vet assistant
Clinic support staff
A vet assistant helps veterinarians and veterinary technicians care for animals in clinics, hospitals, and shelters.
Duties typically include restraining animals during exams, cleaning kennels, feeding patients, and handling basic administrative tasks.
The position requires less formal training than a veterinary technician: She started as a vet assistant while studying for her technician certification.
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- lab coatProtective work garment
- animalMulticellular motile organism
- petDomesticated household companion
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
wagging tail · cat · wet nose · kennel · leash · scrubs · stethoscope · exam table · needle · vaccine · flea treatment · surgery · cone of shame · examine · restrain · blood draw · comfort · fur
vet assistantveterinarian
Doctor for animals
vet · veterinary surgeon · DVM
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