So, You Want
to Be A Vet?
Veterinary surgeons diagnose and treat animals, medically and surgically, to prevent disease, cure sickness and injury, and improve their state of health. The work also involves prescribing medicines, acting as an anaesthetist and radiographer, as well as a surgeon.
What is the work like?
Veterinary surgeons are responsible for the prevention of disease and for the medical and surgical treatment of animals including domestic pets, zoo animals, farm animals and horses.
The work also involves prescribing medicines, acting as an anaesthetist and radiographer, as well as a surgeon. It also include:
> carrying out and interpreting diagnostic tests such as x-rays, laboratory work and ultra-sound
> immunising animals against different forms of disease
> euthanasia of old, sick or terminally ill animals
> caring for in-patient animals
> providing documentation for animals travelling abroad
> inserting microchips into animals
> maintaining records and issuing certificates in compliance with current legislation
> consulting and counselling owners.
Further information British Veterinary Association,
7 Mansfield Street,
London W1G 9NQ. 020 7636 6541.
Website: www.bva.co.uk
People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals
(PDSA) Head Office,
Whitechapel Way,
Priorslee, Telford,
Shropshire TF2 9PQ.
01952 290999 or 0800 917 2509.
Website: www.pdsa.org.uk
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS),
Belgravia House,
62-64 Horseferry Road,
London SW1P 2AF. 020 7222 2001.
Website: www.rcvs.org.uk |
