Veterinary Medicine (DVM). Academic Program Description
A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of veterinary medicine, involving the diagnosis, treatment, and health care management of animals and animal populations and the prevention and management of zoonosis. Includes instruction in the veterinary basic sciences, infectious and noninfectious disease, diagnostic procedures, veterinary clinical medicine, obstetrics, radiology, anesthesiology, surgery, toxicology, animal health and preventive medicine, clinical nutrition, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.
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Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Auburn University Main Campus
- Colorado State University
- Cornell University
- Iowa State University
- Kansas State University
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
- Michigan State University
- Mississippi State University
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
- Oregon State University
- Purdue University-Main Campus
- Texas A & M University
- The University of Tennessee
- Tufts University
- Tuskegee University
- University of California-Davis
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Washington State University

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