Definition of Veterinary Medicine

The Veterinary Medicine is the discipline doctor who is dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of diseases and conditions that attack all animals, whether domestic, wild or of production.

Just as medicine that deals with human beings, that which is exclusively oriented to animals has a very long history as well and it has to do precisely with the historical and long-standing relationship between men and animals.

Over the years and thanks to the introduction of new technologies and the development of therapies, Veterinary Medicine managed to grow and strengthen remarkably.

Nor can we ignore that the fantastic spread of pets, such as cats and dogs, contributed to the growth mentioned, because as the pet is another member of the family who becomes ill and requires care, greatly increased the demand for consultations.

It should be noted that today Veterinary Medicine also deals with control the food and the health centers in which the animals are cared for, to prevent zoonosis, which is the contagion of any

On the other hand, Veterinary Medicine stands in a close collaborator of Human Medicine at the time of the preparation of vaccines and serums and in all that inherent to the care of the environment and his Balance, for example, defending the health of human beings, monitoring and preventing animal diseases that may also affect them and on the other hand, those that affect the animals themselves and that can cause in the most extreme cases the disappearance of the species.

The professional who exercises this discipline is called a veterinarian and in order to exercise it, they are required to have received in accordance with the Veterinary career.