Malpractice suits are filed in cases pertaining to negligent treatment of animals. It is generally expected of a veterinarian to live up to a special standard of efficiency and competence. If a veterinarian fails to treat an animal pursuant to the standard of care provided by other professionals specializing in the field of veterinary science, he or she ends up committing malpractice, better known as veterinary malpractice. For instance, when the pet dog is not given a certain vaccine which is the standard of care offered by every other similar professional at a time when the pet