A veterinarian (vet) is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine. They manage a wide range of health conditions and injuries in non-human animals. Along with this, veterinarians also play a role in animal reproduction, health management, conservation, husbandry and breeding and preventive medicine like nutrition, vaccination and parasitic control as well as biosecurity and zoonotic disease surveillance and prevention.
Emergency Vets is a reality television series that aired on Animal Planet. First aired in 1998, it depicts the working and outside lives of the veterinarians at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado, plus the animals that they treat. At its peak of popularity, Emergency Vets alternated with The Crocodile Hunter as Animal Planet's most popular show.
The New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University is a college of veterinary medicine at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1894. It is the first statutory college of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
The Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences is the veterinary school of Texas A&M University, a public research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1916 and is one of only 31 colleges or schools of veterinary medicine in the United States and Canada. It is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 veterinary schools in the country, according to U.S. News. The school offers an undergraduate program in Biomedical Sciences, a professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, and numerous graduate programs relating to veterinary medicine and epidemiology.
Alameda East Veterinary Hospital is a veterinary hospital located in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Dr. Jeff Werber, DVM is an American veterinarian and veterinary medical journalist. Werber has hosted the television series Lassie's Pet Vet, as well as appearing as a pet-topic contributor on such programs as The Dr. Oz Show, Rachael Ray, and Fox & Friends.
Richard Raymond Nye is an American former professional baseball player who was a left-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1966–1970.
The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is one of the 11 degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. It is the country's first veterinary school.
Bondi Vet is an Australian factual television series. It follows the lives of veterinary surgeon Chris Brown at the Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital, and emergency veterinarian Lisa Chimes at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH), in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, commonly referred to as Penn Vet, is the veterinary school of the University of Pennsylvania. Penn Vet is one of only two Ivy League veterinary schools in the United States. The school was founded in 1884. It has two campuses; the main campus is located in Philadelphia, and a second campus is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. At the Philadelphia campus, first-, second-, and third-year veterinary students attend classes. It is also the home to numerous research facilities as well as the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, a veterinary teaching hospital. The school's second campus, New Bolton Center, is located on some 700 acres of rural Chester County, Pennsylvania, is home to the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals.
Veterinary medicine in the United States is the performance of veterinary medicine in the United States, normally performed by licensed medical professionals, and subject to provisions of statute law which vary by state. Veterinary medicine is normally led by veterinary physicians, termed veterinarians or vets, but also by paraveterinary workers, such as veterinary technicians, and veterinary assistants. This can be augmented by other paraprofessionals with specific specialties, such as animal physiotherapy or dentistry, and species-relevant roles such as farriers.
Greg J. Harrison is an American avian (bird) veterinarian who is noted for having established the US' first all-bird clinic, The Bird Hospital in Lake Worth, Florida. He later was a founder of the company HBD International, Inc. which manufactures the product line Harrison's Bird Foods. Harrison also was a main contributor and editor of several of the field's earliest and most well-known texts including, Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications and Clinical Avian Medicine. and the Avian Veterinary Compendium.
The Incredible Dr. Pol is an American reality television show on Nat Geo Wild that follows Dutch-American veterinarian Jan Pol and his family and employees at his practice in rural Weidman, Michigan. The series premiered October 29, 2011, and has two or three seasons every year.
Aloha Vet is an American factual television series that followed the late Dr. Scott Sims as he traveled Hawaii in the course of his veterinary career. Sims was in talks for a second season when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer, which he died of two months later on July 25, 2015.
Scott Sims DVM was an American veterinarian and television personality. He is best known for his factual television series Aloha Vet, which aired in 2015.
Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER is an American television series on the Nat Geo Wild network. It premiered on October 4, 2014, and follows Susan Kelleher, the titular Dr. K, and the veterinarians and staff of the Broward Avian and Exotic Animal Hospital located in Deerfield Beach, Florida. An eighth season premiered in September 2019. A separate series, titled Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER: Gloves Off!, premiered in 2016 and consists of enhanced episodes of the original series.
Jan-Harm Pol is a Dutch-American veterinarian who stars on the reality television show The Incredible Dr. Pol on Nat Geo Wild.
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet is an American television series on Nat Geo Wild. The show premiered April 4, 2014. The show stars Dr. Michelle Oakley and follows her adventures usually around her home base of Haines Junction, Yukon and Haines, Alaska. She studied Zoology at the University of Michigan, getting her degree in 1991. She then attended the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, Canada and interned at the Calgary Zoo. In 2023, the show entered its 11th season.
Dr. Ole Alcumbrac, DMV is a wildlife veterinarian known for hosting The Wild Life of Dr. Ole on Nat Geo Wild and Wild Ops on The Outdoor Channel. He is recipient of an Emmy Award for his production and hosting work on The Jaguar Project.
