise in companion animal medicine, founded the “Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals”, or the PDSA for short. Maria did not have any Veterinary experience during the time of the creation of the PDSA in 1917, but this was not illegal. The PDSA was a complete success, taking in and treating 410,000 animals in a single year. Multiple clinics had even been opened nationally. Many of the workers at these clinics were not actually trained Veterinarians, causing many negative opinions from trained veterinarians, but due to heavy traffic of animals that needed to be treated, they soon became very skilled. The name of the PDSA soon attracted the attention of Sarah Martha Grove Hardy, so much …show more content…
A Veterinarian must retain the skills learned in school, and know how to treat and diagnose ailments. Treatments may include preventative measures, surgery, and operating sophisticated machinery. A Veterinarian must also be able to communicate with the owners of the pets, prescribing medicine and recommending courses of action to improve the animal’s state of health. Although Veterinarians will typically work in private clinics, they may also be found working in research laboratories, or working on farms/ ranches, and many other places that Veterinarians may not typically be. Even though the role of a Veterinarian is to keep the animal alive, Veterinarians are also involved determining the causes of death. The role of a Veterinarian may differ, depending on what they specialize in, explaining why they may be found in many different work environments. Veterinary Medicine has many applications and can be used in several different scenarios creating many subcategories or specializations. The Companion Animal Veterinarian, Equine Veterinarian, Food Animal Veterinarian, Food Safety Veterinarian, and the Research Veterinarian, each having unique rolls in the lives of animals. The Companion Animal Veterinarian treats and provides care for pets, and more often than not, will work in
The official beginning of the Veterinary practice is said to have started in 1761, when a Frenchman named Claude Bourgout founded the Veterinary School in Lyon, France. The practice soon spread to the United Kingdom, which eventually spread throughout the globe. The focus of Veterinary work centered on only horses for many years until a woman named Maria Dickin, the person responsible for the rise in companion animal medicine, founded the “Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals”, or the PDSA for short. Maria did not have any Veterinary experience during the time of the creation of the PDSA in 1917, but this was not illegal. The PDSA was a complete success, taking in and treating 410,000 animals in a single year. Multiple clinics had even been opened nationally. Many of the workers at these clinics were not actually trained Veterinarians, causing many negative opinions from trained veterinarians, but due to heavy traffic of animals that needed to be treated, they soon became very skilled. The name of the PDSA soon attracted the attention of Sarah Martha Grove Hardy, so much …show more content…
A Veterinarian must retain the skills learned in school, and know how to treat and diagnose ailments. Treatments may include preventative measures, surgery, and operating sophisticated machinery. A Veterinarian must also be able to communicate with the owners of the pets, prescribing medicine and recommending courses of action to improve the animal’s state of health. Although Veterinarians will typically work in private clinics, they may also be found working in research laboratories, or working on farms/ ranches, and many other places that Veterinarians may not typically be. Even though the role of a Veterinarian is to keep the animal alive, Veterinarians are also involved determining the causes of death. The role of a Veterinarian may differ, depending on what they specialize in, explaining why they may be found in many different work environments. Veterinary Medicine has many applications and can be used in several different scenarios creating many subcategories or specializations. The Companion Animal Veterinarian, Equine Veterinarian, Food Animal Veterinarian, Food Safety Veterinarian, and the Research Veterinarian, each having unique rolls in the lives of animals. The Companion Animal Veterinarian treats and provides care for pets, and more often than not, will work in