Veterinary Degrees Online

Objectives:
- Training the veterinarian for diagnosis and therapeutic management of major diseases that affect dogs and cats within the universe of clinical small animal;
- Update on various areas covering each area, preparing for the professional trained in the clinical care of small animals;
- Guidance on how to conduct a review into the conduct and writing of research projects involving reports of clinical cases.

Audience:
The course of specialization Sensu Lato of Clinical Medicine of Small Animals is designed for professionals with higher education in veterinary medicine, intending to act or to act in Veterinary Medicine.

Duration:
23 months

Hours:
500 hours

Coordination:
Prof.. Simone Gonçalves Rodrigues Gomes.

Undergraduate students majoring in veterinary science are required to complete a six-year professional education program in which students learn and study the clinic of various animals including industrial animals, pets, wild animals, etc., the quarantine of animals, fish diseases,
epidemics common to men and animals, and how to breed and improve livestock, how to secure the safety of food and medicine, etc. The basic veterinary courses include anatomy, biology, biochemistry, etc.; the clinical veterinary courses internal medicine, surgery, radiology, etc.; and the applied veterinary courses public health, laboratory and wild animals, fish diseases, etc. Students learn these courses intensively, participating in practices, and deepen the knowledge about such practical areas as biogenetics and the management of animal clinic. In the courses of clinical practices a special emphasis is placed upon the diagnosis and treatment of infected animals, especially cows, horses, pigs, dogs, and cats.

Veterinary Medicine was established to research and teach subjects concerning the theoretical and practical prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various animal diseases. The Department also produces competent veterinarians who can contribute to the health and well-being of animals and humans through their learning in clinical management and comprehensive laboratory examinations of animal diseases.