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"Becoming a Veterinary Technician" [online] available http://avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/aboutvets/becomingtech.asp. 24 March 2009.

Brewer, Scott. personal interview. 18 March 2009.

"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition" [online] available http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos076.htm#top. 16 March 2009.

"Veterinarian" [online] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinarinarian. 24 March 2009.

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Who would ever think that there would be such a great job for those who enjoy medical studies and like to be around animals? A veterinarian is a job that includes both medical studies and animals. In a variety of ways, veterinarians care  for the basic health of animals and need to meet many requirements but enjoy the many benefits of their job.

 A veterinarian's job is to care for the basic health of animals (Brewer). There are many types of vet jobs. There are animal surgeons, dermatologists, dentists, internal medicine vets, and many more specific types of vets ("Veterinarian"). Veterinarians also diagnose problems, vaccinate animals, medicate animals, treat wounds, set fractures, perform surgeries, train pets, and advise owners about how to care for their pets. Seventy percent of most veterinary practices treat small animals while others care for pigs, goats, cattle, sheep, and large animals ("Occupational"). According to Dr. Scott Brewer, a veterinary surgeon, a veterinarian's typical day could be from around 7:30 A.M. to about 10:00 P.M. A surgeon would <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">come in and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">check on the surgeries for the day, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">check or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">do blood work, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">do the animals' surgeries, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">have lunch around noon, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">do more surgeries, and <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">arrive at<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> home around 10:00 (Brewer). There are many different animals and medicines that veterinarians<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> treat. Some of these are domesticated animals (dogs and cats), livestock medicine, equine medicine, laboratory animal medicine, and reptile medicine ("Veterinarian"). Veterinarians not only<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> work in their private practice office, but in zoos, racetracks, and laboratories. They even <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">do research on animals to help<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> protect humans from diseases such as West Nile disease <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">carried by mosquitoes, and they helped <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">note malaria and yellow fever ("Veterinarian," "Occupational").

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> There are many requirements that a veterinarian needs to meet to work in a veterinary practice. In most cases, one would need to go through both high school and college. Then one must <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">go to veterinary school for four years to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">earn a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine). Dr. Brewer<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> went to three years of college, veterinary school, and <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">recieved his DVM as well as a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Brewer). In order to<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> become a vet and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work in a private practice, most states<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> need a license. certificate, or registration in order to become a vet. Veterinarians also <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">need to have personality requirements such as an affinity for animals, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">enjoy working with hands, need to be good at basic math and decision making, and they need to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work well with people (Brewer, "Becoming"). Clinical experience is also required. This is called a preceptorship ("Becoming").

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Many benefits come along with the job of a veterinarian. Vets get to<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> see new puppies and kittens, and if the vet <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">enjoys being with animals, it is a great advantage because vets get to be with the animals all day. Veterinarians<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">grow attached to the pets and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">enjoy helping and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">training the animals. Veterinarians get to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">meet new people as well as animals. They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">advise them about how they can become better pet owners (Brewer). The salary is another advantage of being a veterinarian. Vets<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> get paid well but it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">depends on the type of job, experience, location, and responsibility ("Becoming"). They can <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">earn anywhere from $40,000 to $130,000. The average salary of a veterinarian in the year 2007 was $84,335 anaualy ("Occupational"). These are the benefits of a veterinarian.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> There are a few drawbacks of a vet that come along with the benefits. As the years go by, puppies become<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> old dogs and kittens old cats and start to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">develop problems or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">pass away. As animals<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> come and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> go ,the owners <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">go too. Another drawback is for those vets with a family. Dr. Brewer <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">explains how it can be hard to fit in his kids' games and activities with the tight schedule he has a a vet. He does not <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">see his family as often because of his job. These are a few of the disadvantages of being a veterinarian (Brewer).

<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> A veterinarian is a great job in many ways even though there are a few drawbacks and one has to meet certain requirements to become one. Veterinarians <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">help <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> many animals <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">recover <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> from sickness and problems and help <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">maintain <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> the basic health of all kinds of animals. This is why a vet is a perfect job for those who <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">enjoy <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> medical studies and being around animals!