Becoming A Veterinarian

A vet is a person who helps your pet when it is sick or hurt. They can prescribe medicine and perform surgery if necessary. A vet can almost always help every type of animals. To become a vet you have to graduate high school and go to college for a couple years. You have to get a degree and a license to become a vet. A vet makes a lot of money in one year. Most vets work at an animal hospital but some vets travel to farms. A veterinarian helps animals when they are sick, hurt, or need surgery.

I know that to be a veterinarian I have to go to school for a long time. Education for a veterinarian is very important, the first step in becoming a vet in the united states is attending undergraduate school. Some undergraduate veterinary college require applicants to hold only forty-five to ninety undergraduate hours? Jose Navarrete states that you have to have a bachelor degree to be able to go on as a vet. When I realized that you need a bachelor degree, I noticed that this is not going to be easy.

In the United States approximately sixty seven percent of all veterinarians specialize in companion animals such as dogs or cats leaving an alarming thirty three percent of veterinarians concentrated on large animals of that thirty three percent only two percent specialize predominantly on livestock that will produce food products. (Kelly Roy,2011) In nine predominantly rural states there are more cattle than people. South Dakota leads this statistic with close to four times the number of cattle to people. With statistics like these there is a clear deficit of accredited veterinarians to treat these animals. This leads to the question; how does America solve this looming issue?

Being a veterinarian is not for the weak willed. Obtaining your veterinarian medicine degree is just as hard as obtaining the one to be a human doctor. Not only exotic animal veterinarians, but all vets have to go through six to eight years

Employment for big animal vets is more common, however small animal vets are more competitive. The majority of states allow a person to apply for licensure upon receiving the D.V.M. degree without a residency and without completing a set number of hours of practice. Some States issue licenses without further examination to veterinarians already licensed by another state. For research and teaching jobs, a master's or Ph.D. degree usually is required. Veterinarians who seek specialty certification in a profession like ophthalmology, pathology, surgery, radiology, or laboratory animal medicine must complete 3-year residency program, and pass an examination. The D.V.M. degree requires a minimum of 6 years of college consisting of at least 2 years of pre-veterinary study that emphasizes the physical and biological sciences and a 4 year veterinary program. In 1992, all 27 colleges of veterinary medicine were accredited by the Council on Education of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Admission is really competitive. Applicants usually have grades of B or better, especially in sciences. Applicants must take the Veterinary Aptitude Test, Medical College Admission Test, or the Graduate Record Examination and submit evidence they have experience working with animals. Colleges usually give preference to in-State applicants, because most are State supported.

To become a veterinarian, you will need complete several years of education and training. You’ll need to earn Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and obtain a license. Many DVM graduates and some of them choose to continue their training through internships and residency programs.

Veterinarians are required to complete a four year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, in addition to undergraduate school. Some students that wish to get into the program will go for a bachelor’s degree in science related areas, such as zoology, chemistry, animal science, and biochemistry. In some cases, veterinary programs do not require a four year degree; however some students find it harder to get accepted without one.

In addition to caring for animals they also help to protect and improve the health of humans through research, but in my case I want to work in a private practice setting caring mainly for pets or companion animals. In the atmosphere of a clinical practice the daily job duties include but not limited to diagnose health problems, dress wounds, perform surgery, help birthing animals, prescribe medication, and vaccinate animals. Also providing instruction regarding matters such as animal breeding, housing, feeding, and behavior. Veterinarians are also the ones who euthanize animals that are too injured or sick to recover. While caring for animals, there is a wide variety of medical equipment in which they have to perform numerous of tasks with. Because Veterinarians job involves providing urgent medical care which involves working long hours. In addition to keeping regular office hours, they are often on call to respond to emergency and urgent situations. The majority of people who work in this occupation put in more than 50 hours per week according to the AVMA. Paul R Greenland and Anna Marie L. Sheldon states that Pre-veterinary students must earn an undergraduate degree that includes heavy course work in science and mathematics, as well as additional course work in English, social science, and business. Identifying what this field consists of helps me determine my

Becoming a veterinarian means that students have to learn many ways to cure and treat different

4 To be a Veterinarian you must graduate with 4 years of undergraduate education, followed by a 4-year program at a Veterinary college, leaving with a Doctor Veterinary Medicine degree. You must also become licensed-to do this, you will need to pass the North American Veterinary Licensing Exam (Shmoop). At Durant High School there are hardly any classes you could take, other than the basic maths and sciences, to help get a better chance of getting into a great college. Although, at Kiamichi Tech they offer a class on Veterinary Assistant; which I plan to take my

The core classes needed are chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics. It is recommended to do volunteer work and/or internships to get experience in the field. All veterinarians must also earn a doctor of veterinary medicine degree (DVM or DMV). In order to get this degree each individual goes through a 4-year program in which they get the real life experience and learn everything they need to become a veterinarian. After that, they must earn their license by passing the North American Veterinary Licensing Exam. Finally, after about 8 years of college one may become a

Do you know that the word veterinarian comes from a Latin word veterinae which means “working animals”? Veterinarians date all the way back to 3000 B.C. in Mesopotamia (History of the Veterinary Profession). Veterinarians perform surgeries, do vaccinations and also prescribing medication to animals. Going to college is a big step to begin your journey, but the cost would be too great for most families without having a scholarship. What is more, the education required to become a vet is four years to seven years but in the long run the knowledge you will gain will help you when you while in the field. Although there are many good careers, going to college to be a vet is very valuable because of the education, experience and knowledge you will

To become a veterinarian, there are certain things that you need to know or study. First is you need to know medicine and dentistry; knowing diseases, how to treat diseases, symptoms, injuries, etc. Another thing you need to know is biology. They need to know the structure of the animals that they are working with, how they work, what affects them and how to treat them. Next, they have to learn is customer and personal services. You have to know how to help a customer and understand what they are saying about their pet because they know them best. Knowing the English language is important so you can understand what is being talked about. Knowing the meaning and spelling of words to better understand the situation.

In order to increase your chances of getting into a veterinarian program you should first earn a bachelors degree, this degree take four years to achieve. A Bachelors degree is science related areas.After you get a undergrad degree you then apply for a veterinarian program. A veterinarian program has 11 stages those stages are 1.Veterinary Office Etiquette and Hospital Procedures, 2.Animal Restraint, 3.Examination Room Procedure, 4.Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5.Surgical Preparation and Assisting, 6.Small Animal Nursing, 7.Laboratory Procedures, 8.Radiology and Ultrasound Imaging, 9.Career Building, 10. Externship and Pet CPR and First Aid Certification and 11.Final Exam and Graduation.

lots of people recommend that you go on a scholarship because the average student will for four years ranges from $147,000 to $250,000 dollars. In the United States, veterinary school is a four-year degree program following undergraduate Bachelor’s degree level education (a total of 7 to 9 years: 3 to 5 years undergraduate plus 4 years of veterinary school).This schooling is four years worth, which is a doctor's degree but this is a lot of money and possibly a lot of debt. Lots of vets recommend that you start a job young at 16, so you can try to save some money to help pay for tuition.