what kind of surgery does a vet have to do?

Question

hello i just wanted to know what types of surgery a vet do because i want to study that but i need to know if they have to open their bodies an do something with their heart or any part of their body. i would like exacly what things i have to do as vet. thanx!

Answer 1

Well, once you graduate from medical school, you don't have to do any surgeries. You can work in research or other fields of vet medicine that don't require surgeries.

You need to understand the becoming a veterinarian requires two college degrees generally. You will first need to graduate college with the B.S. degree in a life science or pre-vet med. And then go to medical school. Just to get a undergraduate degree requires LOTS and LOTS of opening up animal bodies and studying their parts. This is called dissection and you do a bunch of it in college.

In order to graduate vet medical school you will have to perform surgeries on live animals.

I have been seeing this question a lot lately and I have to wonder how can you want to be a doctor if you can't stand the sight of internal organs and blood. How will you know how to help an animal if you have no idea what is going on inside their bodies and where their organs are?

Also remember there are over 3000 applicants for every spot in vet med school. You better do great in math and science.

Answer 2

A vet will literally have to do everything. In a basic day, we see many abcesses. Those are wounds that have become infected & are now making the animal very ill. If you have a pet that presents with tumors, no matter where they are (heart included), you will need to biopsy and/or possibly remove. There's also cysts that can be anywhere. You may even have to remove a dog's anal glands because they are constantly infected. As a vet you will have to know every inch of the animals body whether your ever going to work on it or not. And you'll never know what you'll need because there's accidents rushed into the office at least once a week. The schooling to become a vet is basically the same as a doctor except that after getting the degree, then you have to go to veterinary school to learn all the specifics.

Answer 3

My first guess is proper grammar of the English language.

There are specialists in the field of veterinary medicine just as there are in human medicine, neurosurgeons, heart surgeons, etc., Some vets only perform surgery for spay and neuters. Others do more complicated surgeries.
Decide what kind of veterinary medicine you want to go into, there's equine vets, exotic vets, livestock vets and so on. Basic veterinary training will require some knowledge in all these areas. Research it on-line to find out if this is only a whim or you have the dedication to pursue a veterinary degree.

Answer 4

Vets need to do many kinds of surgery. Most, like a spay, involves opening the abdomen. Exploratory surgeries are common and involve opening the abdomen and looking all over inside for the problem.
There can be bone surgery,basic stitches,eye surgery....many different kinds.
If you cannot stand things like that, you do not want to be a vet.
There are other things like lancing abcesses and seeing streams of pus, and extracting maggots from dogs and cats bodies.
It is not a glamerous job!!!!!
Try seeing if you can watch surgery at a vet hospital. If you just cannot handle it, save the money you would spend at vet school!!!

Answer 5

in the vet hospital I work at vets perform pretty routine surgeries such as spay, castrations, dental cleanings and declaws. Other surgeries are lumpectomies, tumor removals, exploratories where they open up and search for any abnormalaties, unblock intestines when dogs swallow foreign objects etc. I saw the other day one of our vets remove an enormous tumor from a dog's belly, it was almost the size of a watermelon.I do admit I feel weak sometimes seeing all the blood, but I guess you kind of get used to it with time.

Answer 6

Most vets do spays, neuters, bone surgeries, spleen surgery, tumor removals, and intestinal surgeries. Heart surgery and more complicated surgeries are done by specialists that requires more schooling. If you want to be a vet, you have to have REALLY good grades and Vet school is MUCH harder to get into than human medical school.

Answer 7

"Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on animals by veterinarians. Some of the most common surgeries performed in general veterinary practices are spays and neuters.

In the United States, veterinary surgery is one of 20 veterinary specialties recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association.[1] Those wishing to become board-certified must preform a large number of large animal and small animal procedures in such categories as abdominal surgery, surgical treatment of angular limb deformities, arthroscopic surgery, surgery of the foot, fracture fixation, ophthalmic surgery, urogential surgery, and upper respiratory surgery."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinary_surgery

Answer 8

They have to do most surgeries, like spay/neuters, c-sections, surgeriers for bowel obstructions, removal of tumors, fixing luxating patellas, surgery for hip displaysia. Specialized surgeries like heart operations may have to be done by a specialized vet. My vet does just about every kind of surgery there is.

Answer 9

Generally, vet techs only assist with surgeries. However, they do perform dental cleanings.

Answer 10

All types. I'm planning on being a vet. You have to do proably ampuations, deliveries, fixing broken and injured limbs, removing forgien objects, emergency organ surgeries. All sorts of kinds. And yes, you will have to work on an organ.