Veterinary school

in Veterinary Medicine How exciting does is sound to be able to go to work every morning and get to work with puppies and kittens all day? To an animal lover, that sounds like the ideal dream job but as many students don’t think about is the rigorous, demanding, hard work that comes along with getting to work with animals for a living. As more students graduate high school and are starting college, some of those students might be interested in veterinary medicine in hopes to attend vet school to…

The biology department assisted me in seeing more opportunities to expand my knowledge of animals and biology. My passion for helping animals, and curiosity of the unknown, inspires me a B.S. in animal biology and later a D.V. M. (doctorate in veterinary medicine). At ten years old, I found out I was not old enough to volunteer at the animal hospital, so I found another way to help by assisting my elderly neighbor with her cats. My job was taming the feral kittens and finding homes for them.…

Career and College Research Paper Ever since I was young I’ve always had an interest in animals and wanted to take care of them. I’ve always had many types of animals including turtles, dogs, cats, hamsters, lizards and frogs. Of course, I wanted more, but my mom would say no. Many people could see why I would want to work with animals. Animals are just lovable beings, so who wouldn’t want to work with them? I want to go to college to be a veterinarian because I would be taking care of animals…

The first documented school of veterinary medicine was opened in 1762 in Lyons, France, but it was the French immigrant, Claude Bourgela, who established the first practice of veterinary medicine in the United States one hundred years years later (“Veterinarians”). There are speculations of the existence of veterinary medicine centuries ago based on papyrus scrolls that discussed treating animals with herbs (Ross). When it first started, veterinary medicine was primarily used to help…

Honor’s Reflection Paper At first, I had no idea as to whom I wanted to interview for this assignment; I contacted all sorts of UC Davis faculty from the departments of my interest, such as, the Veterinary, Marine Science, Animal Biology and Science Departments, but no-one from these departments seemed to be interested in becoming my interviewees. Although my faculty research was quite extensive, I knew that I wanted to meet up with someone that deals with Animals. Just before I started to lose…

educational opportunities in this field . They have opportunities at heritage high school, UTC YM,The University of Tennessee ,and Sevier County Animal Clinic. You can also do small animal school for…

The career title for this job is called a Veterinary Technician. A veterinary technician assists veterinarians in caring for the animals. The veterinarian technician, commonly called a vet tech, may perform the initial evaluation of the animal’s condition, take care of wounds, check vital statics, collect samples, and deliver medications are among the many duties a vet tech might perform. The Holland Code that I received was, SCI, which means that I am more Social, Investigative, and…

The Path to Becoming a Vet Having a career in Veterinary medicine promises a fun and exciting career where every day there is something new to discover. In veterinary medicine, one has to have a love for animals beyond just thinking they are cute. One would need to want to help them because they cannot help themselves and want to understand the mind and body of all animals. Much like human doctors, veterinarians perform checkups and prescribed pills. The veterinarian has to deal with almost…

education. The student must earn a PhD which could be of biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology, anatomy, physiology, math, animal science and more. Some vets have a Master’s degree or PhD before vet school. “In order to practice veterinary medicine on animal patients, they must be licensed in each state in which they practice” (https://www.avma.org/public/YourVet/Pages/training.aspx). Veterinarians who are not licensed do not get to perform on the field. The…

Keep Calm and Leave it to the Veterinarian Veterinary medicine is the study of animals and the ability to properly treat and diagnose an animal according to their symptoms. Animals are tough creatures to understand due to the inability to speak and show emotion. Veterinarians must be well educated through a rigorous schooling that can last up to 12 years. Although there is a position that does not require as much schooling which is the Technician, but they cannot perform surgery’s or diagnose…