Are Vets Called Doctors. Young Vet Doctor Image & Photo (Free Trial) Bigstock The main issue is that all vet schools are assessed on an individual basis by national veterinary associations. Doctors and Vets are both highly intelligent individuals who have studied their field of science for many years to get where they are today, however, their chosen subjects are incredibly different
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A veterinarian conducts a surgery on a domestic cat Veterinarians practicing in the United Kingdom are now doctors, but only if they want to be one
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However, let's take a deeper look at vets and how they differ from other doctors so we can see what makes them similar The vet program is 4 years and the undergraduate is 3-4 years Vets, vet nurses and the public voted for vets to be doctors
Veterinarian House Call with Doctor Dog Owner and Animal Stock Image Image of patient, owner. A veterinarian conducts a surgery on a domestic cat However, let's take a deeper look at vets and how they differ from other doctors so we can see what makes them similar
Animal Hospital Palisades Veterinary Clinic Washington DC. Until now we have been plain "Mr" and we were "mister" because we were surgeons in the same way as medical consultant surgeons revert to "mister" from "doctor" The decision to change to "Dr" was democratic: the RCVS carried out a consultation process, receiving the opinions of over 11000 people, 74% from vets, vet students and veterinary nurse, and 26% from the public.Overall, 81% were in favour of vets becoming "doctors", 13% were against, and 6% did not mind either way.