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name: specialised-veterinarian
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'specialised veterinarian' (also: zoological medicine veterinarian, emergency medicine veterinarian, poultry veterinary scientist, sports medicine and rehabilitation veterinarian, diagnostic imaging veterinarian, wildlife health management veterinarian). Use when the user asks for typical specialised veterinarian work such as: Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public.; Conduct research concerning animal nutrition, breeding, or management to improve products or processes.; Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts."
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# Specialised Veterinarian

Specialised veterinarians are professionals with a comprehensive scientific education. They have the authority to carry out, in an independent, ethical and personally responsible capacity, all aspects of veterinary medicine, in the interest of the health and welfare of animals and public health in accordance with national and international legislation. In addition they need a recognized qualification and/or experience in a specific species and/or veterinary procedure.

## Core workflow

1. Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public.
2. Conduct research concerning animal nutrition, breeding, or management to improve products or processes.
3. Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts.
4. Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials.
5. Study effects of management practices, processing methods, feed, or environmental conditions on quality and quantity of animal products, such as eggs and milk.
6. Develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, or parasite and disease control of animals.
7. Research and control animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality.

## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- anatomy of animals
- animal behaviour
- animal production science
- animal welfare
- animal welfare legislation
- apply animal hygiene practices
- apply safe work practices in a veterinary setting
- apply specialised veterinary knowledge
- apply veterinary epidemiology
- assess animal behaviour
- biosecurity related to animals
- certify the performance of veterinary procedures
- collect samples from animals
- communicate specialised veterinary information
- conduct ante-mortem veterinary health inspection

## Hot technologies

- SAS
- Tableau
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 47 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-19):

- ultrasound — 15 %
- MRI — 13 %
- CT — 11 %
- VETgirl — 11 %
- CT scanner — 9 %
- digital radiography — 9 %
- Plumb’s Veterinary Drugs — 9 %
- endoscopy — 6 %
- fluoroscopy — 6 %
- Lyra — 6 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/08984bec-31d8-4bb0-aa2f-d557761ff029), O*NET 30.3 (19-1011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*