Profession · Veterinary Medicine

Specialist veterinarian in Germany

Also called: veterinary specialist, board-certified veterinarian

A specialist veterinarian completes advanced training in a narrow field such as surgery or small animal medicine after the basic degree and handles complex cases.

Fachtierarzt/-ärztinSpecialist training after university

Facts

In GermanFachtierarzt/-ärztin

Path into the professiona university degree, then specialist training on the job

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Tierarzt/Tierärztin

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