Basic Sciences Bldg. 2001 S. Lincoln Ave. Animals don't call veterinarians. People call veterinarians. The vast range of people and places needing veterinary services include research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, zoos, dairies, swine farms, public health officials, feed industry, livestock industry, and pet owners, to name just some.
Veterinary medicine is a great field because it encompasses so many different areas.
Pet owners are familiar with small animal practitioners. These veterinarians are skilled in medicine and surgery. They apply their skills to maintain the health and well-being of individual pets. Typically a large animal veterinarian is concerned with the health and productivity of a group of animals rather than an individual animal. She or he works as part of the farm team to increase animal production by balancing nutrition, economics, and management, as well as by treating disease.