Veterinary Degrees Online

The OVC is dedicated to your success. We prepare you for the world of veterinary medicine by ensuring that you are educated in science and medicine, as well as in economics, computer technology, human and client relations, and business management. You will learn about private practice as well as alternative careers in government, teaching, research and industry. As the future of veterinary medicine changes, the Ontario Veterinary College prepares you for the diverse range of career opportunities available to you.

A variety of programs and activities exist to create awareness about career choices outside of traditional clinical practice. For example, the Summer Leadership and Research Program offers summer student researchers at OVC a variety of networking activities and field trips, exposing them to veterinarians in a variety of career settings. Career Options Mentors can put you in touch with graduates who will share their career experiences in diverse areas of veterinary medicine application.

Veterinary assistants are becoming more important as valued members of the veterinary health care team in today’s modern practices. This one-year program prepares you to support veterinary technicians and veterinarians in a veterinary practice. Duties performed by veterinary assistants include animal restraint, preparing animals for surgery, care of surgical instruments and other equipment, care and feeding of in-patients, processing radiographs and front office procedures. Veterinary assistants are not trained to give injections, take blood samples, perform laboratory procedures, administer anesthetics, monitor patients during anesthesia and assist in surgery.

This is an 8-quarter program with the last quarter consisting of an externship during which students will work with a veterinarian in a veterinary office. The veterinary technology program is accredited by the Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA), a division of the American Veterinary Medical Association. As a student in this program, you are trained to assist veterinarians in all aspects of a veterinary practice, including patient care, medical administration, surgical preparation, equipment maintenance, radiological procedures, laboratory procedures, public relations and office procedures. Upon graduation, the veterinary technician is qualified to take the National Veterinary Technician Exam and/or any other state exam required for registration, certification or licensure in that state.

The MSU Veterinary Technology 2-yr program has been
continuously accredited by the AVMA since 1977.
The facilities include a fully functional veterinary clinic situated
on a 200-acre farm near the main campus.
Students in the program develop their skills on a wide variety of animals and take courses that contribute to their understanding of animal care and nursing.
We offer an excellent clinical program in which the students participate in all aspects of the clinical care of actual (not simulated) animal patients.
Our staff is comprised of veterinarians and veterinary technologists
who involve the students in all aspects of the clinical environment.
There is currently a shortage of veterinary technicians in all areas of the country.

The Veterinary Science program is a 4-yr option in Agricultural Science that fulfills the requirements for admission to a College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM).
Students interested in becoming veterinarians may enroll in this program under the guidance of our Veterinary Science advisors.
Once the CVM admission requirements are completed, the student will apply to one or more CVM’s for admission.
If admitted, they will spend another 4 years completing the DVM professional curriculum.

Graduates of a CVM earn the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and are eligible to become licensed veterinary practitioners.
Post-doctoral studies leading to advanced degrees (MS, PhD) and /or specialty certification (surgery, ophthalmology, etc.) may be pursued following completion of the DVM degree, or in some cases in conjunction with the DVM degree.