How do I get into veterinary obstetrics?
First of all, they don’t call it obstetrics and gynecology in veterinary medicine. It’s called theriogenology. It’s concerned with reproductive medicine and mostly deals with artificial insemination. And it’s mostly large animal oriented. For the most part, once they’re inseminated they have the babies on their own and don’t really need a vet unless there’s a problem. If you want to go to tech school, it’s a two year program offered by some community colleges. Make sure to pick one that’s accredited by the AVMA. But, I’m not sure how involved technicians are with theriogenology. If you want to go to vet school, you can take some classes at a community college, but you’d have to transfer to a four year university for your upper level science pre-requisites. There are only 28 vet schools in the US and admittance is very competitive. Every vet school has a different set of requirements by they add up to about 70 credit hours. They’re going to be a lot of chemistry, biology and physics. Af
