Veterinarians

Diagnose and treat diseases and dysfunctions of animals. May engage in a particular function, such as research and development, consultation, administration, technical writing, sale or production of commercial products, or rendering of technical services to commercial firms or other organizations. Includes veterinarians who inspect livestock.

Job Task

• Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, and general care necessary to promote health of animals.
• Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.
• Establish and conduct quarantine and testing procedures that prevent the spread of diseases to other animals or to humans, and that comply with applicable government regulations.
• Euthanize animals.
• Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.
• Inoculate animals against various diseases such as rabies and distemper.
• Inspect and test horses, sheep, poultry, and other animals to detect the presence of communicable diseases.
• Operate diagnostic equipment such as radiographic and ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
• Provide care to a wide range of animals or specialize in a particular species, such as horses or exotic birds.
• Specialize in a particular type of treatment such as dentistry, pathology, nutrition, surgery, microbiology, or internal medicine.
• Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.
• Conduct postmortem studies and analyses to determine the causes of animals' deaths.
• Determine the effects of drug therapies, antibiotics, or new surgical techniques by testing them on animals.
• Direct activities concerned with the feeding, care, and housing of laboratory animals to ensure compliance with laboratory regulations.
• Direct the overall operations of animal hospitals, clinics, or mobile services to farms.
• Educate the public about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans.
• Enforce government regulations in disease control and food production by performing such tasks as inspecting meat packing plants, and inspecting food animals before and after slaughter.
• Inspect animal housing facilities to determine their cleanliness and adequacy.
• Monitor scientific research programs to ensure compliance with regulations governing humane and ethical treatment of animals.
• Perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, and maintaining business records.
• Plan and execute animal nutrition and reproduction programs.
• Research diseases to which animals could be susceptible.
• Train and supervise workers who handle and care for animals.
• Drive mobile clinic vans to farms so that health problems can be treated and/or prevented.
• Exchange information with zoos and aquariums concerning care, transfer, sale, or trade of animals in order to maintain species inventories.
• Teach in colleges of veterinary medicine.

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