Animals have provided assistance, food, and companionship to people throughout history. Animals have even played an important role in research settings where diseases are examined and medicinal cures are produced in modern times.

Veterinary medicine and animal care are concerned with the treatment, surgery, and prevention of a wide range of animal species. Veterinarians and veterinary technicians deal with both medical crises and everyday care. Animal care workers look after the requirements of pets and livestock on a regular basis. The animals are fed, watered, groomed, bathed, and exercised. Other less well-known employees in this field include therapy animal trainers, meat and food safety inspectors, animal food researchers, and pet store employees, in addition to the obvious sorts of employment such as veterinarian, zookeeper, animal control worker, stable hand and groomer, and animal trainer.

In many countries, policy supports the reduction of antibiotic use and a growing focus in the veterinary practice is to move away from blanket dosage of antibiotics, for example for mastitis. Significant and speedy improvements can take place, but only with coordinated actions supported by the entire value chain. Reducing the use of antibiotics is of massive societal importance, but changing on farm or veterinary methods requires thought and a user-centred approach. The most glaring and addressable challenge is the absence of near real-time data and information