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Only about 10 percent of veterinarians have met the requirements to become a specialist in a particular area. Beyond an undergraduate education and four years of veterinary school, board-certified veterinary specialists have an additional three to five years of advanced training in a particular area of veterinary medicine. Their knowledge and skills in a particular field have been evaluated and recognized by individual specialty organizations that have been accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

Veterinarians can choose to specialize in any of the following areas: anesthesiology, behavior, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, emergency and critical care, epidemiology, internal medicine, microbiology (which encompasses bacteriology/mycology, immunology, and virology), neurology, nutrition, oncology, ophthalmology, pathology, pharmacology, radiology, surgery, theriogenology (reproduction), and toxicology—and that’s not even a complete list. There are also specialties in avian, equine, and feline medicine; food-animal, dairy, and swine health management; laboratory animal medicine; and zoology. There is a shortage of specialists, especially in the teaching field, so just about any specialty is a good career opportunity.