MILITARY VETERINARY SERVICE
\mˈɪlɪtəɹi vˈɛtəɹˌɪnəɹi sˈɜːvɪs], \mˈɪlɪtəɹi vˈɛtəɹˌɪnəɹi sˈɜːvɪs], \m_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_ə_ɹ_i v_ˈɛ_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_n_ə_ɹ_i s_ˈɜː_v_ɪ_s]\
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A corps of the armed services concerned with animal medicine, the chief interest of which is the care of government-owned working dogs (as in the military police units), working horses (as in state funerals), and working military dolphins (as in undersea exploration and other activities). In the United States Army Veterinary Corps animal medicine overlaps and interconnects with biomedical research using laboratory research animals. A related activity is laboratory animal care. The Corps provides limited care for privately owned animals of military personnel through non-appropriated funds. Military service veterinarians in the United States Army must be graduates of accredited veterinary schools and must have a state license. (Telephone communication with Lt. Col. William Inskeep II, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, October 4, 1994)
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