A professional who inspects animals for presence of disease. Responsibilities include:

• Performs standard clinical tests and submits specimens of tissues and other parts for laboratory analysis.
• Reports existence of disease conditions to state and federal authorities.
• Advises livestock owners of economic aspects of disease eradication and advises consumers of public health implications of diseases transmissible from animals to humans.
• May institute and enforce quarantine or other regulations governing import, export, and interstate movement of livestock.
• Required to hold degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.