1. Veterinarian By: Piper Hopple

2. Introduction to Career: A veterinarian often shortened to vet, is a physician for animals (excluding humans) and a practitioner of veterinary medicine. This can be with either large animals (livestock) or small animals like pets.

3. The Nature of the Work: The nature of vets is to treat diseases and dysfunctions of animals. They care for the health of animals. Vaccinating them against diseases. Treating them when they are ill. Treat and dress wounds. Set fractures and or perform surgeries.

4. Working Conditions: Either inside in a private clinical practice for small animals. Or driving around outside in all types of weather to farms for livestock.

5. Training, Qualifications and Advancements: Must graduate with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M. or V.M.D.) degree from a 4-year program at an accredited college of veterinary medicine. Most college weigh animal experience very heavily, and applicants must submit test scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT), or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), depending on the preference of the college. Most vets start out at a practice, then as they get more experience they start their own practice.

6. Job Outlook/Employment: To actually treat animals you must have a license. The amount of vets is suppose to increase from 2008-2018. The amount of pay is suppose to increase in the next years.

7. Earnings: Median annual wages of veterinarians were $79,050 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $61,370 and $104,110. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $46,610. The highest 10 percent earned more than $143,660.

8. The Use of Technology: Radiograph, which are helpful in view animals bones, and you can see if they have a bladder stones, and if they ate something they shouldn’t have. Ultrasounds, which are used to look at the soft matter inside an animals body, can also detect tumors. Lasers, helps perform some surgeries with less pain, and blood loss, often used on the eyes, eyelids and ears.

9. Summary: Diagnose and treat diseases and dysfunctions of animals. May engage in a particular function, such as research and development, consultation, administration, technical writing, sale or production of commercial products, or rendering of technical services to commercial firms or other organizations. Include veterinarians who inspect livestock.

10. Work Cites: http://bit.ly/kllaRT http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos076.htm http://www.ehow.com/list_6821556_types-technology-do-veterinarians-use_.html http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-1131.00