The SA Veterinary Council is the regulatory body for the veterinary and para-veterinary professions in South Africa and has a statutory duty to determine scientific and ethical standards of professional conduct and education.

  The SA Veterinary Council is a statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body. They have 31 professional designations:

1. Veterinary Specialist Surgeon: Small Animals;
2. Veterinary Surgeon: Horses;
3. Veterinary Radiologist;
4. Veterinary Anaesthesiologist;
5. Veterinary Public Health Specialist;
6. Veterinary Specialist Physician: Small Stock;
7. Veterinary Specialist Physician: Small Animals;
8. Veterinary Specialist Physician: Bovids;
9. Veterinary Specialist Physician: Horses;
10. Veterinary Genesiologist: Horses;
11. Veterinary Genesiologist: General;
12. Veterinary Pathologist: Nutritional Diseases;
13. Veterinary Pathologist: Microbiology;
14. Veterinary Pathologist: Anatomy;
15. Veterinary Pathologist: Clinical Pathology;
16. Veterinary Pathologist: Parasitology;
17. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Pigs;
18. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Poultry;
19. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Laboratory Animals;
20. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Small Stock;
21. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Game;
22. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Bovids;
23. Veterinary Specialist Practitioner: Ophthalmology;
24. Veterinary Specialist: Small animal;
25. Veterinary Specialist Ethologist;
26. Veterinary Specialist Toxicologist;
27. Veterinary Specialist Pharmacologist;
28. Veterinary Specialist Radiologist;
29. Veterinary Nurse;
30. Veterinary Technologist;
31. Animal Health Technician