Monday's How To Be A Veterinarian, Part 1: Careers in Veterinary Medcine

There are many types of veterinarians; the field is much more versatile than a lot of people know! Some depend on if you get board certification, which usually requires a residency; more on that later. There are also military positions available, private industry, and many others. Here's a list of some of the fields you can enter.

DVM

Small animal veterinarians
Equine veterinarians
Food animal veterinarians
Food safety and inspection veterinarians
Research veterinarians
Professors, etc
DVM with Board Certification (for specialization)

Alternative medicine
Anesthesiology
Animal behavior
Animal welfare
Birds (pet and ornamental)
Bovine
Canine
Cardiology
Chiropractic
Clinical pathology
Clinical pharmacology
Dentistry
Dermatology
Diagnostic imaging
Equine
Emergency and critical care
Exotics
Feline
Internal medicine
Laboratory animal medicine
Microbiology
Neurology
Nutrition
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Parasitology
Pathology
Poultry
Preventive medicine
Radiology
Reptile and amphibian
Shelter medicine
State veterinary medicine
Sports medicine
Surgery
Theriogenology
Toxicology
Zoo animals and wildlife
You can make a veterinary career as rewarding as you like! There are so many ways to be a vet that just about any personality type would fit in. My colleagues are all very different but we mesh so well.