They serve the public by supervising the shipment of healthy animals, food inspection, conducting diagnostic tests, guiding the manufacture and distribution of effective drug and biological products, investigating disease outbreaks, and conducting research. Schools and colleges of veterinary medicine employ veterinarians who teach, conduct research, and practice clinical veterinary medicine. Industry, governmental agencies, and other academic institutions employ veterinarians specializing in laboratory animal medicine, pathology, pharmacology, and toxicology. Those specializing in laboratory animal medicine provide clinical laboratory animal care and advise investigators on the proper and humane use of laboratory animals. The veterinary pathologist evaluates the effects of infectious and noninfectious agents on the various organ systems.
Veterinary pharmacologists develop and test pharmaceutical products.
The veterinary toxicologist is responsible for safety evaluation of drugs and other chemicals for both animals and humans. New horizons in aquatic veterinary medicine, bio- and genetic engineering, and embryo transfer are also available to the licensed veterinarian. Some veterinarians write and edit professional publications or serve on the boards of state or national professional organizations. Others serve as executive secretaries for professional veterinary groups. This course, the only one of its kind in the United States, offers the latest information on bone fractures and repair.