Career Counselling for 12th Class

Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry

Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal (B.VS AH)good scope & career options are diverse. Today’s students are very well known with the importance of the live stocks & hence choose to opt for B.VS AH. It’s the best career option for animal lovers. This field requires humans with professional skills to handle & take care of animals. The career scope in veterinary science & Animal Husbandry is large & growing fast in this modern era. This article will provide you with detailed information about the scope & vast diversity of this field.

B. VSc AH

Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc & AH), is the branch of science, of caring & treating diseases of animals. It includes animal physiology & the prevention of diseases. It is an undergraduate course. Professionals in this field are called Veterinary doctors. It also involves handling of scientific breeding of live stocks. It is a 5 years long Undergraduate Degree program & 6 months of mandatory internships. Students are taught important subjects like Animal Anatomy, Physiology, Animal Diseases, and Animal Nutrition, etc. The list of subjects is pretty long. Animal Husbandry is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to various types of animals. Students who wish to perceive this degree should have some traits like-

Have patience
Should be focused
Observation skills
Love towards animals

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria are you should have passed 10+2 with subjects biology, physics & chemistry from recognized boards or University. A minimum 50% mark is required in the above-mentioned subjects to be considered eligible to pursue this course. Relaxations in minimum marks are provided to SC/ST and OBC category students.

Universities

There are many universities offering education for B. VSC AH. Some of the topmost colleges are:

Admission process(2023)

The admission process will be done through NEET (National Eligibility Entrance Test). But this year due to the pandemic outbreak there is been a delay in the examination of NEET. Hence most of the colleges in the below-mentioned states have conducted their own entrance exams. Some colleges may check student’s skills through an entrance test. But this year due to pandemic some states are conducting entrance exams on their own, like Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa, etc.

Post graduate courses

Various institutions provide diverse programs in the concerned filed, like post-graduation or research projects. Postgraduate options in the concerned field are:

M.Sc. Animal Genetics and Breeding, M.Sc. Animal Husbandry
M.Sc. Animal Nutrition, M.Sc. Animal Production Management
M.Sc. Poultry Production, M.Sc. Animal Health and Welfare
Master of Veterinary Science, Master of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology
Master of Veterinary Microbiology, Master of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology
Master of Veterinary Public Health, Master of Veterinary Surveillance
Master of Tropical Veterinary Science

Employment areas

Experts & professional may get jobs in private as well as Government sectors. There are numerous job opportunities in the concerned field, like- Anesthetists, Animal Care, and Service Workers, Animal Inspectors, Biological Scientists, Chiropractors, Dentists, Optometrists, Pharmacy Research Scientists, Physicians, Podiatrists, Radiologists, Specialists, Surgeons, Veterinary Technologists, and Technicians.

Food Processing Industries also hires Veterinary Science graduates to take care of Quality control, Livestock healthcare, and Livestock management activities. In the food processing field they can opt for:

Food animal veterinarians – Here, veterinarians treat the illness and injuries of farm animals like pig, cattle, ships, and literate the farm owners about food and other health practices.
Food safety & Inspection Veterinarians – This type of veterinarians is generally involved in the research of finding and preventing diseases that is transmissible among animals and between animals and humans.

Salary

The average starting salary is INR 3-4 Lakhs.
Veterinary doctors are paid in between 5.87-10 lakhs/ annum.
Animal research Scientists are paid in between 5.42-14 lakhs/ annum.

Veterinarians are in high demand in countries like Canada, the USA & many more. Veterinary doctors are in great demand in the estates & dairy farms. Veterinary scientists occupy important positions in biological, chemical, agriculture & pharmaceutical research. In many countries, equine veterinary medicine is also a specialized field. Only a person that loves a challenge would take on patients that can’t tell them where it hurts. Be proud to be a veterinarian.