Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

Description of the Programme

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM&S) is a professional degree programme designed to train veterinarians with adequate theoretical, practical, technological knowledge and skills in the treatment and control of animal diseases. It deals with all measures, including breeding, husbandry, nutrition and treatment that promote animal health and wellbeing. Therefore, this degree programme is designed to train personnel with the requisite knowledge and skills to work as veterinary surgeons, animal scientists and nutritionists, veterinary pharmacists, public health officers as well as epidemiologists among many other skills. Veterinarians carry out research on the prevention and treatment of diseases, work towards protecting people against illnesses contracted from animals and endeavour to apply controls on animal-based foodstuffs. In addition, veterinarians are active in issues of animal and environmental protection. The early part of the BVM&S programme will cover pre-clinical courses (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, parasitology, immunology and animal production sciences. The later part comprises clinical courses (medicine, theriogenology, therapeutics, surgery and public health). During the programme you will: gain an understanding of the basic biological principles of normal body function and disease; acquire the ability to distinguish the pathological from the normal; gain the knowledge and skills to prevent disease and safely manage the processes of animal production, and gain the expertise to diagnose and treat disease and alleviate suffering. Therefore, graduates will be well equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the expectations of the profession. The programme also gives you the scientific understanding needed to enter many other areas of veterinary work or biomedical science and to understand and respond to the rapid progress being made in veterinary science.

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