I Believe in Animal Technicians

Abstract

Do you believe in loxatrema ovatum? Do you believe in phalocrosis? I can't answer those questions because I don't know what the words mean. When a veterinarian tells me he doesn't believe in animal technicians, I have to wonder if he really understands the terminology. The definition of an animal technician as accepted by AVMA is as follows: “An animal technician is a person knowledgeable in the care and handling of animals, in the basic principles of normal and ab-normal life processes, and in routine laboratory and animal health care procedures. He or she is primarily an assistant to veterinarians, biological research workers, and other scientists.”