Private Clinical Practice Veterinarians promote healthy and
efficient food animal production, prevent disease, improve comfort, and
contribute to environment sustainability on farms and ranches.
Corporate Clinical Practice Veterinarians lead teams to assure
herd health and production efficiency for integrated production systems,
including the world's largest producers and processors of beef, pork, and
poultry.
Public Clinical Practice Veterinarians investigate disease
outbreaks in people, domestic animals, and wildlife around the world to
protect the lives and livelihood of communities and countries
Education Veterinarians educate those who protect animal
health, relieve animal suffering, conserve animal resources, promote
public health, and advance medical knowledge.
Research Veterinarians explore new ways to prevent disease,
discover new and emerging bacteria and viruses, and understand health and
disease at the basic molecular level of all animals.
Public Health Veterinarians work with transdisciplinary teams
to oversee food safety, design surveillance systems, protect occupational
health, and coordinated local, national, and international program
delivery.
Uniformed Services Veterinarians protect the United States
from bioterrorism, ensure environmental health, and conduct biomedical
research and development.
Countless Other Activities Veterinarians work in zoos,
diagnostic laboratories, wild parks, aerospace medicine, animal shelters,
animal-assisted therapy programs, ecosystem health, and many other fields.