animal physiotherapist

Animal physiotherapists provide a therapeutic treatment following veterinary diagnosis or referral. They concentrate on the application of physical therapy and exercise procedures to support animal rehabilitation after a surgery or an injury, aiming to return the animals to normal function and/or maintain performance in accordance with national legislation.

The most in-demand skills for this role include biosecurity related to animals, signs of animal illness, animal welfare legislation, animal welfare, physiology of animals, environmental enrichment for animals. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives animal physiotherapist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.