What does a wildlife veterinarian do?

Question

I'm planning on going to vet school and I want to specialize in wildlife. But what does a wildlife vet do, besides wildlife rehabilitation clinics?

Answer 1

You have to be a animals lover? Your are going to spend the rest of your life with animals, wild animals! they will be part of your life. they are your families!

Answer 2

People call veterinarians. The vast range of people and places needing veterinary services include research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, zoos, dairies, swine farms, public health officials, feed industry, livestock industry, and pet owners, to name just some. Veterinary medicine is a great field because it encompasses so many different areas."

Pet owners are familiar with small animal practitioners. These veterinarians are skilled in medicine and surgery. They apply their skills to maintain the health and well-being of individual pets.

Typically a large animal veterinarian is concerned with the health and productivity of a group of animals rather than an individual animal. She or he works as part of the farm team to increase animal production by balancing nutrition, economics, and management, as well as by treating disease. A large animal veterinarian is also a vehicle for technology transfer and helps implement new ideas and ystems on farms so they become more efficient and profitable.

Answer 3

First I would like to clarify that its not a wildlife Veterinarian, its a Veterinarian that practices Zoological Medicine. Zoological medicine refers to the subspecialty of Veterinary medicine that addresses the care of captive zoo animals, free ranging wildlife species, aquatic animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and non-domestic companion animals. Zoological medicine incorporates principles of ecology, wildlife conservation, and veterinary medicine, and applies them to wild animals in natural and artificial environments. As a subspecialty of veterinary medicine in the United States, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has recognized the College of Zoological Medicine as the governing body of this specialty field since 1983. As such, zoological medicine is equivalent to other subspecialties of veterinary medicine (such as surgery, anesthesia, internal medicine, pathology, etc), which are recognized and governed by their particular colleges.

A specialist in zoological medicine recognized by the College of Zoological Medicine is called a diplomate. Board certified diplomates of the ACZM serve as zoo veterinarians, zoo managers, wildlife veterinarians, wildlife conservation agents, researchers, teachers, government officials, and other similar leadership roles.

Answer 4

I think that he does a lot of field work where the animals are, such as counting them, seeing if any are sick, and possibly even bringing food in the winter.

Answer 5

wildlife vets are basically specialist in exotic fauna and their systems..