veterinarian
Let an agent explain the veterinary profession and its specialisations, relay training, licensing and roles from professional and official sources, describe public health functions, and route animal health questions to veterinarians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the veterinary profession and its specialisations, relay training, licensing and roles from professional and official sources, describe public health functions, and route animal health questions to veterinarians.
A health professional who practises veterinary medicine, diagnosing, treating and preventing disease and injury in animals, in roles such as companion animal, equine, farm, avian and zoo veterinarians, specialists such as theriogenologists in animal reproduction, government veterinarians in public health and food safety, and historical practitioners such as the East Slavic konoval; veterinarians train for five to six years, are licensed by national bodies, and also protect public health through control of zoonoses and food inspection.
What it is for: Animal health and public health.
It can be explain the profession; relay training and licensing; describe specialisations and public roles; route animal health questions.
Distinguishing features
Licensed medical profession
Multiple species
Public health role
Specialisations
What it looks like
Not a visible object; clinicians in practices, farms, zoos and laboratories.
Physical character
veterinarians worldwide: about 1 million - estimates
training length: 5-6 years - typical
How it is recognised
Animal health professional
Companion, equine, farm, avian, zoo and government veterinarians; theriogenologists; historical konoval
Veterinary nurses and technicians assist; farriers and animal behaviourists are separate roles
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
practises - on animals
is licensed by - in each country
In practice
Families and kinds
companion animal veterinarians
equine veterinarians
farm and production animal veterinarians
avian, exotic and zoo veterinarians
specialists such as theriogenologists, surgeons and pathologists
government and public health veterinarians
historical practitioners such as the konoval
Identifiers
ISCO-08 2250 veterinarians
Standards and regulation
National veterinary licensing laws
WOAH standards on veterinary services
Veterinary codes of conduct
Animal welfare and medicines regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving specific animal treatment advice
Confusing veterinarians with technicians or other roles
Stale licensing information
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Animal emergencies first.
Safety.
Emergency
Animal emergencies.
Emergency
Emergency.
- What should an owner do in an animal emergency, and how are emergency veterinary services found? action
- Is the user describing a sick or injured animal, which needs a veterinarian now? boundary
Finding
Finding a veterinarian.
Finding
Finding.
- How can owners find licensed veterinarians and specialists? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific specialisation? action
Understand The profession.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and roles.
Definition
Definition.
- What does a veterinarian do, and how do companion, equine, farm, avian, zoo and government roles differ? definition
- Is the question about veterinarians, veterinary nurses or other animal professionals? boundary
Specialisations
Specialisations.
Specialisations
Specialisations.
- What are theriogenology and other veterinary specialties? definition
- Which entry fits theriogenology? action
Profession Training and regulation.
Regulation.
Training
Training and licensing.
Training
Training.
- How do veterinarians train and become licensed in different countries? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Public health
Public health.
Public health
Public health.
- How do veterinarians protect public health through zoonosis control and food inspection under One Health? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and wellbeing.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the profession develop from farriers and konovals to veterinary schools? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of veterinary medicine? action
Wellbeing
Profession wellbeing.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing.
- What does research say about stress and wellbeing in the veterinary profession, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits occupational wellbeing? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should veterinary medicine and zoo veterinarian be separate primary entries?
- How should professional body sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specialisations and a historical role; should they be split off?