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Pages in category "History of veterinary medicine" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild , with a wide range of conditions that can affect different species.
Agathotychus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαθότυχος) was an ancient veterinary surgeon, whose date and history are unknown, [1] but who probably lived in the 4th or 5th century AD. [2] Some fragments of his writings are to be found in the collection of works on this subject first published in a Latin translation by Joseph Ruellius , Veterinariae ...
History of veterinary medicine (18 P) J. Veterinary medicine journals (22 P) M. Meat inspection (7 P) O. Veterinary oncology (3 C, 1 P) Veterinary organizations (7 C ...
Veterinary specialists are in the minority compared to general practice veterinarians, and tend to be based at points of referral, such as veterinary schools or larger animal hospitals. Unlike human medicine, veterinary specialties often combine both the surgical and medical aspects of a biological system.
Shalihotra's principal work was a large treatise on the care and management of horses, the Shalihotra Samhita (encyclopedia of the physician Shalihotra) having some 12,000 shlokas in Sanskrit. It has been translated into Iranian, Arabic, Tibetan and English and all languages.
In order to practice, veterinarians must obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, followed by gaining a license to practice.Previously, veterinary degrees were available as a bachelor's degree, but now all courses result in the award of a doctorate and are therefore awarded a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) at most veterinary schools in the United States, or a Veterinariae Medicinae ...
Ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) considers that traditional practices of veterinary medicine are legitimate and seeks to validate them (Köhler-Rollefson and Bräunig, 1998). Many non-Western traditions of veterinary medicine exist, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine in China, Tibetan veterinary medicine, Ayurveda in India, etc.