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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BREATHE Easy: VHC Internal Medicine Specialists Launch New Clinic
In March 2021, Steve Kasper’s 9-year-old beagle mix, Spirit, began refusing to go on her daily 4-mile walk. Suddenly, Spirit was easily getting winded. Based on her clinical picture and the appearance of her lungs on radiographs, her veterinarian suspected the dog had contracted a fungal infection and referred Kasper, of Battlefield, Missouri, and Spirit to the MU Veterinary Health Center. Aida Vientós-Plotts, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, assistant professor of small animal internal medicine, ran a series of diagnostic tests on Spirit including a computed tomography (CT) scan of her chest. Based on those findings, she suspected that the dog had…
Harris-Stowe Purina Scholars Program Improves Pathway to Veterinary Medicine at Mizzou
Beginning this semester, students at Harris Stowe State University in St. Louis have the opportunity, through a partnership between the Purina Scholars Program and the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, to participate in the Missouri Online Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Sciences. The Purina Scholars Program sponsors participation in the 16-hour veterinary certificate program for three students majoring in biology or who have an expressed desire to attend veterinary school. Harris Stowe is a Historically Black College or University, or HBCU. The United States Department of Education defines HBCUs as any historically Black college or university that was established prior to…
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