10/23/2026
🐾👨⚕️👩⚕️National Veterinary Technician Week👩⚕️👨⚕️🐾
The 2026 theme for vet tech week, developed by NAVTA (National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America), is: "Credentialed Veterinary Technicians: Endless Compassion, Expert Care; Celebrating the Soul of Veterinary Medicine." They are the hands that heal, the hearts that comfort, and the voices that advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves.
Veterinary technicians are educated medical professionals and the primary workforce behind patient care. In Kentucky, becoming a Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) requires graduating from an AVMA-accredited Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Technologist program, passing the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE), and obtaining a license through the Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners. Every year Vet Techs must complete continuing education before renewing their licenses.
Veterinary Technologists may hold a bachelor's degree in veterinary technology, while Veterinary Technicians commonly hold an associate degree.
At Metropolitan Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Service, our LVTs put their knowledge and skills to work every day. They triage critically ill patients, calculate medication doses, pull blood, perform in-house diagnostics, take radiographs and run advanced imaging like CT and MRI. Our veterinary technicians closely monitor every pet receiving sedation or anesthesia and ensure their comfort during procedures. Vet Techs perform many procedures themselves such as placing central lines and nasogastric tubes, administering blood transfusions, performing wound management and even running CPR.
Their work goes far beyond medical procedures, though.
Vet Techs comfort frightened animals, celebrate recovery milestones, reassure worried families, and offer compassion during heartbreaking goodbyes. They recognize subtle changes that can mean the difference between life and death, advocate for their patients, and stand beside families during some of their most difficult moments.
To our incredible MVSES Vet Tech team: thank you for your knowledge, resilience, and unwavering commitment to our patients. Your work may not always be visible to our clients, but its impact is immeasurable. You are more than a helping hand. You are brilliant professionals, an essential part of the care team, and a lifeline for the patients who depend on you.
We see you. We appreciate you. We are grateful for you.
Happy Veterinary Technician Week!
Meet a few of our incredible team of LVTs!
