veterinary: Definition from Answers.com

1. pertaining to domestic animals and their diseases.
2. vernacular for veterinarian.

v. assistant — 1. a veterinarian employed in a practice on a salary.
V. Board — in countries with government services modeled on the British system is the registering authority for veterinarians who wish to conduct a practice.
v. certificate — a certificate by a veterinarian relating to matters within the scope of veterinary medicine. Include certificates of soundness, more commonly these days a presale certificate, of freedom of products from diseased tissue, of vaccination or surgical alteration.
v. clinic — 1. the title indicates that the establishment has the necessary facilities for the examination and treatment of animals but not necessarily ward accommodation and 24 hour surveillance.
v. degree — awarded by a university at the completion of a degree course in veterinary science and accepted in many countries as sufficient evidence of competence to practice, in others as sufficient to entitle the person to sit for the qualifying or board examination. The important degree, and the one on which registration to practice is based, is the first or primary degree. A postgraduate degree has no relevance to the registration procedure.
v. dermatology — the study of the diseases of the skin of animals.
v. drugs — medicines used in the treatment of animals. It is an important point in law that medicines used to treat animals should be registered by the relevant local authority, e.g. the Food and Drug Administration, for use in animals. The use of unregistered medicines could disadvantage the veterinarian if the outcome of the particular case was unfavorable and the client resorted to law to recoup any losses.
v. emergency service — veterinary services provided at the patient's domicile or the veterinarian's premises for sick and injured patients when the emergency arises; the traditional and preponderant form of service provided by veterinarians everywhere.
v. facilities — buildings and fixtures used to catch and restrain animals for veterinary examination and treatment. The use of faulty or incorrectly constructed races, chutes, operating tables may put the veterinarian in legal as well as physical jeopardy unless he/she warns the client beforehand that risk is involved.
v. farm visits — veterinary services provided to patients on their home farm, the traditional and preponderant form of veterinary service to farm livestock.
v. hospital — the title indicates that the establishment has all of the facilities available including surgery, radiology, clinical pathology, dispensary and ward accommodation and provision for 24 hour surveillance of patients.
v. internal medicine — the study of the diseases of the internal organs of animals.
v. investigation centers — the system in the UK of regional veterinary laboratories dedicated to the study and diagnosis of the diseases of animals in the region.
v. license — the license to practice awarded by the country's registering authority on the basis of the applicant's university degree. Usually awarded annually to provide an opportunity for a periodic review of the candidate's capability.
v. medical education — includes undergraduate courses at universities, postgraduate courses either degree or diploma courses at universities or continuing professional education courses run by professional organizations such as associations and colleges.
v. nurse — see animal nurses. Called also VN.
v. pharmacology — the study of medicines used in the treatment of animals.
v. pharmacology industry — the private companies and corporations which operate for the purpose of developing, manufacturing and selling medicines for use in animals. In some countries all of this work is done by government corporations and commissions rather than privately owned organizations.
v. physician — a veterinarian who practices medicine as distinct from surgery; one who deals with medical diseases and not surgical diseases. This is not a common form of practice amongst veterinarians.
v. practice — see practice.
v. practitioner — 1. a registered veterinarian in practice on his/her own account and earning income as fees for service rendered, or a veterinarian employed by another veterinarian who is so employed.
v. profession — all of the veterinarians. Usually qualified in terms of area, e.g. country or international. See also profession (2).
v. science — the study of the diseases and health maintenance of animals. This can only be a generalization because veterinary science is really what veterinarians do and are trained to do as well as it can be done. In some countries this includes what in other countries is classified as animal husbandry, especially the nutrition and breeding of farm animals and in the context of production efficiency unrelated to the health of the animals.
v. services — includes veterinary practice, further subdivided into primary accession, consultant or specialist, advisory, contract, species specialist, government veterinary services in a preventive veterinary context, trouble-shooting services to back up services such as artificial insemination, drug and feed sales and domiciliary or house-call practice.
v. specialists — veterinarians who provide services to other veterinarians in special areas, e.g. surgery, ophthalmology, radiology, anesthesiology, pathology, theriogenology and internal medicine, and at a higher level of expertise than the general practitioner could attempt to provide.
V. State Board — set up under the registering Act to administer it. The constitution varies from elected veterinarians to veterinarians appointed by government, to a mixture of appointed and elected veterinarians and nonveterinarians. The function of the Board is to ensure that the level of veterinary professional service to the community is at the level that the public desires and the government authorizes.
v. surgeon — 1. any qualified veterinarian.
V. Surgeon's Act — legislation to empower a Veterinary Board to regulate the provision of veterinary services to the community.
v. surgery — the study of the surgical diseases (those dealt with principally by surgical means) of animals.
v. technicians — see veterinary assistant (above). A term used commonly in the USA.
v. toxicology — the study of the poisons and poisonings affecting animals.

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