Veterinary Job Duties

Veterinary Job Duties

Just like the medical profession, there are specialized positions in animal health and medical care under the umbrella veterinary jobs.  You can be a veterinary doctor or surgeon, lab assistant as well as technologist or technician which is the equivalent a nurse with added technical duties. Any of these jobs could land you in a pet care clinic in your neighborhood, a pharmaceutical firm or a zoo for wild exotic animals. In addition, a veterinary job is further complicated the different medical requirements of various animal species, unlike humans who only belong in one species.

Job Duties

• Diagnose the right ailment in pets and exotic animals exhibiting textbook symptoms or unusual behaviour patterns.
• Handle animals for extracting substances to be used in laboratory and clinical tests.
• Perform surgical procedures or assist veterinary specialists in surgical operations.
• Perform autopsies and prepare reports accordingly.
• Perform quarantine procedures on pets and wild animals destined for zoos or laboratory research.
• Supervise veterinary technologists and technicians in animal handling and heath care tasks as necessary
• Refer special animal ailments to confirm initial diagnosis to specialist veterinarians when needed.
• Participate in designing and planing health care programs for pets as well as clinical trials of new medicines for treating animal diseases.
• Stay abreast with medical findings and emerging health carte trends for animals.
• Deal with veterinarian pharmacies in securing common medicines and vaccines in your practice.
• Advice pet owners of the proper nutritional requirements of their pets.