{"id":97,"date":"2012-10-17T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2019-05-30T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:23:12","slug":"hip-hip-hooray-for-vet-techs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/hip-hip-hooray-for-vet-techs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip, Hip, Hooray for Vet Techs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that October 14-20<sup>th<\/sup> is National Veterinary Technician\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vet-techs8-2000x1126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vet-techs8-2000x1126.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vet-techs8-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Vet-techs8-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>Week?\u00a0 Take this opportunity to celebrate your pet\u2019s technician!\u00a0 While your veterinarian is the one responsible for diagnosing, prognosing, prescribing medication, and performing surgeries, your pet\u2019s veterinary technician is essentially your pet\u2019s nurse.\u00a0 They have completed a two- or four-year degree involving specialized training and are certified and licensed by the state to be able to provide the best possible care for all pets.\u00a0 They are also required to complete continuing education so that they remain on the cutting-edge.\u00a0 Veterinary technicians are a valuable part of your pet\u2019s healthcare team.\u00a0 Be sure to let them know how much they are appreciated!<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that October 14-20th is National Veterinary Technician\u00a0 Week?\u00a0 Take this opportunity to celebrate your pet\u2019s technician!\u00a0 While your veterinarian is the one responsible for diagnosing, prognosing, prescribing medication, and performing surgeries, your pet\u2019s veterinary technician is essentially your pet\u2019s nurse.\u00a0 They have completed a two- or four-year degree involving specialized training and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-health-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hip, Hip, Hooray for Vet Techs! 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