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English III
Mr. Alburger
7 November 2018
Veterinarian
Veterinarians seem as very important professionals in the world that we live in today.
The career, history, education, and futures for these professionals remain extremely intricate and
prevalent in modern day society. People bring their loved animals to veterinary clinics to save
their family members. People want to save their loved animals and without veterinarians these
animals would keep getting sick or hurt without help to heal them.
For instance, Sam had a suffering pet, he tried a lot of things to get his loved animal
better but he didn't seem to figure out what had happened to his pet. Sam decided to take him to a
veterinary clinic, the veterinarians made him feel very welcome, sam was happy his pet was in
good hands. The veterinarians took care of Sams pet for a couple days, they had figured out what
had happened to him, they talked to sam to tell him what had been happening to his loved
animal. Sam and the vertinarans came up with a plan to help his pet that worked for him and his
pet. Two weeks later sams pet was back to normal, healthy and happy. If it wasn't for the
veterinarians that helped sams pet he wouldn't be alive and sam would have been upset and
Many years ago the study of animals began, during the year 2000 B.C. and occurred in
China. (History of Veterinary Medicine) It first started when an article published on horse
diseases being introduced to the public. The study of animals became very popular throughout
the world. People wanted to keep their herds healthy so they could make a profit. In ancient
Greece and Rome veterinary medicine and human medicine taught and practiced together.
Veterinary medicine became very necessary because people wanted to keep their animals healthy
rather than diseased, in order to keep their industries thriving (History of Veterinary Medicine).
Farmers needed to keep their herds healthy from plagues during this time period, and this study
allowed that to remain possible. The smallpox epidemic in Europe infected large herds of
animals and this event caused a further investigation in the study of animals. Many advances
have been made to this profession and it has positively improved overtime.
Typically education and qualifications to become a veterinarian take time, money, and
effort in order to earn it. Before enduring in veterinary school a person must complete a total of
four years of undergraduate school, and these students must take classes that focus on
pre-veterinary and medical work. College that primarily focus on the profession of animal
studies require applicants to have already taken many science classes in order to get accepted.
Some of the basic classes that they must take include: biology, anatomy, physiology, zoology,
microbiology, and animal science (Requirements for Becoming a Veterinarian). These classes
typically stand the most basic classes a person could take in order to become considered for a
veterinary school. These classes will also make it easier to learn in undergraduate school. The
next aspect that these colleges inspect continue math courses and humanity courses that
applicants have taken. Typically this industry live very small and extremely competitive. Getting
accepted into these veterinary school seem as one of the most pressing factors in a veterinarians
career, and this process act extremely difficult and time a long time. Most factors remain based
Veterinarian). These programs tend to last a minimum of three years. These three years include
years in the classroom, in the laboratory, and in clinical work. As studies approach their fourth
year of veterinary college they typically stand required to do clinical rotations in veterinary
hospitals or offices. Working in local veterinary hospitals, horse stables, farms, and offices stand
extremely good to kick off the career for new professionals in this field.
Veterinarians have a very busy job as they have to perform surgeries, running
diagnostics, treating and dress animal wounds. The veterinarians most of the time dont have time
to care for the animals after surgeries. They will need someone to hold the animal, someone to
People require to have many good and positive qualities in themselves in order to become
successful in their practice. The main qualities that people must have in order to successfully
Having compassion with clients allows the clients to feel safe and makes them want to keep
coming to that certain Veterinary clinic (Veterinarians). Many times people go to the veterinary
office when their animals stay suffering and this can continue extremely stressful for the owner
and pet, so having compassion relieves that stress in a way. Having communication allows
clients to know exactly what happening with their pets and makes them completely aware so
they know how to deal with the issue at hand. Being able to communicate well also makes
patients feel more comfortable when they come into the veterinary office, which can become
vital for this profession. When veterinarians obtain ability to communicate strongly, it makes it
much easier for them to discuss treatment options and recommendations to clients as hearing bad
news might get stressful and sad for the owner. Another aspect which veterinarians must contain
a physical property; stable control in hand movements particularly. Being precise and steady
hand act like essential attributes for success because the doctors must treat injuries with their
hands due to the fact that animals typically very small depending on the type of animal of
course. Lastly having strong problem solving skills allows these doctors to figure out what has
been ailing these injured animals and it allows them to figure out a proper diagnosis that act
Veterinarians can not always save the animals that enter their clinic, which can make for
a stressful situation when telling the owner news that they wouldn't like to hear. When
veterinarians do save an animal they get happy and are proud of their work. Most veterinarian do
this job because of the feeling of when they do save animals. Veterinarians typically make top
level salaries. An average veterinarian makes about $90,000 per year, making about $43 per hour
(veterinarians). people become a veterinarian because of their love for animals which makes
being a veterinarian a very good job for a person who is an animal lover. Some veterinarians
work as self-employed people, which means that the most successful professionals they typically
start up their own businesses with help from assistants. (Vilorio). When a new veterinarian
comes to there practice it seems typically very rocky at first because of how competitive this
career can be. Although the start continues typically rocky once the veterinarian have gotten on
track, it slowly becomes much easier to function and work in their practice. These professionals
perform many different takes in their day to day life some of these tasks involve: performing
surgery, treating wounds, testing for diseases, treating diseases and vaccinations. The range from
small to large problems in these professionals clients extremely vast and typical for the everyday
life of these professionals. Some veterinarians specialize in certain groups of animals such as zoo
animals only, wildlife animals only, domesticated animals only, farm animals only etc.
