What is a Veterinarian?

What do
veterinarians
do?

Take care of pets

Keep farm animals healthy

Teaching

Research

Study medicines & vaccines

What animals do
vets treat?

Pets
Dogs
Birds

Cats

Fish

Pets

Amphibians

Ferrets

Rodents

Rabbits

Reptiles

Farm Animals
Horses

Cows
Pigs

Farm Animals
Chickens

Goats
Sheep

Zoo Animals & Wildlife

Dolphins

Tigers

Deer
Elephants

Owls

Vets help people and animals

Do you want to be a
veterinarian?

Math
Science
Animals
Solving
mysteries
Learning new
things

Becoming a vet

High school
College
Veterinary school
Pass the tests

Pet needs

Food
Water
Home/shelter
Exercise/playtime
Grooming
Training
Medical care
Time
Attention
Love

Check-ups
Check ears, eyes and mouth
Listen to heart and lungs
Check weight and temperature

Problem signs:
Using the bathroom more
(or less) than usual
Eating and Drinking more
(or less) than usual
Sleeping more than usual
Acting differently

What is wrong?

X-rays
Blood tests
Ultrasounds

Under the microscope

Heartworm microfilaria
in dog

Demodex (mange mites)

in hamster follicle

Photos courtesy of Dr. Brad Minson

What do you see?

Photo courtesy of Dr. Robert Novo (University of Minnesota)

What can you see?

A

Homer Simpson doll

inside a dogs
stomach
Photo courtesy of Dobson Agency Photography,
UK

Turtle with gravel in

its intestines

An egg inside of
a parakeet
Photo courtesy of Dr. Brad Minson

What do you see?

Hamster with an
overgrown tooth

Bladder stones in
Rabbit
Photos courtesy of Dr. Brad Minson

What do you see?

Photos courtesy of Dr. Brad Minson

What do you see?

Photos courtesy of Dr. Brad Minson

My story why I became a vet

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