Veterinarian

• Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.

Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery. * Inoculate animals against various diseases such as rabies and distemper. * Collect feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis. * Operate diagnostic equipment such as radiographic and ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images. * Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, and general care necessary to promote health of animals. * Educate the clients about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans. * Train and supervise workers who handle and care for animals. * Euthanize old and terminally ill animals. * Establish and conduct quarantine and testing procedures that prevent the spread of diseases to other animals or to humans, and that comply with clinic policy. * Conduct postmortem studies and analyses to determine the causes of animals’ deaths.

providing suitable paperwork for animals traveling abroad, as well as inserting identification microchips * Perform administrative duties such as staff quarterly evaluations, documenting recommendations, reporting violations.