Korean veterinary medicine is a member of a major health profession with its own system of education, licensing, organization, and ethics, and a pioneering profession in his or her scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit society through the promotion of animal health, the relief of suffering, the conservation of livestock resources, the promotion of public health, biomedical work for medicine including comparative medicine, and the advancement of medical knowledge. This manuscript is to emphasize the role of the Korean public health veterinarians preparing the twenty-first century in public health service for humans.