Veterinary Degrees Online

I SEMESTER
Biochemistry
Anatomical Systems
Cell Biology
Seminar on Animal Health and Production
Workshop Learning and Professional Profile
Elective I:

- Zoology of the domestic species
- Animal Production Systems and Environment
SEMESTER II
Biostatistics
Systems Physiology
Functional Histology and Developmental
Bacteriology and Mycology
Research Methodology
Elective II:
Software for the Animal Production and Health
English for Production and Animal Health
Animal Bromatology

III SEMESTER
General Genetics
General Pathophysiology
AnatomíaTopográfica
Virology
Immunology
Management and Conservation of Natural Resources.

IV SEMESTER
Animal Legislation
Veterinary Parasitology
Systematic Pathology
Introduction to Surgery
Animal Nutrition
Agricultural Economics

V SEMESTER
Clinical Pathology
Epidemiology
Animal Reproduction
Imaging
Pharmacology
Agricultural Administration

VI SEMESTER
Clinical Techniques
Selective
Veterinary Emergency Medicine
Techniques in Animal Reproduction
Agricultural Development and Extension
Option III:

- Animal Biotechnology
- Livestock Waste Management
- Research and Thesis Seminar
- Food and Feed

VIISEMESTRE
(select 6 of 9 subjects)
Elective IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX:

- Dairy Cattle Zootecnia
- Zootecnia Bovine Meat
- Production Apiculture
- Equine Zootecnia
- Animal Husbandry of Rabbits
- Zootecnia Sheep
- Zootecnia of Goats
- Animal Pig
- Animal Husbandry Birds

Description:
Veterinarians play a major role in the healthcare of pets, livestock, zoo animals, and sporting and laboratory animals. Some veterinarians work in livestock production and in research, broadening the scope of fundamental theoretical and applied knowledge. Others use their skills to protect humans against diseases carried by animals and conduct clinical research into human and animal health problems.

JCU’s School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences has offered the Bachelor of Veterinary Science since 2006. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to diagnose, treat and prevent disease in a wide range of animals including companion animals, farm animals, aquatic species and native fauna. In addition, students will acquire a thorough knowledge of animal production systems, particularly tropical animal husbandry and aquaculture.

The final year of the course is devoted to clinical and professional training and is delivered in a series of clinical rotations through veterinary hospitals, practices, laboratories and government agencies in Mackay, Townsville, Cairns, Charters Towers and Malanda. Graduates will be eligible for registration as a veterinarian.

Duration:
5 years full-time

Mode:
On campus (Internal), full time

Workload:
Normal workload expectations are a minimum of 10 hours per week for every subject, including class contact hours, preparation and time spent on assessment tasks.

Type:
Undergraduate

Credit points:
120 credit points o

Intake:
February

Campus:
Townsville

The UFV Animal Science Program aims to provide a strong basis in scientific and technological sciences, preparing professionals to plan and manage a variety of different animal production systems, optimizing the use of the available resources, using socially adaptable technologies, with social and environmental responsibilities; develop research demanded by real problems in Brazil; and become efficient agents of agricultural extension.

Bachelors in Animal Science work with animal nutrition, breeding and management, increasing production and development, using modern technologies of animal production to achieve sustainable development. They will use their knowledge with ecological concern, to achieve socially desirable and economically efficient results.

Therefore, graduates in animal science are professionals acting in a participative environment, applying technical-scientific innovation in agriculture and cattle raising. Graduates will hold a solid critical, creative and innovative training; analytical, technological and enterprising capacities; social, political, economic, cultural and environmental vision; and outstanding performance at solving problems related to animal production systems.

Animal Science graduates from the UFV hold a widely diversified solid scientific and technological basis and are encouraged to develop enterprising professional skills and act as entrepreneurs in agricultural and cattle raising business. They can also find jobs in specialized technical service organizations, working for public or private companies; integrating multidisciplinary production teams; animal nutrition and breeding; agribusiness; environmental resource use and conservation; and processing and quality control of products of animal origin.

The Animal Science Department faculty hold PhD degree and are full time professors. The department owns a complete physical structure and building; laboratories of bioclimatology, biotechnology, animal nutrition, fish nutrition, ruminant nutrition, reproduction and computer science; sectors of poultry farming, dairy and beef cattle breeding, goat breeding, cuniculture, horse raising, foraging, pig farming, bee keeping, wild animals care, frog farming, fish farming, silkworm farming, genetic breeding of pigs and poultry; animal food plant; incubatory; and a library. The UFV Animal Science program is recognized in the scientific and academic fields as one of the best in Brazil.

Expertise in Sustainable Animal Production Systems
In society’s growing concern about environmental degradation from human intervention in the natural system and in particular of our common patterns of economic development and overexploitation of natural resources that are “unsustainable” in the long term. The expansion into international markets, hierarchical maximizing yields, favors a model in which production expands the use of inputs, mainly chemical, and monoculture, excluding the process of nature.
Assuming the need for a change process in which the use of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological and institutional change to reflect the present and future needs, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Sciences UNR designed for an academic option that addresses this issue.

From April 2008 will start the dictation of courses for the Postgraduate Degree of Specialization in Sustainable Animal Production Systems, aimed at deepening the study of the structure and dynamics of animal production systems for better management of the processes inherent in sustainability.

This race will be presented for accreditation CONEAU during 2008.

Graduates will acquire solid knowledge on technical, ecological and socio-economic to:
Create and develop appropriate technology to intervene in the management of animal production systems and conservation of natural and social resources.
Develop useful strategies for the study, diagnosis and planning of sustainable animal production systems.
Take a critical and reflective in the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge.
Collaborate in interdisciplinary teams from a flexible attitude to address the plurality and diversity of ideas.

The Race is for agronomists, Veterinary Medical, Agricultural Engineers, Engineers zootechnicians or other college graduates who demonstrate an appropriate academic or professional to put in evidence his strong background in the area of animal production.