Veterinary Medicine

Veterinarians receive a comprehensive, multifaceted education that uniquely equips them to protect the nation’s food supply, prevent disease and conduct lifesaving research, as well as caring for pets and animals. Veterinarians provide medical services for animals. They also give advice to pet owners about the care and breeding of their pets. What many people do not know is that veterinarians also protect humans from diseases that animals carry. Most veterinarians treat sick pets and provide routine checkups and shots for pets in private offices. Veterinarians must be tuned in to the animal’s discomfort. They must be able to calm and reassure frightened animals. Since animals cannot communicate their symptoms to the doctor, veterinarians must depend on their own and the owners’ observations to make their diagnoses. Some vets work in the food industry, for the government, or both. They inspect meat packing plants and check the livestock for disease. Occasionally, they perform autopsies on dead animals to determine what caused the animal’s death and how to prevent the problem with other animals. The information obtained from an autopsy often helps them determine which medications, if any, the other animals should receive. Some vets research what diseases animals are susceptible to, and others explore what medicines can treat them. Information that is crucial to know when working in veterinary medicine is its history, exploring the specialities and tools, and other crucial necessities.
Historic findings have been found almost everywhere around the world. There have been Chinese writings that were about horses, oxen, and buffalo that is dated all the way back to 2,500 B.C (History). There has also been papyrus fragments that have been found from an Egyptian medical textbook. It is dated around 1,850 B.C. The fragments that were found describes the diseases of all the cattle, dogs, birds, and fish (Marinelli 9). This was a major finding because it has revealed that