Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Veterinarians, Veterinary scientists, Veterinary technician, Veterinary surgery, Rich Nye, Ab Osterhaus, Vladimir Bobrovsky, Veterinary surgeon, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Pete Hodgson, Veterinary specialties, Irwandi Yusuf, Leonid Stadnyk, Dan W. Brown, Veterinary Corps, Holistic veterinary medicine, William Weipers, Bernhard Lauritz Frederik Bang, Afanasiy Ilich Tobonov, Chief Veterinary Officer, Shalihotra, Gordon Woods, Ira James Cunningham, List of veterinarians, Cyril Hopkirk, Gildo Insfran, Animal nutritionist, Exotic animal veterinarian, Vet Tech Institute, Opendra Narayan, Carlo Ruini, Zoological medicine, Veterinary assistant, Dimitar Dimov, Vet Tech Institute at Bradford School, William Williams, Dan Gresswell, Veterinary dentistry, Agathotychus, Avian veterinarian, Veterinary pharmacist, Alpha Mande Diarra, Leszek Deptu a, Tadeusz uli ski, Equine podiatry, Ken Bairden, Jozsef Marek, Ram Nath Kak. Excerpt: A veterinarian (American English) or a veterinary surgeon (British English), often shortened to vet, is a person who treats animals and a practitioner of veterinary medicine. The word comes from the Latin veterinae meaning "working animals." "Veterinarian" was first used in print by Thomas Browne in 1646. Many careers are open to those with veterinary degrees (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine), DVM., VMD ( Veterinaria Medicina Doctoris), MVB (Medicina Veterinaria Baccalaureate), BVS (Bachelor of Veterinary Surgery), BVMS (Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery), BVetMed or VetMB (Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine) or B.V.Sc. & A. H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry). Those working in clinical settings often practice medicine in a limited field such as "companion animal" or pet medicine, which includes small animals such as dog, cat, and pocket pets, production medicine or livestock med...