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What Veterinarians Do |
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Veterinarians diagnose and control animal diseases, treat sick and injured animals, prevent the transmission of animal diseases to people, advise owners of proper care of pets and livestock, and ensure a safe food supply for people by maintaining the health of food producing animals. |
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Veterinarian Education |
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Veterinarians require a minimum of three years pre-veterinary education followed by a four-year veterinary curriculum resulting in a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The curriculum is extensive and includes both pre-clinical sciences and clinical sciences involving all known species of animals as well as the public health aspects of animal care and disease. |
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Today veterinarians in private clinical practice |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Today veterinarians in private clinical practice are responsible for the health of approximately 52 million dogs, 55 million cats, 11.7 million birds, and more than 7 million other pet animals. They also care for more than 8 million horses, 115 million cattle, 56 million hogs, and 12 million sheep and lambs that make up our nation’s $80 trillion livestock industry. In 2004, there were 28 colleges of veterinary medicine in the United States graduating approximately 2,200 new veterinarians each year. source :irs.gov |
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Description of the Practice of Veterinary Medicine |
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Doctors of Veterinary Medicine are medical professionals whose primary responsibility is protecting the health and welfare of animals and people. The first College of Veterinary Medicine in the United States was established in 1879 at Iowa State University. Before that time animals were treated by veterinarians trained in Europe or by individuals without formal education. |
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Dogs Need to Feel Safe |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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{mosimage} Dogs need to feel safe and secure and a part of the pack. Many people keep their dogs outside at night and sometimes during the day aswell. These dogs often develop behaviour problems simply because they are being left to make up their own rules and are being left unchecked for much of the time. They will often start guarding behaviours such as barking at every sound and movement, they can become aggressive and they will lack obedience.
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