Intro to Vet Nursing

AVMA- American veterinary medical association

AAHA- American animal hospital association

NAVTA- national association of veterinary technicians in America

AAVSB- American association of veterinary state boards

CVTEA- committee on veterinary technician education & activities

AVTE- association of veterinary technician educators

AALAS- American association for laboratory animal science

RVT- registered vet tech

CVT- certified vet tech

LVT- licensed vet tech

DVM- doctor of veterinary medicine

VMD- veterinary medical doctor (university of Pennsylvania)

VA- veterinary assistant

OJT- on the job trained

bitch- intact female canine

Stud- intact male canine

Queen- intact female feline

Tom- intact male feline

Sow- female porcine that has given birth

Gilt- female porcine that has never given birth

Boar- intact male porcine

Barrow- castrated male porcine

Heifer- female bovine that has never been pregnant

Cow- female bovine that has given birth

Bull- intact male bovine

steer- castrated male bovine