Reading for Future Vets

For Youth Interested in Becoming Veterinarians

YA indicates books for young adults.

Jane Caryl Duncan. Careers in Veterinary Medicine. Rosen Pub. Group (New York, N.Y.), 1988. Call # 636.08902373 D912c
Loretta Gage. If Wishes Were Horses. St. Martin's Press (New York, N.Y.), 1993 (First Edition). Call # 636.089092 G121I (YA)
David Grant. A Year in the Life of the Animal Hospital. Simon & Schuster (London), 1998. Call # 636.089092 G767y (YA)
Lee Gutkind . An Unspoken Art: Profiles of Veterinary Life. Henry Holt & Co. (New York, N.Y.), 1997. Call # 636.0890922 G985U (YA)
Joseph Hahn. So You Want to be a Veterinarian. CEPS/Veterinary Extension Pet Column, Week of April 7, 1997.
Stephanie Maze. I Want to Be a Veterinarian. Harcourt Brace & Co. (San Diego), 1999.
Occupational Outlook Handbook. U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Washington, D.C.)
Comments: See in particular the following chapters: Veterinarians, Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers, Veterinary Technologists and Technicians, and Animal Care and Service Workers.
Sarah Probst. NASA Veterinarian Gives Advice on Veterinary Career. CEPS/Veterinary Extension Pet Column, Week of March 8, 1999.
Sarah Probst. So You Want to be a Veterinary Technician. CEPS/Veterinary Extension Pet Column, Week of August 23, 1999