该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 通过体格检查或实验室测试诊断个体动物、畜群和羊群的疾病或异常状况
• 通过开药、接骨、包扎伤口或进行手术来治疗生病或受伤的动物
• 为动物接种疫苗以预防和治疗疾病
• 进行例行、急诊和尸检
• 就动物的喂养、住房、行为、繁殖、卫生和一般护理向客户提供建议
• 提供一系列兽医服务，包括产科、牙科和安乐死
• 可以监督动物卫生技术人员和动物护理人员
• 可能负责动物医院、诊所或农场流动服务的整体运作
• 可从事动物营养、保健品开发、疾病防治等领域的兽医学研究
• 可以执行政府在疾病控制和食品生产方面的规定，包括动物或基于动物的食品检验。

• 兽医学博士

• 需要两年的兽医大学预科学习或完成健康科学的大学课程和四到五年的兽医学大学学位，并成功完成获得国家认证的考试。
• 需要获得省级执业执照。

• 兽医专家

• 需要完成兽医学学位和三到四年的额外研究生学习或他们选择的专业的住院医师计划。
• 兽医专家必须获得美国兽医内科学院 (ACVIM) 或美国兽医委员会 (ABVP) 的认可。在魁北克，他们必须获得魁北克兽医协会的认可，并且只有 18 个专科得到认可。
• 需要获得省级执业执照。

• 研究兽医

• 需要两年的兽医大学预科学习或完成健康科学的大学课程和四到五年的兽医学大学学位，并成功完成获得国家认证的考试。
• 进入研究职位可能需要研究生学习。
• 需要获得省级执业执照。

• 在其规定中，“魁北克兽医协会 (OMVQ)”仅承认以下专业：动物行为医学；实验动物医学；大型动物内科；大型动物手术；宠物内科；宠物手术；兽医麻醉学；兽医临床病理学；兽医皮肤科；兽医急救和重症监护；兽医学成像；兽医微生物学；兽医神经学；兽医肿瘤学；兽医眼科；兽医病理学；兽医动物遗传学；和动物医学​​。
• 兽医进行研究的职责可能与某些生物学家的职责相似。

• 动物卫生技师和兽医技师（32104）
• 生物学家和相关科学家（21110）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Diagnose diseases or abnormal conditions in individual animals, herds and flocks through physical examinations or laboratory tests
• Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds or performing surgery
• Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases
• Perform routine, emergency and post-mortem examinations
• Advise clients on feeding, housing, behaviour, breeding, hygiene and general care of animals
• Provide a range of veterinary services including obstetrics, dentistry and euthanasia
• May supervise animal health technologists and animal care workers
• May be responsible for overall operation of animal hospital, clinic or mobile service to farms
• May conduct veterinary research related to areas such as animal nutrition, health care products development and disease prevention and control
• May enforce government regulations in disease control and food production including animal or animal-based food inspection.

• Doctor of veterinary medicine

• Two years of pre-veterinary university studies or completion of a college program in health science and a four to five year university degree in veterinary medicine and successful completion of an examination leading to a national certification are required.
• A provincial licence to practice is required.

• Veterinary specialists

• Completion of a degree in veterinary medicine and three to four years of additional postgraduate studies or residency program in the specialty of their choice are required.
• Veterinary specialists must be accredited by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) or the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP). In Quebec, they must be accredited by the Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec and only 18 specialties are recognized.
• A provincial license to practice is required.

• Research veterinarian

• Two years of pre-veterinary university studies or completion of a college program in health science and a four to five year university degree in veterinary medicine and successful completion of an examination leading to a national certification are required.
• Entry into research positions may require postgraduate study.
• A provincial license to practice is required.

• In its regulations, the 'Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec (OMVQ)' recognizes only the following specialties: Animal behavioural medicine; Laboratory animal medicine; Large animal internal medicine; Large animal surgery; Pet internal medicine; Pet surgery; Veterinary anesthesiology; Veterinary clinical pathology; Veterinary dermatology; Veterinary emergency and intensive care; Veterinary medical imaging; Veterinary microbiology; Veterinary neurology; Veterinary oncology; Veterinary ophthalmology; Veterinary pathology; Veterinary theriogenology; and Zoological medicine.
• The duties of veterinarians performing research may be similar to those of some biologists.

• Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (32104)
• Biologists and related scientists (21110)