Equine Vet information! Plz Help!?

Question

I would like to be an equine vet. If possible could you give me questions from your homework or tell me what all you learn about. Plz don't say a lot only type if you have an awnser that would help me! Thanks in advancd!

Answer 1

An equine vet is a veterinarian specialty.  They need to know about the horses behaviour as well as physical needs and problems.  You will need to take a lot of science courses in high school, graduate with a very high average, get into an excellent college or university and get a B.Sc. with outstanding grades.  You will then apply to a variety of vet schools where you will spend another five or so years studying intensely.  At some point, depending on the school you will branch off into large animal or equine studies.  

If you do not enjoy school and do not enjoy or have the discipline to study for 8 hours a day, you might want to rethink this and try something else.  Vets are very, very educated people who work all sorts of funny hours often getting calls in the middle of the night.

Just some things to think about.  Right now, read, read, read all you can on horses.  Check out Linda Tellington Jone's books.  She just wrote a new one on ridership.  

Good luck!

Answer 2

Step 1: Volunteer at a local veterinary office, SPCA, farm or animal hospital during high school to gain experience working with animals.

Step 2: Attend college, perhaps in a preveterinary program if your school offers one; otherwise, consider biology, biochemistry or another science.

Step 3: Find out which college courses are required by the American Veterinary Medical Association and by each veterinary school that interests you.

Step 4: Maintain a very high grade point average in college. This is a must.

Step 5: Find out which standardized tests are required by each veterinary school that interests you, since this varies from school to school.

Step 6: Apply to any of the 27 accredited veterinary schools in the United States that offer the four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree.

Step 7: Graduate from veterinary school and take the North American Veterinary Licensing Exam for your veterinary license.

Step 8: Be prepared to take a state exam covering state laws and regulations.

Tips & Warnings

Some veterinary schools don't require a bachelor's degree for admission, but they all require some college courses, and a bachelor's degree can be an advantage.



A license in one state does not automatically permit the licensee to practice veterinary medicine in another state.



Consider working with farm animals, since most veterinary students choose to work with pets. Some veterinarians have a practice that combines the two.



Be prepared to deal with matters such as incurable illness and euthanasia on a regular basis.



You will often be on call during nonworking hours, just like a medical doctor.

Preveterinary courses emphasize the sciences. Veterinary medical colleges typically require classes in organic and inorganic chemistry, physics, biochemistry, general biology, animal biology, animal nutrition, genetics, vertebrate embryology, cellular biology, microbiology, zoology, and systemic physiology. Some programs require calculus; some require only statistics, college algebra and trigonometry, or precalculus. Most veterinary medical colleges also require core courses, including some in English or literature, the social sciences, and the humanities. Increasingly, courses in practice management and career development are becoming a standard part of the curriculum to provide a foundation of general business knowledge for new graduates.

In addition to satisfying preveterinary course requirements, applicants also must submit test scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT), or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), depending on the preference of each college. Currently, 21 schools require the GRE, 5 require the VCAT, and 2 accept the MCAT.

Veterinary graduates who plan to work with specific types of animals typically choose to pursue additional education in 1 of 20 AVMA-recognized veterinary specialties�such as pathology, internal medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, surgery, radiology, preventive medicine, or laboratory animal medicine�usually in the form of a 2-year internship. Interns receive a small salary but usually find that their internship experience leads to a higher beginning salary, relative to those of other starting veterinarians. Veterinarians who seek board certification in a specialty must also complete a 3- to 4-year residency program that provides intensive training in specialties, such as internal medicine, oncology, radiology, surgery, dermatology, anesthesiology, neurology, cardiology, ophthalmology, and exotic small-animal medicine.

I hope this helps!  Be sure to check out the websites listed!

Answer 3

*blinks a few times* if you want info, go talk to a vet, ask if you can work with them/be their assitant . . . i could give you my list of what to do that'd help you're chances to get into school to be an equine vet. . . but i dont think that's what you're looking for if you asked for questions from their homework and what they learn about.

email if you want more... if not enjoy you're day.

Answer 4

well you aren't really giving us much information to work off of. but i will suppose you are younger and are looking for thing that you could START doing to make your path as an equine vet clearer.

First thing that i would do if i were you is go to the library and borrow LOTS of books about horses health, horses teeth, horses skeletal structure, horses muscle structure. EVERYTHING you can find. Read these books THROUGH AND THROUGH! One of the best books that i would advise buying is "Horse owner's veterinary handbook" it is a really in depth book.

another thing i would do is contact local vets and ask if you could be an assistant. This can go on your resume and will look very good. especially if you do it numerous times with different vets. this will also give you RIGHT IN THE ACTION experience that you'll need.

and you will ALWAYS need to remember how much WORK it is to become a equine vet!! and also remember that it will all be worth it in the end. =]

you will have to go to college to get your MASTERS degree. thats 4 years of college.

good luck!!!