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This is an ideal career for analytical and logical thinkers. Veterinarians give clinical advice and diagnose illness or injuries in all types of animals. You provide treatment and surgery if necessary.
You also give advice on ways to prevent the occurrence or spread of disease and provide information about ways to help keep animals healthy and productive.

Salary p/a
40k - 80k +

Qualifications
Degree

Intensity
Standing
Active

Demand
High

Travel
Medium

Conditions
Indoors & Outdoors

Weekly Hours
50-60

Pros

Get to love and work with animals
Meet many different people
Helping people enhance the relationship they have with their pets

Cons

Long irregular hours
Many hours spent studying/learning
Putting animals down

The Bottom Line

The long, irregular hours and tough university course are quickly forgotten when you nurse animals back to good health and witness the love and bond those animals share with their owners. This is an emotionally based career and for many a labour of love.

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