Veterinary Technician Specialties

Promotes patient safety, consumer protection, professionalism, and excellence in anesthesia care and pain management — exceptional care before, during, and after every procedure.

Certifies technicians with the knowledge and experience to work effectively in well-equipped, well-staffed emergency and critical care facilities.

Gives technicians the opportunity to expand their knowledge and professional value by becoming credentialed specialists in animal dentistry.

Advances technician skills in internal medicine with sub-specialties in cardiology, equine internal medicine, neurology, oncology, production animal internal medicine, and small animal internal medicine.

Created specifically for technicians working in zoological medicine, offering zoo technicians the opportunity to demonstrate excellence in the field.

Modeled after the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners with three species-specific categories: canine/feline, avian/exotic, and production animal.

Advances and promotes excellence in the discipline of veterinary clinical pathology.

Demonstrates the expertise of technicians in veterinary nutrition and endorses them as a vital part of the veterinary nutrition profession.

Provides a standardized route for experienced surgical technicians to qualify for the national examination and become a VTS (Surgery).

Promotes excellence in veterinary behavior medicine — behavior health, problem prevention, training, management, and behavior modification that strengthen the human-animal bond.

Advances the education and professional recognition of credentialed equine veterinary technicians dedicated to superior nursing care for equine patients.