The Law of Ukraine “On Veterinary Medicine” provides key requirements for SpecialistТs Degree, specifically:
diagnostics, medical treatment and prophylaxis of infectious, invasive, and non-contagious animal diseases;
protection of population from diseases common to men and animals;
providing of the veterinary and sanitary quality control (in veterinary and sanitary terms) in respect of: animal products and raw materials deemed the food fit for men or animals and further processing; animal protection and food additives; monitoring of compliance with veterinary and sanitary requirements related to environment
protection;
protection of the Ukrainian territory from causative agents and organisms from territories of foreign countries or quarantine areas;
Specialist in Veterinary Medicine must have knowledge in:
structure and function of the organism, also, general biological laws and processes governing their stability subject to type of animal, its age and sex, and environmental factors;
main principles of genesis and development of epiphenomenona in the organism; also, techniques/methods of diagnostics, treatment, prognostication, and prophylaxis;
know how to:
determine whether a particular animal is healthy or not;
organize and perform a complex of acts and actions related to: prophylaxis, diagnostics, and treatment of animals as to existence of infectious, invasive, and non-contagious animal diseases; protection of population from disease common to men and animals; compliance control in respect of the ban to take vegetable and animal products as well other products deemed inferior/unfit for consumption in veterinary and sanitary terms.