Online Veterinarian Technician & Assistant Schools, Degrees & Courses
Veterinarians held about 58,000 jobs in 2002. About 28 percent were
self-employed in solo or group practices. Most others were salaried employees of
another veterinary practice. The Federal Government employed about 1,100
civilian veterinarians, chiefly in the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and
Health and Human Services. Other employers of veterinarians are State and local
governments, colleges of veterinary medicine, medical schools, research
laboratories, animal food companies, and pharmaceutical companies. A few
veterinarians work for zoos, but most veterinarians caring for zoo animals are
private practitioners who contract with zoos to provide services, usually on a
part-time basis. |