http://www.heritageanimal.com Devoted to Your Pet’s Health Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:30:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.heritageanimal.com/2010/04/national-veterinary-technician-week/ http://www.heritageanimal.com/2010/04/national-veterinary-technician-week/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:32:49 +0000 Heritage http://beta.heritageanimal.com.php5-15.websitetestlink.com/national-veterinary-technician-week National Veterinary Technician Week has been celebrated annually since 1993 to recognize veterinary technicians nationwide for their contributions as members of the veterinary health care team. To help celebrate this week we are highlighting the veterinary technician members of our team at Heritage Animal Hospital. The Certified Vet Techs on our staff all attended school at Madison Area Technical College as part of the Veterinary Technician Program. This involves 2 years of schooling and a summer internship in between. There is now an accredited school in FonDuLac offering the program. The Fox Valley Animal Referral Center offers a course in veterinary assisting. After graduation from the Vet Tech Program, a Vet Tech must pass a written state exam to become certified. They are also required to have 15 hours of Continuing Education biannually to maintain their license. The Veterinary Assistants on our staff have been trained on the job. They can do many things that our Vet Techs do such as restraining pets, run laboratory tests and helping with x-rays. They are also cross-trained to help out in the reception area as needed. The Vet Techs at Heritage are like a nurse, x-ray tech, pharmacy tech, lab tech, surgical and anesthesia nurse and dental hygienist all rolled into one! This is definitely a job for a multi-tasker as we are usually trying to do several of these things at one time. Veterinary Technicians can also be found working in biomedical research, the military, sales industry, education and zoos.

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