A career in the veterinarian field is very rewarding, yet it takes a dedication to be a Vet. It provides a service that many animal owners need and actually cant go with out. The animals that a veterinarian cares for are greatly benefited. The health and wellbeing is impacted greatly by the care of a qualified vet.
Veterinarians not only just treat for illness in animals but also do surgeries and give advice as to how the animals should be cared; such as hygiene, how to take preventative measures, and the way to make decisions on the best procedures used for the care and treatment of animals.
Dr. Ted Cundiff a practicing vet from Lee County Kentucky is a vet that takes care of many of the animals from Lee as well as many surrounding counties. Such as Wolfe, which is where I’m from. He serves as a vet for many people caring for all animals, from guinea pigs all the way up to cattle and horses.
Dr. Prater a professor in the veterinary field here at MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY teaches vet students many things to do with becoming vet. Such as new technologies and procedures and demonstrates these procedures in labs.
Becoming a veterinarian is very similar to becoming a medical doctor. It usually takes four years to receive to either get a bachelor’s degree in science or become an undergraduate in veterinary medicine, also known as pre-vet. After your undergraduate work you must complete four years at a qualified veterinary college, such as at Auburn University. After completing veterinary school you must complete three to five years of residency under a licensed veterinarian. After completing this you may start your own practice or work for a clinic.
The classes required during undergraduate work include many biology and science classes as well as agriculture courses and math. These courses are required for pre-vet students because; in the veterinarian field it is necessary to have the knowledge on how life forms are impacted by biological influences, and be able to work out formulas and equations for medicine amounts and consumption. Vet school consists of being taught about actual veterinarian procedures such as surgeries, and how to evaluate animals; and of course how to treat the animal for their illness or disease.
Dr. Ted Cundiff graduated vet school many years ago and says that a lot of what he was taught then has changed tremendously. As that the vet field is always changing almost on a daily bases. With new technologies and procedure are developed by researcher so often that Dr. Cundiff says he has to go back to school on a regular bases so that he can stay up to date on these new advances in veterinarian medicine.
When first starting out he says he remembers how difficult it was for him to communicate with his customers, and says that he wished that he had took a few communication courses while in undergraduate school. He said this was the only thing he wished he had done differently.
Dr. Prater has been a professor for around 12 years now he say’s and that over the years he has worked to make sure he is keeping his teachings up to date so that his students are better prepared for vet school; where they will be approached by many new difficulties. Also as well as staying up to date with medical advances he says that he tries to stay in touch with students and gain feedback for what they wish they had learned about while in school. He then uses this feedback to make adjustments to the class schedules of present and future students to be more prepared and ready for action in the veterinarian field. He also uses this feedback from past students that have successfully made it to practice to advise students of the best decisions to make in going through the process of becoming a veterinarian. Such as always being dedicated to being a vet as well as being a good communicator to their customers.
All in all the entire path to being a vet is along hard road were dedication and hard work is required to make it down this road. Yet after you make the journey you will have a very rewarding and exciting career in store.
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