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CHAPTER 27
VETERINARY CAREERS
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Interesting Facts
• Kittens are born deaf/blind
• Dogs/cats are born right/left handed
• Rabbits take 18 naps per day
• Common housefly will live for 2 weeks
• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave
• Its against the law to catch a fish with your bare hands in Texas
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Careers in Veterinary Care• The purpose of animal health care
is to prevent illness and provide care for sick an injured animals
• Veterinary health care offers a variety of settings to work in such as private practice, public health, research, zoos, circuses, and racetracks
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Veterinarian
• Education– College or university degree– 4-year accredited veterinary college– Written and oral examination necessary for
licensure
• Degrees– Doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM)– Veterinarian medical degree (VMD) (if work in research, may have an additional doctoral degree in pathology, toxicology, or animal medicine)
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Veterinarian (continued)
• 16 Recognized specialties in veterinarian medicine including:– Anesthesiology– Dermatology– Internal medicine– Neurology– Pathology– Surgery– Zoo medicine
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Veterinary Technician (VT)• Education
– Minimum of 2 years of college-level vocational training
– Most states require certification (CVT), registration (RVT), or licensure (LVT)
• Functions– Works in research settings, private clinics, food inspection, and laboratories– Performs research under the supervision of a veterinarian, scientist, or senior technologist– Administers medication, prepares lab samples, and assists the veterinarian (e.g., dressing to a wound)
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Veterinary Assistant
• Education– On-the-job training or vocational program
• Functions– Maintains clean environment for animals– Prepares animals for treatment– Bathes and grooms animals– Maintains daily records
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Animal Caretaker • Education
– On-the-job training or home study program
• Examples of animal caretakers– Kennel assistants (complete home study program)– Stable assistants– Shelter assistants– Pet shop assistants– Wildlife assistants– Grooming attendants
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Animal Breeder
• Education– On-the-job training– 4-year college or university degree in
animal science• Functions
– Raises animals using selective breeding to maintain or improve the traits of existing breeds as well as develop new breeds– Provides all care for animals until buyer
takes them
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Marine Biologist • Education
– 4-year college or university degree in botany or zoology (may be employed
as a marine biology technician)– Plus master’s or doctorate degree from a
university
• Function– Studies plant and animal life in saltwater
environments
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Signs of Healthy Animals
• Alert and Responsive
• Eating and elimination pattern is consistent and regular
• Full, glossy coat
• Moist and cool nose
• Eyes and ears are clear and clean in appearance
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Assessment Techniques
• Vital signs• Collection of Blood Samples – jugular,
cephalic, saphenous, sublingual, anterior vena cava, and the ear – p. 419
• Fecal Specimens – help id. parasites• Urine samples – bacterial or fungal cultures• May need to be restrained – pp. 418• Release and reward animal after exam
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Miscellaneous Facts
• There are no poisonous snakes in Maine• Porcupines float in water• The giraffe neck has the same # of vertebrae as
humans• Zebras are white with black stripes• Moths have no stomachs• Lobsters have blue blood• Mosquito’s have 47 teeth
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Common Canine Diseases
• Rabies- virus, spread by saliva, vaccination• Distemper-virus, secretions, vaccination• Parvovirus- fecal waste, vaccine, fatal• Kennel cough- infectious tracheobronchitis,
antibiotics• Heartworm- worms, mosquito, strangle
heart, preventative treatment• Parasites are most common and deadly
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Feline Diseases
• Feline Panleukopenia- virus, direct contact with blood, urine, feces, fleas, vaccine, death
• FVR- feline viral rhino tracheitis, virus, death, *
• Feline leukemia- cause unknown, death• Feline urologic syndrome- cause unknown,
antibiotics, surgery
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Other diseases
• Mastitis
• Colic
• Diabetes
• Glaucoma
• Arthritis
• Kidney Failure
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Trivia• What is the fastest animal?
Cheetah• What is the smallest bird?
Hummingbird• What is the most dangerous animal in the world?
Housefly • What is the fastest swimming mammal?
Dolphin
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Animals in health care
• Pet therapy• Entertainment• Companionship• Food• Clothing• Protection• Police Dogs• Seeing eye dogs
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More facts
• Ants do not sleep• A camel’s spine is straight• Sharks are immune to cancer• Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, 2
rats could have over 1 million descendents• In 1984, a baboon heart was transplanted into
a newborn baby
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Review
• Vocabulary
• Careers
• Signs of healthy/unhealthy animals
• Euthanasia
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