Veterinarians

Veterinarians diagnose, treat and prevent animal diseases, ailments and injuries.

• Treating animals medically and surgically, and administering and prescribing drugs, analgesics, and general and local anaesthetics
• Determining the presence and nature of abnormal conditions by physical examination, laboratory testing and through diagnostic imaging techniques including radiography and ultrasound
• Performing surgery, dressing wounds and setting broken bones
• Rendering obstetric services to animals
• Participating in programs designed to prevent the occurrence and spread of animal diseases
• Inoculating animals against, and testing for, infectious diseases and notifying authorities of outbreaks of infectious animal diseases
• Performing autopsies to determine cause of death
• Advising clients on health, nutrition and feeding, hygiene, breeding and care of animals
• May provide professional services to commercial firms producing biological and pharmaceutical products
• May specialise in the treatment of a particular animal group or in a particular specialty area such as cardiology, chiropractic, dermatology or critical care