🌾Agriculture
Veterinarian
Treats animals and monitors their health
Diagnoses and treats animal illness, and ensures the safety of animal-derived products.
What they do
- ▹Examines and diagnoses animal illnesses
- ▹Administers vaccinations, checkups and minor surgeries
- ▹Checks the quality and safety of livestock products
- ▹Advises pet owners and farmers on animal care
Skills you need
- ▹Love of animals and a way of handling them
- ▹Attention and observation
- ▹Composure in emergencies
- ▹Willingness for physical work, including with large livestock
- ▹Responsibility for an animal's life
Focus on these subjects at school
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Where they work
- ▹State veterinary stations
- ▹Private veterinary clinics (in cities)
- ▹Livestock farms
- ▹Border and market veterinary-sanitary inspection services
- ▹Zoos and animal shelters
Pros
- + Steady demand in both rural and urban areas
- + Varied work with different kinds of animals
Challenges
- − Work can be physically demanding and unpredictable (call-outs at any time)
- − Emotionally difficult situations with sick or dying animals
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