Insight on how much "experimental surgery" is involved in Lab Animal specialty?

So as I've looked at different specialties with surgical procedures involved, something interesting I found were a few websites saying Lab Animal specialists are also trained in surgery and for "experimental surgery" (found here: How to Become a Laboratory Animal Veterinarian and here: DVM/MS in Laboratory Animal Medicine | Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine). Would anyone with insight in this specialty be able to share some more info on this? I've done a lot of animal... Read more
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