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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World Rabies Day:
Vaccinating Animals Protects People
Since 2007, World Rabies Day has been observed every Sept. 28. This year, MU’s College of Veterinary Medicine will join this year’s commemoration with a low-cost rabies vaccine clinic. “Every year, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) promotes different partners to celebrate World Rabies Day,” says Alisa Hutchison, DVM, a clinical instructor in the MU Veterinary Health Center’s Community Practice and Shelter Medicine services. “We wanted to help the GARC publicize rabies education and awareness, and their goal of eradicating rabies by 2030. I chose to do a low-cost rabies vaccine clinic at the Veterinary Health Center as our…
Large Animal Technical Rescue Course
September 22 and 23, 2018 We are extending an invitation to interested faculty and students of the College of Veterinary Medicine, veterinarians and members of Boone County Fire Protection District to join us for our training course in technical aspects of large animal emergency rescue. The course will be co-taught by certified instructors from the Boone County Large Animal Rescue Team who are faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine or members of Boone County Fire Protection District’s Missouri Task Force-1. Our curriculum includes many hands-on exercises, so there will be plenty of practical information shared and opportunities to practice…
The MU College of Veterinary Medicine is Missouri’s only institution that confers the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Thank you for exploring how you can partner with us to make a positive difference in the lives of animals and people.