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Veterinary Practice Act State laws regulating veterinarians Vitamin Organic molecule that is an essential micronutrient
and veterinary hospitals and clinics needed for proper function of metabolism
Veterinary–client–patient relationship (VCPR) A legal and Volvulus Twisting of the intestines or stomach
medical relationship between the veterinarian, animal, and Vomitus The material that has been vomited
owner in which the veterinarian has physically examined the Withholding time Medication halted to allow for clearance
animal before providing treatment, surgery, or prescriptions of the drug from the body in animals that are used for meat
and maintains the relationship through reexamination that and milk, or these animals are withheld from the market for
occurs at least once yearly
a specific period of time after being treated with certain
Viricidal Chemical agent that cause death to viruses drugs
Virustatic Inhibiting the growth or spread of viruses Zoonosis Animal disease that is transmissible to humans
Vital signs Clinical measurements, specifically heart and Zygote A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid
respiratory rates, blood pressure and temperature indicating gametes; a fertilized ovum
state of a patient’s body functions