A Veterinarian is a doctor who diagnoses, treats, and control diseases and injuries of animals (Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2000-2001). There are two types of veterinarians, large and small practitioners. The large practitioners deal with non-domestic and grazing animals. While, small practitioners deal with dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and any other animal that is kept as a pet. Veterinarians either work for the military, federal government, or work privately (OOH, 2001-2000).

The job comes with a lot of duties that must be fulfilled. Veterinarians don't just treat, diagnose, and control diseases and injuries. They perform surgery, prescribe, and administer drugs and vaccines (VGM'S Careers Encyclopedia, 1997). They inspect meat and poultry, teach at veterinary colleges, do research on animal foods, diseases, and drugs, and finally take part in the medical research for the treatment of human diseases (VGM'S, 1997). Just about every thing a real doctor has, administers or performs a veterinarian does also.

Veterinarian growth is expected to grow faster than all occupations average through the year of 2008(VGM'S, 1997). Although, small animal veterinary will grow faster than large animal veterinary, large will still bring in the most money. There will be a shortage really soon because a lot of veterinarians started around the same time and they will more than likely retire around the same time. Also adding to the factor there are a lot of graduates coming out each year who are starting practices in highly populated cities. The inundate of veterinarians wont hurt their chances for a job, but cause them to work weekends and nights to accommodate them and the surge of animals that come into an animal hospital daily. Starting out at first is very hard when self-employed and the young veterinarian has to work long and hard to build up an adequate amount of clients. Even thought large animal large animal veterinarians is expected to grow slowly they still will expand because a l!

terinarians have to graduate from a 4-year veterinarian program at an accredited college of veterinary medicine with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or a Veterinary Doctor of Medicine (D.V.M., V.M.D) degree and obtain a practice license. The student must have 45-90 semester hours at the undergraduate level, but a bachelors degree for entr

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