Specializing in only one group of animals can make the practice much easier and less stressful
for these veterinarians due to the fact that it only reaches a smaller range. also it makes
veterinarians focus on a certain group of animals instead of all the animals, which can make
them more knowledgeable in a certain animal group. (Royster) These professionals also must
hold ability to realizes that they cannot do everything at once, and sometimes they must choose
one client over the other. Choosing between clients typically based off of certain aspects such as
which client act more sick, which client act in more pain, which client needs the help more, etc.
Making those types of decisions seems as one of the most difficult aspects that these
professionals endure mentally. When a doctor must choose one patient over the other it can take
a certain toll of their mental state, Veterinarians can also have a hard time putting an animal
down. but these professionals must stick to their job description and they cannot get overly
emotional on the job or they will fail. A positive aspect of this job can be that many of these
professionals have assistants which help them perform their jobs everyday to a fuller effect. The
assistants job continue to typically feed, clean, and look after the animals in a very caring
manner, while the main doctor in progress with other animal patients (Veterinary Assistants and
Laboratory Animal Caretakers). These assistants help the doctors take blood and urine samples
from the animals when necessary and they typically assist surgeries as well (Veterinary
Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers). This job would be a great job for someone who
doesn't want to put an animal down or pick between animals. The day to day life overall act very
busy and the demand for these professionals have become extremely high because of how many
The future of these professionals continue to act extremely necessary in modern day
society because they make sure that the animals stay healthy. Veterinarians make sure that these
animals continue to be in good health and ability to live in the community safely. The morals of
this practice hold very strong and they help people realize how valuable and important animals
have become to many people around the world. Having these sorts of doctors allows people to
own animals at their homes and keeps the safety of these animals in tact. While some people
debate whether having veterinarians seem necessary or not, it extremely prevalent that
veterinarians provide an important role in the world. Veterinarians will save the life of humans
best friends. Humans love their animals and would want their animals to be happy and healthy.
Veterinarians seem to lean towards one of the most top ranked professionals and they are still
It might be hard to find a wide variety of veterinarians in big cities or urban areas because
the lack of business. The demographics in a city rarely allow for big animals, even big dogs can
be challenging. The jackpot of veterinarians are the big animals like horses. A veterinarian needs
to be very precise and cautious with their operations to ensure that the animal has been granted a
healthy recovery and hopefully won't have to make unnecessary trips back to the vet therefore
the operations are time consuming. That would be why in large cities you take your dog to a
minute clinic establishment prior to taking the executive decision to take the pet to the vet. In the
rural areas the vets have ample time and opportunities to focus on the big game as horses. Some
vets even offer to drive to your local to check on the animal at stake. Being in a rural area can
also ensure a trusting relationship with the customers which might lead to a family friend
situation where the pet owners take their pet to their local and trusted vet, establishing
relationships like these are significantly more difficult in more urban areas.
The best animal to treat as a veterinarian statistically would surprisingly be a hedge hog
(Kristof Kathy). Despite its small size, the internals are very delicate and any operation on this
animal requires extremely high caliber equipment and a very precise veterinarian. Granted
hedgehogs prove to be a scarce household pet, the education programs never spend a huge
amount of time or resources to operate on such animal. That is probably why this animal costs
more than others to look after. The equipment necessary is also rare and delicate. Equipment of
that caliber requires special training that few possess. That contradicts that the big animals leads
to the jackpot but statistically, horses are more common and hedgehog owners are more likely to
Veterinarians have proven themselves essential in today's culture. Not just in the USA
but all over the world. Animals have indirect effects, for instance, some doctors suggest that the
patient invests in a dog in hopes of curing things such as depression, anxiety and stress. A
recovering animal can become famous and generate income for a family. History always relied
heavily on animals for farming, warfare, sports, joy and companionship. All of that would not
have been able to take fast roots in history if it weren't for the veterinarians the opportunity
would still have been there but the bonds would not.
Veterinarians play a huge part in people's lives. They have a long history, all the way
since 2000 B.C. Becoming a veterinarian takes a lot of time, money and determination.
Veterinarians dedicate the time they have to save animals. Being a veterinarian takes a special
type of person, someone that has compassion and dedication to their job. Because many animals
and owners are relying on them. People have to have great communication skills to become a
veterinarian because sometimes they had to send bad new to the owner that they don't want to
hear. The occupation is far from easy seeing that not all operations will be successful and the
veterinarian will have to deliver whatever news to the owner so… without veterinarians today
the society we live in might be different in regards of having unhealthy heards and animals,
people wouldn't be able to get meat if their herds were unhealthy. There are different kinds of
veterinarian works on has a far greater impact on the world than just the health of said animal.
That animal will later bring someone or something joy, companionship, entertainment or the
sense of love and in some instances they will bring in money after hunting or different animals
showcases. The face of being a veterinarian is saving animals but the full impact of the work is
what comes afterwards, the next chapter of that life. The unspoken yet possibly life changing
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