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AI exposure Healthcare practitioners and technical

Will AI replace veterinarians?

Veterinarians. US occupation 29-1131.

9.3%

of the time veterinarians spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of veterinarians' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 193 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 74% of them.Further along than 74% of them.

Average US job 7.7%

Well above the typical job.Ahead of most of the workforce.

What AI already does for veterinariansWhat veterinarians no longer do alone

O*NET lists 21 tasks for veterinarians. AI use at work shows up in 1 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.

  1. Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or treatment options.Core task mostly automated 0.89

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

20 of the 21 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Attend lectures, conferences, or continuing education courses.Core task
  • Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.Core task
  • Conduct postmortem studies and analyses to determine the causes of animals' deaths.Core task
  • Counsel clients about the deaths of their pets or about euthanasia decisions for their pets.Core task
  • Educate the public about diseases that can be spread from animals to humans.Core task
  • Euthanize animals.Core task
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  • Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.Core task
  • Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.Core task
  • Operate diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic or ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.Core task
  • Perform administrative or business management tasks, such as scheduling appointments, accepting payments from clients, budgeting, or maintaining business records.Core task
  • Plan or execute animal nutrition or reproduction programs.Core task
  • Train or supervise workers who handle or care for animals.Core task
  • Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.Core task
  • Determine the effects of drug therapies, antibiotics, or new surgical techniques by testing them on animals.
  • Direct the overall operations of animal hospitals, clinics, or mobile services to farms.
  • Establish or conduct quarantine or testing procedures that prevent the spread of diseases to other animals or to humans and that comply with applicable government regulations.
  • Inspect and test horses, sheep, poultry, or other animals to detect the presence of communicable diseases.
  • Provide care to a wide range of animals or specialize in a particular species, such as horses or exotic birds.
  • Research diseases to which animals could be susceptible.
  • Specialize in a particular type of treatment, such as dentistry, pathology, nutrition, surgery, microbiology, or internal medicine.

How that compares

Among the 65 healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, veterinarians rank 8. The group averages 4.1%, and its most exposed job is Medical Records Specialists at 66.7%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

Just above in the ranking

  1. 189Urban and Regional Planners 9.6%
  2. 192Nurse Practitioners 9.4%
  3. 193Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 9.3%

Just below

  1. 195Healthcare Social Workers 9.2%
  2. 195Producers and Directors 9.2%
  3. 197Flight Attendants 9.1%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.