Veterinarian


Veterinarians (vets) provide healthcare for a range of animals, including pets, livestock, zoo animals, wild life, sporting and lab animals. Vets diagnose animals, provide prescriptions and give medication, vaccinate against disease, as well as treat and dress wounds. They also set fractures, perform surgery, autopsies and euthanasia, and assist at births. Vets typically choose to work with either small animals (cats and dogs) or large animals (such as horses and cows), and may specialise in a particular area, such as poultry. In a research role, veterinarians test whether or not food from farm animals is suitable to be eaten, and may investigate new ways of treating and preventing disease. They may also advise on the development of new products, and provide input on rural development.

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University of Pretoria