Show early veterinarians ancient egypt greece and rome had veterinarians but then they concerned themselves with horses the only animals deemed valuable enough to merit medical care most important to the ancients were their armies and horses composed a big part ot of their armies the first college tor for veterinarians was established in france in 1761 in america almost a century later then came the machine age and horses lost their value veterinarians became fewer ewer and fewer but the recent in increase ot of valued pet dogs and cats sa saved cd the profession veterinarians have own medical association and must study three or four our years in a recognized college to become members student vets study all domestic animals but often specialize in one or even one breed of dogs |