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Veterinarians
Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Includes veterinarians who conduct research and development, inspect livestock, or care for pets and companion animals.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.Mostly human for now
- 02Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.Mostly human for now
- 03Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.Mostly human for now
- 04Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.Mostly human for now
- 05Operate diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic or ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Educate the public about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Counsel clients about the deaths of their pets or about euthanasia decisions for their pets.Mostly human for now
- 08Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or treatment options.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Euthanize animals.Mostly human for now
- 10Attend lectures, conferences, or continuing education courses.AI could speed this up a lot
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss9%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
27%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 52% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.
- Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.
- Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.