Veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the health of animals. It is the study and practice of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease and injuries in animals. Veterinary medicine covers all species of animals, including both domesticated animals and wild animals.
People who study and practice veterinary medicine professionally are called veterinarians (often known as "vets").
Veterinary science tries to help human health by monitoring and controlling zoonotic diseases (infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans).
Veterinary Medicine Media
A veterinary technician in Ethiopia shows the owner of an ailing donkey how to sanitize the site of infection.
Fragments of the Kahun Papyrus on veterinary medicine, early second millennium BCE
Claude Bourgelat established the earliest veterinary school in Lyon in 1762.
Dr. Kyongmi Kim, 106th Medical Detachment veterinarian, sutures an incision on Thor, a shih tzu, during minor surgery at the Veterinary Treatment Facility on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 3, 2014. Kim has been a veterinarian for seven years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley J. Thum)
US and South African Army Vet Technicians Prepare Dog for Spaying
