Veterinary medicine, also called veterinary science, medical specialty concerned with the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting the health of domestic and wild animals and with the prevention of transmission of animal diseases to people.
Below is the Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine Salary In Ghana
A person working in Pet Care in Ghana typically earns around 4,100 GHS per month.
Salaries range from 2,510 GHS (lowest average) to 6,790 GHS (highest average, the actual maximum salary is higher).
Salaries for specific jobs
| Job Title | Average Salary |
| Animal Breeder | 4,660 GHS |
| Animal Caretaker | 2,930 GHS |
| Animal Control Officer | 3,130 GHS |
| Animal Health Technician | 3,470 GHS |
| Animal Scientist | 6,350 GHS |
Is Doctor of Veterinary Medicine a bachelor’s degree?
The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) is a six-year graduate degree program consisting of a two-year preparatory (pre-vet) and a four-year proper curriculum.
Students who wish to pursue the DVM program should complete the pre-veterinary program before proceeding to the four-year veterinary proper.
Are vets more qualified than doctors?
It’s a fallacy that it takes as long to train as a vet than as a doctor – the veterinary degree takes five years, just as the medical degree does, but then medical doctors have at least another two years of on-the-job training before they are fully qualified. Vets are just thrown in at the deep end.
Can veterinarians write prescriptions for humans?
Dangerous Drugs, which means any drug unsafe for self-use in humans or animals.
They include the following:
Veterinarians are the only health care professionals who are legally allowed to prescribe, dispense or furnish dangerous drugs to animals, after meeting certain requirements.