Becoming a pet surgeon...?

Question

How many years does it take to become a pet surgeon and what classes would be necessary to get there? How much do they make yearly?

Answer 1

A board certified veterinary surgeon must complete at least 2 years of an undergraduate degree in biology, chemistry, or some medical-related field. Then, you must be accepted into veterinary college, which is four years of training. Then, you do one year of internship and (usually) three years of residency before qualifying to write your final board certification exam. After a minimum of 10 years of school, you become a surgeon. It is a wonderful and fascinating field of study, but you are somewhat limited in regards to where you can work. Usually only major referral hospitals and teaching hospitals have the money to employ surgeons. If you want to pursue a veterinary career, consider becoming a general practitioner. You get to do surgery AND all the other stuff too! You see appointments for vaccines, you see hit by car emergencies, you do spays and neuters, if you want you can get extra training in specialized surgical procedures and do those, too. I wish you all the luck in the world. If this is truly what you want to do, it is the most rewarding career you can choose. I know because I'm in it. I love practising small animal companion medicine. And I absolutely love doing surgery. Welcome to the profession... don't lose focus and keep your spirits up!!

Answer 2

Depends on what country you are in. If you are in the states you have to take required science courses: Chemistry (2 semesters), Organic Chemistry (2 semesters), Physics (2 semesters), Genetics, English, History, Communications, Animal science courses ... sorry I'm starting to forget what I took. But each vet school has it's own requirements that you take in college. For many vet schools you don't even need a bachlor's degree just get A's and B+'s in each of the required courses. Then you have to take the GREs and get a certain score. So if you are accepted into vet school in the states it's another 4 years. If you are in the UK they take exams after high school and then go to vet school (if accepted) for five years. If this is your plan work hard, get good experience but above all get at least a 3.75 in required courses in undergrad to even be able to compete with other people applying, but shoot for a 4.0. Starting salary out of vet school is about $50,000 - $75,000 depending on what area of vet med you are going into and what area of the country you are working in.

Answer 3

6-8 yrs of college & 1-2 yrs of internship/rotation. biology, chemistry, comparative anatomy&physiology, pathology, etc. as for salery-it depends on the location & the size of the animal

Answer 4

i think 7 years I'm not sure