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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VRSP Exposes Students to Potential of Careers in Research
Months of preparation and student research culminated in a trip to Worcester, Massachusetts, for 13 MU College of Veterinary Medicine students, three Mizzou students in the Pre-Vet Scholars Program, and three scholars visiting Mizzou from other universities. The group comprised this year’s Veterinary Research Scholars Program, also called the VRSP. “Our gang knocked it out of the park!” said CVM Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD, DACLAM. “I heard all of our scholars either at the practice session or at the symposium, and all were so engaged and well prepared. The bar has again been raised.” The journey to…
VHC Hosting Small Animal Internal Medicine Conference
The University of Missouri Veterinary Health Center will offer a Small Animal Internal Medicine Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oct. 26. The event will be held in the Adams Conference Center. Participants will be eligible for eight hours of continuing education credit. Topics covered will include nephrology, pulmonology, infectious diseases and endocrinology. There will be updates about the latest research pertaining to internal medicine. Lectures include: “Feline Leukemia Virus Testing: What’s it all Mean?” “Bet You Hadn’t Heard,” a review a number of recent papers related to veterinary internal medicine. “Stressed? Updates on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Disorders.” “The Ins…
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