Yes, this is a professional degree, I believe it takes 8+years,
A veterinarian is a doctor of medicine for animals. To qualify to be a veterinarian, a person needs to complete 4 years of college, and 3-5 years of veterinary school.
First you train to be regular veterinarian. Then you specialize. For some species, there is no formal training. You have to find a clinic that work with those animals, get employed there and learn from others.
No, Carnegie Mellon University does not have a school of veterinary medicine, so you can't train here to become a veterinarian. You could complete your undergraduate studies here, though.
The only Veterinarian course in New Zealand is at Massey University in Palmerston North. It is a full-time five year course and is recognized in many countries. See the related link below.
In the United States, no - you can go directly from vet school to practicing as a veterinarian in the profession. However, if you want to become board certified, you will typically have to complete a one-year internship before applying for the residency to train for the board certification test.
A doctor that treats animals is called a veterinarian.
To simply work as a veterinarian at Carnegie Mellon University, you would need to have a DVM or VMD degree (if you are a graduate of a US vet school), or the appropriate equivalent degree from an international vet school. However, if you want to train to become a veterinarian, you can't do that at Carnegie Mellon University - they do not have a school of veterinary medicine there. You could do your undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon, though.
In the United States, the initial training for a veterinarian is a minimum of 7 years of college - 3 years of undergraduate and 4 years of vet school. However, a veterinarian is never done learning (continuing to improve is part of the Veterinarian's Oath) and a veterinarian will be some form of training for the majority of his/her career.
Vegetarian rhymes with veterinarian.
veterinarian is not well respected among doctors. But a veterinarian knows animal's value.
"[v]et" is an abbreviation for "veterinarian" so, yes, you must be a veterinarian to be a vet.
"Veterinarian" is the original, and more proper, term; "vet" is an abbreviation of veterinarian.