Quicklook at Vets

Bob Lehner has worked with everything from hamsters to horses, as well as having had experience in the pharmaceuticals industry, commercial deer farming and zoo animals. Bob was born and brought up in Kenya, coming to the UK in 1969 to study veterinary medicine at Edinburgh University. After qualifying, he remained in Edinburgh and gained a PhD in parasite immunology. He then went into veterinary practice, where he spent most of his career as a partner in a multi-vet, mixed, hospital-based practice in Hertfordshire. He retired from his position as senior partner in 2005, but continues to work part time in practice. He is also an inspector for the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme, which helps to regulate the profession. Since retiring he has also worked with an animal charity in Botswana, neutering feral dogs.

1.Man and animals. 2.What is veterinary medicine? 3.The history of veterinary medicine. 4.The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). 5.Training to be a vet. 6.Veterinary nursing. 7.Vets in practice. 8.Types of practice. 9.Other career options. 10.A typical mixed practice. 11.A day in the life of a veterinary nurse. 12.A case that needed specialist treatment. 13.The future.