The College of Veterinary Medicine’s unique curricular structure provides nearly two years of hands-on clinical training. Years one and two of the four-year program focus on instruction in high-tech, computer-based classrooms and labs. Years three and four provide clinical instruction in such areas as cardiology, community medicine, dentistry, emergency and critical care, equine medicine and surgery, food animal medicine and surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery, and reproduction. The curriculum is integrated with veterinary services that include statewide animal disease diagnostic services, and extension and continuing education programs for animal owners and veterinarians.
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Transferring Technology
Division of Animal Sciences receives grant to develop The National Center for Applied Reproduction and Genomics (NCARG) By: Logan Jackson College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources The Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) boasts many strengths, including its vast research and work with beef cattle reproduction and genetics. The faculty, who have responsibilities not only in research, but also in teaching, extension and economic development, are experts in taking their findings and sharing them with farmers, ranchers and the Missouri community as a whole. With the help of…
Plan for Family and Pets in Case of Disaster
You have 15 minutes to evacuate your home due to a fire, flood, tornado, earthquake, chemical spill, transportation accident, disease outbreak, community disturbance, mass casualty or terrorism event. Are you prepared? Do you have a plan to protect your loved ones ― including your pets and other animals — from disaster? The burden of planning and preparation is on you, according to Catherine Vogelweid, a clinical professor in veterinary pathobiology at MU‘s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). “I was on a committee at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine,” Vogelweid says. “We did an 18-month study of what…
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