Veterinary Specialties

[Saddlebred29]

I am looking at some equine related specialties such as therogenology and sports medicine and rehabilitation. Anyone know about salaries and/or job outlooks for these? Anyone have one of these? If so, what's your job like? Thanks.

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[cheerio280]

I'm sure there are people on here who can say more about this than me, but here's my 2c:

Since these are specialties, it's pretty likely that salaries will be higher and these jobs will be harder to come by. I can't give you any numbers on that though. Also, in order to become a diplomate, you'd pretty much have to do a 1 year internship, 3 year residency, and pass the exam. Keep in mind that you don't need to be a diplomate to practice in therio or sports medicine though- plenty of vets work in these areas without it to some extent. For example, you can still breed mares without being an ACT diplomate, but you probably wouldn't be doing embryo transfers.

I'd check out these websites for more info:
http://www.theriogenology.org/
http://vsmr.org/

 

[Rainheart]

I'm actually interested in therio as well, but not in the horse world. I have been talking with a few therio people here at the vet school to get a better idea on residencies and such. So, I'll be following this thread a bit- if anyone has any other kind of information, that would be awesome!

From what I talked to with the professors here- they said that you need to pick an area of therio (if that is large animal, horses, small animal, whatever...) If you want to do it all- pickings are very slim for those residencies.

 

[Saddlebred29]

Yes, I have checked out the website and such. If anyone has a career or is in vet school and has done something in these fields please respond and we can talk. I just want to get a feel for the jobs. Thanks.

 

[anesthtc]

I am looking at some equine related specialties such as therogenology and sports medicine and rehabilitation. Anyone know about salaries and/or job outlooks for these? Anyone have one of these? If so, what's your job like? Thanks.

obviously fewer positions but if you manage to stick it out and find someone looking for a specialist you'll be paid a bit better. just be careful not to assume that grabbing a certification will bump up your pay anywhere you go. for the most part your gains will be restricted to the specialty you chose.
so if you can find some place that will want you, go for it. if not, don't waste the time/money unless you have your heart set on it.