History and Current Facts

                                                            Veterinary Physician



In the past this job Veterinary medicine was found in the Egyptian. In Europe, the first attempts to organize and regulate the practice of treating animals tended to focus on horses because of their economic significance. The first veterinary college in Europe was founded in Lyon, France in 1762 by Claude Bourgelat. In the United States, the veterinarians had been trained in Europe. By the turn of the 20th century, several American agricultural colleges had started their own veterinary school which were focused on livestock animals.


Today this job is to required to treat disease, disorder or injury in animals, which includes diagnosis, treatment and aftercare. Small animal vets typically work in veterinary clinics or veterinary hospitals and large animals vets often spend more time traveling to see their patients at the primary facilities. The average income for private practice in the United States rose from $105,510 in 2005 to $115,447 in 2007and the salary for new graduates in the United States during 2010 was  $48,674 including nearly 50% going on to advance study programs. Degrees in veterinary medicine culminate in the  award of a veterinary science degree and most veterinary schools typically required applicants to have taken one year equivalent classes in organic, inorganic chemistry , physics.