Veterinarian – Multi-Talented Professionals

A Sydney veterinarian is a licensed medical doctor practicing in the special filed of treating animals. His filed is veterinary medicine treating disease, disorders and other maladies in animals, including injuries. In England, they are called veterinary surgeons (they do surgery), and fondly called a vet all over the world.

Professionally, they are responsible for the care of the health of animals, whether pets or livestock, those for show in zoos, in racetracks and those used for laboratory research work. In a sense, their work is vital to humans because they protect us against disease carried by animals.

Within their field, these vets do their diagnosis on animals for health problems; do vaccinations on animals with infections and other disease. Their training enables them to treat and dress animal wounds, set fractures, perform surgery. They also advise owners on animal diets, behavior and breeding.

Practice

Among practicing vets, there are now around 77% working in private practice treating pets. Their patients are usually dogs and cats. However, they are also in the business of treating other pets like birds, reptiles, rabbits and other animals usually kept as household pet.

Another 16% of Sydney veterinarian worked in private while being able to mix it with food animal practices like pigs, cattle, goats, sheep and other farm animals. Some 6% of the vets work exclusively with horses.

Training preps

The vets-to-be have to graduate with a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from an accredited college of vet med in four years. Admissions to these colleges are very competitive with so many applicants.

The graduates of doctoral degree in vet medicine can start their practice right away after having their license. Many graduates, however, choose to enter one-year internship programs even with a small salary. This internship is important in gaining better opportunities in pay.

Work

For those who are working in private or in clinical practice work in long hours indoors inside their clinics. The conditions can sometimes deal with some emotional issues regarding demanding owners. The risk is also great while working with frightened animals or those in pain either by being scratched, or bitten, or kicked.

The veterinarians working with food animals or horse have to spend time driving to and from their offices or clinics to places (farms and ranches) where their patients are located. Their work is usually outdoors in all kinds of weather. They may also treat animals in not so sanitary conditions.

Others work in animals residing in zoos, aquariums and laboratories. The work includes birthing young animals, and includes euthanizing animals when necessary.

Food industry

Some vets also work in the food safety and inspection. They work as livestock inspectors to check on animals for transmissible disease to humans. They also act as advisers to owners in the treatment of their animals, sometimes helping enforce quarantines.

There are also others who work in the meat, poultry or egg production product inspectors. They are in charge of examining slaughtering and processing procedures in plants and checking carcasses for disease. They work to implement government regulations on food and sanitation. A veterinarian can do many things.