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64D Veterinary Pathology

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Overview

A Veterinary Pathology Officer conducts diagnostic, surgical, and necropsy assessments of Department of Defense working animals. The officer designs and performs scientific research and evaluates therapeutics and vaccines intended for human use in animal models under Good Laboratory Practices standards.

Core Skills

  • Diagnostic and necropsy assessments of working animals
  • Scientific research design under regulatory guidelines
  • GLP evaluation of therapeutics and vaccines

Civilian Career Paths

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Veterinarians

Diagnostic, surgical, and necropsy assessments of military working animals transfer directly to veterinary disease assessment and diagnostic work.

How to prepare: Have the target state veterinary board review your education and examination history against its licensing requirements, and ask prospective pathology employers about their credentialing expectations. Civilian veterinary practice requires an accredited Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and state licensure, although requirements may differ for government employment.

What the civilian work involves
  • Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.
  • Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.

Regulatory Affairs Specialists

Research under regulatory guidelines and GLP evaluation of human-use therapeutics and vaccines in animal models provide a foundation for regulatory work with nonclinical evidence.

How to prepare: Practice organizing a public nonclinical study into a mock regulatory technical file, identifying the evidence needed to support a submission.

What the civilian work involves
  • Coordinate efforts associated with the preparation of regulatory documents or submissions.
  • Prepare or maintain technical files as necessary to obtain and sustain product approval.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Adobe Acrobat

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 64D Veterinary Pathology

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 64D (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Diagnostic and necropsy assessments of working animals, Scientific research design under regulatory guidelines, GLP evaluation of therapeutics and vaccines, Veterinarians (O*NET 29-1131.00), Regulatory Affairs Specialists (O*NET 13-1041.07)

  2. O*NET: Veterinarians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Veterinarians (O*NET 29-1131.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: veterinarians

    [3] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Veterinarians (O*NET 29-1131.00)

  4. O*NET: Regulatory Affairs Specialists

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Regulatory Affairs Specialists (O*NET 13-1041.07)

Defense contractor jobs for 64D

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