Do you love animals? Have you always gravitated towards animals and enjoy helping them? If you answered yes, then you may be interested in working with animals as a career. A Veterinary Assistant is a great career for someone interested in helping animals. Your job is to take car of all types of animals form pets to farm animals to exotic animals.

Being A Veterinary Assistant

As a Vet Assistant, you will be responsible for feeding and examining the animals, cleaning and disinfecting areas, administering medication, sterilizing equipment and preparing samples for viewing.

This is a great starting point if you want to become a Veterinarian in the future. By starting as an assistant you will work closely to a Veterinarian and see what kinds of procedures, duties and responsibilities are given.

Starting wage for Veterinarian Assistants range from $9.98 to $11.98 depending on the area and what kinds of duties are required.

Where To Go To School

You can find many colleges and technical schools that offer programs for Veterinary Assistant. There are many online schools as well such as Gatlin Educational Services and U.S Career Institute.