What Do Veterinarians Do?

Today for fun, I typed “What do veterinarians do?” in Google and started a search.  What I found were statements like “…veterinarians diagnose and treat the diseases of animals”.  Ugh!  That’s a lot like doing an Internet search on birds and reading “birds fly”.  I guess it’s correct but all the fascinating facts are missing.  The fun is in discovering the details.

Quickly written summaries hide all the color and fun of any topic you are trying to explore.  You really need to dig deep to find the fascinating facts on any topic.  For example, when you invest the time to research birds you find out that:

- The Peregrine falcon can reach speeds up to 100 miles per hour when it dives
- Migratory birds fly in formation to conserve energy
- The round trip of an Arctic Tern’s migration is typically around 25,000 miles
- The Horned Sungem, a hummingbird, beats its wings about 90 times a second

Pretty cool stuff.  What makes it even better is when you look at the photographs and videos on these birds. Wow!

What do veterinarians do?  I have been a veterinarian for many years.  Now that I am visiting other animal doctors as they practice, I realize that I am still discovering all that veterinarians do.  Veterinarians all love animals but they all have seemed to have found their own unique way of caring for their patients.  It really has been fun discovering all the unique things that my colleagues do.

Today, we are posting our latest video, Meet Zoo Veterinarians.  Through this video, you will see first hand what these special veterinarians do.  Sure they “diagnose and treat the diseases of animals” but they do it in very special ways.  The animals they treat are unique and they have found unique ways to care for them.  They are also involved in so many other things like conservation and education.  What a fantastic way to spend your day!

So take and look and see for yourself what zoo veterinarians do.  And remember, the fun is in discovering the details.

 

 

 

Dr. Chris