Veterinarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries. Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery. Inoculate animals against various diseases such as rabies and distemper. Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.

Salary: The best-paid veterinarians earned $149,530, while the lowest-paid earned $53,270. Veterinarians working in scientific research tend to be among the highest paid.

Education: Veterinarians are required to complete a four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program in addition to undergraduate school. These professionals are also required to obtain licensure to practice in the profession.

Reflection: I would want to be a veterinarian because you get to help animals. I would also want to be a vet because they get paid good and I like dogs.