Transcript Veterinary Science - POLYTECH High School

Veterinary Science
Careers
If you are a patient and caring person, loves animals
and feels comfortable around them, you may want to
explore the educational and career options within the
field of veterinary science and animal care
What Does it Mean to Study
Veterinary Science?
• Veterinary scientists, technologists and technicians,
obedience trainers and even pet groomers, play a
vital role in the
• Maintenance and healthcare of pets, zoo animals,
and livestock
• Research diseases that also affect humans.
• Veterinary research played a significant role in
conquering diseases such as yellow fever and
malaria, and in understanding human heart disease,
organ transplant procedures, and a variety of drug
therapies.
Most important to take into
consideration
• How you feel about animals?
• Working with animals requires patience, compassion,
flexibility and a lack of squeamishness
• Appreciating and loving animals is not enough!
• You must be genuinely invested in the animals'
behaviors, physical systems, and habits
• Animal specialists must not only promote the health
and maintenance of the animals under their care,
• But they must also be able to lift and restrain animals,
and risk exposure to sick or angry ones
Consider the following questions
• How do I feel when I see an animal in distress?
• Am I able to work in adverse settings?
• What is my tolerance or patience with both animals
and humans?
• Am I able to emotionally deal with the intensity of
wounds and injuries?
• Would I be willing to have a consistently flexible
schedule?
Many Possible Career Choices
• There are veterinarians
• Animal care and service workers
• Veterinary technologists and technicians
• http://www.worldwidelearn.com/onlineeducation-guide/science/veterinary-sciencemajor.htm
Videos
• Thinking about becoming a veterinarian (4:42)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlC0kx5rtp4
• So you want to be a Veterinarian... Not for the
Squeamish (3:52)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6K6dU7nfTI
• Angry Cat at the Vet - Fractious Cat Restraint
(10:14)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIyfNM6y3vU
FFA Vet Science CDE
• The purpose of the National FFA Organization’s Veterinary
Science Career Development Event is to
• Promote college and career readiness by providing
• Opportunities to develop technical knowledge
• Demonstrate practical skills in the field of veterinary science.
• Participants demonstrate professional ethics, decisionmaking, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Participants also demonstrate technical competency with
small and large animals in the areas of
• Anatomy and physiology
• Clinical procedures
• Identification
• Health and safety
• Medical terminology
Delaware Vet Science CDE (pg 140)
• http://delawareffa.org/media/June16CDEMan
ual.pdf
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