Veterinary medicine has more species of patient, so there are more places where AI gets it wrong. For quizzing, practice and talking to owners, though, it's great. Prompts for the clinic, differences between species, pharmacology, zoonoses and food hygiene. As of 26 October 2026.
How universities handle AI and what doesn't belong in it in general is on the university page. Here's what applies on top of that in veterinary medicine.
The same symptom means something different in a dog, a cat and a horse. That's what examiners love to ask about.
You're a teacher at a [small animal / equine / farm animal] clinic. Give me a made-up case for a [4th]-year student. - At the start, tell me only the species, breed, age, sex and reason for the visit. - Play the owner: reveal the history only when I ask. Give the examination findings and results only when I request them. - When I give my diagnosis and plan, assess my approach: what I did well, what I missed and which other diagnoses I should have considered. For treatment, give only drug classes and principles, not specific doses. I'll check those in the SPC and the textbook. If you're not sure, say so.
How does [vomiting / lameness / dyspnoea] differ in [a dog, a cat and a horse]? Make a table: the most common causes, conditions that must not be missed, what to focus on in the examination and what's typical for each species. Under the table, write 3 questions an examiner could catch me out with. For every detail you're not sure about, write "check".
<notes> [paste your notes or text from the course notes] </notes> From my notes, compare [the digestive system of a ruminant, a horse, a pig and a dog] in a table: structure, function, typical diseases and what it means in practice. Under the table, add 5 revision questions. Work from the notes. Mark anything that isn't in them and you add yourself as [added by AI], so I can check it.
<notes>
[paste a list of Latin terms with their names in your language, for example the bones of a dog's forelimb]
</notes>
Quiz me on the Latin terms in my notes. Ask one at a time, alternating from my language → Latin and Latin → my language.
When I get one wrong, show the correct form and ask it again later.
At the end, tell me which terms I struggle with.
Take the terms only from my notes and don't correct the spelling your own way either. If a term looks wrong to you, just flag it and I'll check it.
The patient doesn't talk, the owner does. And the owner is scared, on a tight budget and has their own theories. Best done out loud in voice mode in ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok.
Play the owner of [a seven-year-old Labrador bitch who hasn't eaten for three days]. You're scared, on a tight budget and you've read something on the internet. Choose the cause yourself and don't reveal it.
- Answer like an ordinary person. Tell me only what I ask about.
- When I suggest tests, ask why they're needed and how much they'll cost.
When I write END, step out of the role and assess me: what I forgot to ask, whether I explained the plan clearly, how I responded to the worries and to the money. Then reveal the cause.
I'm practising a difficult conversation. Play the owner of [a fourteen-year-old dog with advanced cancer that treatment no longer helps]. I'm going to recommend euthanasia. React like a real person: grief, doubts, questions, maybe even refusal.
I'll lead the conversation. When I write END, step out of the role and assess me: whether I gave room for questions and emotions, whether I explained what euthanasia involves clearly and without pressure, and whether the owner knew what would happen next.
For each point, write one sentence I could have said better.
Here AI works only from your notes. Always check species differences and doses.
<notes> [paste your notes on a drug class] </notes> Turn these notes into revision flashcards on [NSAIDs]. - One card = one question and a short answer: mechanism, indications, side effects, contraindications. - For each drug, a separate card "which species to watch out for and why", if it's in the notes. - Format: question;answer on each line, for importing into Anki. Work only from the notes. Copy doses exactly as they are in the notes and don't recalculate anything. At the end, list what's missing so I can add it from the SPC and the textbook.
Public health, food safety and placements on a farm or in a slaughterhouse.
Give me an overview of zoonoses in the area of [zoonoses from farm animals / from dogs and cats] as a table: agent, source and route of transmission, which animals are affected, how it shows in humans, prevention. Under the table, write which of them are notifiable in [my country], with a note that I need to check the list because it changes. Put the ones I'll meet most often on placements at the top of the table. For details you're not sure about, write "check".
You're a food hygiene teacher. Describe a model facility: [a small dairy that makes fresh cheese], with the production process step by step.
Then I'll identify the hazards and critical control points. You tell me what I missed, what isn't a critical control point and why, how I'd monitor the points and what I'd do if something goes wrong.
Don't give specific limits and figures from regulations from memory. Just say which type of regulation or document to look them up in.
In [a week] I'm going on a placement [on a dairy farm / at a small animal clinic / at a slaughterhouse]; I'm in year [3]. Tell me: 1. What a student typically does there and what they'll see. 2. 10 things to review before the placement, ordered by how often I'll come across them. 3. What to watch out for for my own safety (animals, zoonoses, hygiene). 4. 5 questions worth asking the vet so I learn as much as possible. Keep it general, every place is different. I'll check specific procedures on site.