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What is the difference between an Animal Scientist and a Veterinary Technician?

What is a animal scientist? What does an animal scientist do? What does a veterinary technician do that an animal scientist doesn't do? Can u work as a veterinary technician with a animal science degree? Can u open up a "veterinary clinic(a clinic)" with a animal science degree? Please answer all of my questions if possible with detail. If u have any more information about animal science and veterinary technology please feel free to let me know. Thank you in advance for answering my questions.

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1. A Vet Tech is rather like a nurse for animals. They work with the vet, perform routine blood draws, take the animal's temperature, assist in surgery, clean wounds, etc. In order to open a vet clinic you would need to be a full fledged veterinarian. "Animal science" is a very broad field. Animal scientists work in research and are usually employed by colleges and universities. Washington State University has both a great veterinary college and animal science programs. University of California at Davis are both great schools for animal science and veterinary studies.
2. Answers for questions 1 and 2: An animal scientist is anyone who studies a type or types of animals. It is a very wide, open field that can cover everything from genetics to ecology to behavior and it covers any animal that the scientist wishes to study. Usually an animal scientist will focus on a certain group of animals and a certain topic within that field. Answers for questions 3 and 4: A veterinary technician is specifically trained to assist a veterinarian in the care and treatment of animals. A veterinary technician focuses more on the care of many types of animals rather that just one or two. That being said, vet techs and animal scientists overlap. Yes, you can be a vet tech with a degree in animal science, however, there is a specific two to four year certification that veterinarians often prefer that their staff have and you can have both a degree in animal science and certification to be a vet tech. Lastly NO you may not start a vet clinic unless you are a fully certified veterinarian in the state in which you reside. That means that you completed high school, went to college, got AT LEAST a bachelor's degree in something (usually a science) and then went through 4 to 6 years of vet school before appearing before a state board to obtain a license to practice and use pharmaceuticals. Feel free to toss me an email @ faithbyrd@hotmail.com and I can answer any more specific questions you may have. Hope this helped!