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. Includes veterinarians who inspect livestock.

Other names for Veterinarians: Animal Anatomist, Animal Chiropractor, Animal Doctor, Animal Pathologist, Animal Physiologist, Animal Surgeon, Companion Animal Practitioner, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Emergency Veterinarian, Equine Dentist, Equine Vet (Equine Veterinarian), Horse Doctor, Laboratory Animal Care Veterinarian, Laboratory Veterinarian, Large Animal Veterinarian, Medical Director, Mixed Animal Veterinarian, Poultry Pathologist, Poultry Veterinarian, Public Health Veterinarian, Small Animal Veterinarian, Staff Veterinarian, Treatment Coordinator, Veterinarian (Vet), Veterinarian Epidemiologist, Veterinary Anatomist, Veterinary Bacteriologist, Veterinary Dentist, Veterinary Epidemiologist, Veterinary Inspector, Veterinary Intern, Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostician, Veterinary Livestock Inspector, Veterinary Meat Inspector, Veterinary Medicine Doctor (DVM), Veterinary Microbiologist, Veterinary Parasitologist, Veterinary Pathologist, Veterinary Pharmacologist, Veterinary Physiologist, Veterinary Radiologist, Veterinary Surgeon, Veterinary Toxicologist, Veterinary Virus Serum Inspector, Wildlife Veterinarian, Zoo Veterinarian,

• Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.
• Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.
• Inoculate animals against various diseases such as rabies and distemper.
• Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.
• Operate diagnostic equipment such as radiographic and ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
• Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, and general care necessary to promote health of animals.
• Educate the public about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans.
• Train and supervise workers who handle and care for animals.
• Provide care to a wide range of animals or specialize in a particular species, such as horses or exotic birds.
• Euthanize animals.
• Establish and conduct quarantine and testing procedures that prevent the spread of diseases to other animals or to humans, and that comply with applicable government regulations.
• Conduct postmortem studies and analyses to determine the causes of animals' deaths.
• Perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, and maintaining business records.
• Direct the overall operations of animal hospitals, clinics, or mobile services to farms.
• Drive mobile clinic vans to farms so that health problems can be treated or prevented.
• Specialize in a particular type of treatment such as dentistry, pathology, nutrition, surgery, microbiology, or internal medicine.
• Inspect and test horses, sheep, poultry, and other animals to detect the presence of communicable diseases.
• Plan and execute animal nutrition and reproduction programs.
• Research diseases to which animals could be susceptible.
• Inspect animal housing facilities to determine their cleanliness and adequacy.
• Determine the effects of drug therapies, antibiotics, or new surgical techniques by testing them on animals.

• Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
• Medical radiological shielding gloves
• Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators
• Lip retractors
• Dental hand pieces or accessories
• Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
• Surgical scissors
• Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
• Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
• Microcentrifuges
• Microscope slides
• Transport or mobile multiparameter vital sign units or accessories
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Muzzles
• Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters
• Floor grade needle holders
• Restraints
• Medical radioisotope scanners
• Surgical microscopes or loops or magnifiers or accessories
• Ophthalmic surgical knives or blades or scissors or accessories
• Ophthalmic tonometers or accessories
• Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Surgical pneumatic or battery or electric saws or drills or pin drivers or accessories
• Autopsy chisels or osteotomes
• Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
• Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies
• Periodontal chisels
• Periodontal curettes
• Dental elevators
• Personal computers
• Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
• Dental finishing or polishing discs
• Facial shields
• Pulse oximeter units
• Medical radiation films or badges
• Respiratory monitoring kits or its accessories
• Protective gloves
• Goggles
• Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
• Medical syringes with needles
• Staplers for skin closure
• Specimen collectors
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
• Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
• Surgical bone hand saws or wire saws or saw handles
• Surgical calipers or rulers
• Surgical gloves
• Surgical microscopes or loops or magnifiers or accessories
• Medical staff isolation or surgical masks
• Surgical retractors for general use
• Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories
• Suture needles
• Syringe pumps
• Tablet computers
• Livestock identification equipment
• Pleural cavity drainage unit or accessories
• Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Tourniquets
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Surgical suction machines or vacuum extractors or ultrasonic surgical aspirators or regulators or accessories
• Veterinary blood pressure testers
• Dental scalers or accessories
• Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
• Urinary catheterization kits or accessories
• Anesthesia sets or kits
• Dental impression trays
• Dental mouth props
• Dental x ray units
• Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Veterinary speculums
• Orthopedic splint systems
• Surgical blanket or solution warming cabinets or accessories
• Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
• Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories
• Surgical mouth gags or accessories
• Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
• Veterinary speculums
• Cosmetic dentistry curing lights or accessories
• Volumetric pipettes
• Medical x ray darkroom equipment or supplies
• Medical x ray intensifying screens
• Scanners
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories
• Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes
• Animal shearing or clipping equipment
• Animal weighing scales
• Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products
• Endotracheal tubes
• Enema kits or accessories
• Enteral feeding administration sets
• Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
• Dental forceps
• Ophthalmic irrigation or aspiration supplies or accessories
• Flexible endoscopes or accessories or related products
• Medical cine fluoroscopy equipment
• Medical gamma cameras for general use
• Glucose monitors or meters
• Goniometers
• Dental scalers or accessories
• Handheld refractometers or polarimeters
• Hematology analyzers
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Hemocytometers
• Floor grade forceps or hemostats
• Dental hand pieces or accessories
• Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters
• Animal husbandry equipment
• Animal husbandry equipment
• Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT three dimensional units
• Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories
• Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits
• Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
• Intravenous or arterial infusion fluid warmers
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Laboratory balances
• Laparoscopes or laparoscopic telescopes
• Notebook computers
• Laryngoscopes or accessories
• Surgical lasers or accessories
• Resuscitation masks or accessories
• Angiography contrast medium delivery sets
• Animal catching devices
• Veterinary electrocardiograph ECG
• Animal catching devices
• Arterial line catheters
• Endoscopic instrument sets
• Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories
• Chemistry analyzers
• Microbiology analyzers
• Laboratory animal restraints or harnesses
• Bandage scissors or its supplies
• Bar code reader equipment
• Surgical pneumatic or battery or electric saws or drills or pin drivers or accessories
• Benchtop centrifuges
• Surgical punches or punch holder or accessories
• Blood collection syringes
• Blood gas analyzers
• Surgical chisels or gouges
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Surgical curettes or loops
• Surgical bone cutting forceps
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Surgical suction machines or vacuum extractors or ultrasonic surgical aspirators or regulators or accessories
• Surgical rasps
• Surgical ronguers
• Air rifles or air handguns
• Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories
• Cast cutters or saws
• Veterinary castration instruments
• Animal husbandry equipment
• Pleural cavity drainage unit or accessories
• Coagulation analyzers
• Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
• Crown or bridge removers
• Cryosurgery equipment or accessories
• Air rifles or air handguns
• Animal husbandry equipment
• Amalgam carriers
• Dental amalgam carvers
• Dental burs
• Dental cord packers
• Dental elevators
• Dental mirrors or mirror handles
• Dental probes
• Dental files or rasps
• Dental material pluggers or tips or accessories
• Dental probes
• Dental reamers
• Dental root tip picks
• Dental spreaders
• Desktop computers
• Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
• Digital cameras
• Veterinary clinical thermometers
• Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use

Office suite software

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Medical software

Internet browser software

Electronic mail software