Veterinary science

Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, and wildlife animals.

Introduction

Veterinary medicine is informally as old as the human animal bond but in recent years has expanded exponentially because of the availability of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for most species. Veterinary medicine ensures the quality, quantity and security of food supplies by controlling the health of animal stocks and meat itself. Also pets (particularly cats and dogs) nowadays often receive advanced medical care including hip replacements, cataract surgeries, and pacemakers. This is mainly a question of how much money the pet's owner is willing to spend on his animal. Same goes for equine and bovine medicine, though from a more financial / economical aspect. For a horse that is worth a few thousand of dollars it is economic to spend a certain amount of money to lengthen it's lifespan, whereas cows, that often don't have a high economic value, especially if they are very young, will not receive expensive operations. Veterinary Scientists are very import in chemical, biological and pharmological research.

In many countries, equine veterinary medicine is also a specialized field. Clinical work with horses involves mainly locomotory and orthopaedic problems, digestive tract conditions (including equine colic, which is a major cause of death among domesticated horses), and respiratory tract infections and disorders.

Education in Veterinary Medicine

Many universities worldwide confer undergraduate degrees in veterinary medicine. In most countries, veterinary practitioners are regulated and registered on a national or state level. While the duration and exact content of undergraduate degrees in veterinary medicine varies, they are typically from 4 to 7 years in duration. They consist of several introductory years which may include some "pre-vet" or general scientific training. These pre-clinical years provide a basis in veterinary anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, pathology, parasitology, animal breeding, botany, animal feeding, radiology, virology, microbiology, zoology, animal physiology, physics, chemistry and other important subject areas. The final years of most veterinary medicine degrees consist of a greater proportion of practical clinical work, in which students are guided to apply the theory they have learnt in a supervised environment.

Some Schools of Veterinary Medicine (external links)

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Australia

http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au - Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria.
http://wwwvet.murdoch.edu.au - School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
http://www.vetsci.usyd.edu.au - Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, New South Wales.

School of Veterinary Medicine in Austria

http://www.vu-wien.ac.at/ - University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Canada

http://www.ovcnet.uoguelph.ca/HomePage.html - University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College.
http://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/ - University of Montreal Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.upei.ca/~avc/ - University of Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Veterinary College.
http://www.usask.ca/wcvm/ - University of Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in France

http://www.vet-alfort.fr/ - Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort.
http://www.vet-nantes.fr/ - Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Nantes.

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Germany

http://www.tiho-hannover.de - School of Veterinary Medicine, Hanover.
http://www.vetmed.uni-giessen.de/ - Justus-Liebig-University Gie�en, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/fachbereiche/vetmed/ - Free University of Berlin, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de/ - Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vmf.uni-leipzig.de/ - University of Leipzig, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Great Britain

http://www.rvc.ac.uk - Royal Veterinary College (RVC), University of London.
http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ - University of Cambridge Veterinary School.
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/ - University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/FacVet/ - University of Glasgow Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/vets/vethome.html - University of Liverpool Faculty of Veterinary Science.

School of Veterinary Medicine in Ireland

http://www.ucd.ie/~vetmed/ - University College Dublin Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

School of Veterinary Medicine in the Netherlands

http://www.vet.uu.nl - Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Utrecht.

School of Veterinary Medicine in New Zealand

http://ivabs.massey.ac.nz/ - Massey University Faculty of Veterinary Science.

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Sweden

http://www.slu.se/eng/research/subjectarea/veterinary/index.html - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Switzerland

http://www.unibe.ch/faculties/veterinary_d.html - University of Bern Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.unizh.ch/index.html - University of Zürich Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Schools of Veterinary Medicine in the United States

http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/ - Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/ - Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/ - Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/ - Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/ - Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/ - Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://cvm.msu.edu/ - Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvm.msstate.edu/ - Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/ - North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.ohio-state.edu/ - Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/ - Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.orst.edu/ - Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/ - Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/ - Texas A & M University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ - Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.
http://svmc107.tusk.edu/Tu/svmfront.html - Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ - University of California-Davis College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/ - University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.uga.edu/ - University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu - University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.cvm.umn.edu/ - University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.hsc.missouri.edu/~vetmed/ - University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.upenn.edu/ - University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vet.utk.edu/ - University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/ - Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ - Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine.