The Difference Between Veterinary Medicine and Pet Medicine

Veterinarians are the traditional collective term for those who work in the animal medical profession. Veterinary medicine is a new profession that became popular in mainland China in the 1980s. Simply put, traditional veterinarians can theoretically treat all animals other than humans, pigs, cows, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs and cats, etc., in the past, there are many veterinarians in the countryside, to the village to raise economic animals for treatment, Chinese and Western medicines, it can be said that the village veterinarians are also part of the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, can be simple to treat some of the people's minor problems. Pet medicine is considered a branch of veterinary medicine, generally specialized, only on a certain kind of animal in-depth study, now the city's animal hospitals are of this type, more dogs and cats, but also exotic pets, lizards, snakes, hamsters, guardians, parrots ...... These all need a very deep specialization, so all are postgraduate or above to engage in these clinics. In 2009, the mainland began to carry out veterinary qualification certification, a unified examination. Roughly, the pass rate is about 15, later, then it will be more and more standardized, like other professions like licensing, of course, will be gradually subdivided.