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Veterinarians

  • Health Science

Tasks

What tasks do Veterinarians perform?

  • Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.

  • Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.

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

  • Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.


Knowledge

What do Veterinarians need to know?

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.


Skills

What skills do Veterinarians need?

  • Reading Comprehension

    Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

  • Active Listening

    Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

  • Active Learning

    Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.



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