Back to Glossary

clinical veterinary practice

Clinical veterinary practice in veterinary medicine refers to the directly treating, hands-on veterinary work with individual animals or herds. It includes diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and preventive medicine and is the most common field of employment for licensed veterinarians.

lateinisch curare = heilen, pflegen

Kurative, praktizierender Tierarzt

clinical veterinary practice

Clinical practice is distinguished from non-clinical fields: public veterinary medicine, food monitoring, research, industry, and administration.

Within clinical practice a further distinction is made by animal species: small animal, equine, farm animal, and mixed practice. This choice shapes day-to-day professional life more than any other decision made during the degree programme.

Personally guided by Marcel Kloos, founder of Medschool Experts, from your first consultation to the start of your career.

Book a free consultation

Free and no obligation.