Veterinarians, also called veterinarians, study, treat, and control animal infections and diseases. They vaccinate healthy animals against disease and examine animals and meat products for use as food. Veterinarians also perform surgeries, set bone fractures, develop diet, exercise, and prescribe medicines for animals.
Most people think that veterinarians and doctors treat a family cat or dog. However, out of more than sixty-one thousand veterinarians that the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates are working in the United States, only about a third of them treat small pets exclusively. Young veterinarians usually have special practices for animals. Many veterinarians are employed from large animals on farms and farms to zoos. They vaccinate cattle and treat diseases contracted by animals. Some veterinarians who specialize in treating large animals are self-employed.
Many veterinarians are employed by federal and state governments as meat and livestock inspectors. Some of these doctors examine all the meat that will be fed to members of the armed forces. Other veterinarians work in meat and poultry packing houses to examine meat for sale to the public.
Veterinarians also work with drug companies, and help develop drugs and vaccines for animals, and for the federal government's space programs. Some veterinarians are employed by universities in teaching and research jobs. Much of the research currently being done by veterinarians includes studying the relationship between animal and human diseases and how animal diseases are transmitted to humans.