Veterinary Degrees Online

2.1 The Common Regulations for the Masters degree in all faculties of the University of Nairobi shall apply.

2.2 Those eligible for admission into the course shall be holders of the following degree awards of the University of Nairobi :

(a) Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine or Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with at least a credit in Veterinary Parasitology for B.V.M. candidates or equivalent for candidates from MBChB holders.

(b) Bachelor of Science with a minimum of an Upper-Second Class Honours and where Zoology as a major was offered as a course in the years of undergraduate programme.

2.3. Other candidates who have obtained degrees from other Universities approved by Senate as being equivalent to one of the degrees stated above.

The Department of Animal Science offers a two-year Associate of Applied Science Degree in Veterinary Technology. It is a complete program that carries full university credit and may be used toward a four-year degree program by students who choose to complete the Bachelor of Science degree.
This program prepares students to work for practicing veterinarians or for employment in related fields.
The following is a suggested sequence of courses for students seeking the Associate of Applied Science degree with a major in Veterinary Technology. This is a College Tech Prep articulated program.

First Fall Term
ANSC 1401, General Animal Science – 4 hrs
ANSC 1403, Clinical Assistance – 4 hrs

ANSC 1202, Laboratory Animal Management – 2 hrs
ENG 1301, Composition and Rhetoric – 3 hrs
CHEM 1401, General Chemistry – 4 hrs

CREDIT HOURS – 17

Spring
ANSC 1303, Surgical Assistance – 3 hrs
ANSC 1302, Radiology – 3 hrs
ANSC 1304, Pharmacology – 3 hrs
BIOL 3403, Veterinary Parasitology – 4 hrs
COMM 1303, Speech Communications – 3 hrs

CREDIT HOURS – 16

Second Fall Term
ANSC 2501, Animal Anatomy/Physiology – 5 hrs
ANSC 3404, Clinical Pathology – 4 hrs
ANSC 2405, Equine Veterinary Footcare – 4 hrs
MATH 1310 or MATH 1315, University Math or University Algebra – 3 hrs

CREDIT HOURS – 16

Spring
ANSC 2300, Veterinary Ethics & Clinical Procedures – 3 hrs
ANSC 2306, Small Animal Management – 3 hrs
ANSC 3403, Animal Nutrition, Feeds and Feeding – 4 hrs
ANSC 3408, Advanced Clinical Assistance – 4 hrs
BIOL 2406, Introduction to Microbiology – 4 hrs

CREDIT HOURS – 18

Summer Semester

ANSC 3601, Practicum in Veterinary Assistance – 6 hrs

Total Credit Hours

73 hours

Level 1
Mammalian Physiology (double unit)
Biochemistry
Comparative Anatomy
Cell biology and Immunology
Research Skills and Biometrics
Evolution, Genetics and Domestication
Animal Husbandry and Welfare
Level 2
Livestock Systems
Reproduction and Breeding
Veterinary Microbiology
Metabolism
Nutritional Science
Veterinary Anatomy
Veterinary Parasitology
Applied Statistics
Level 3
Project and Dissertation (30 credits)
Biotechnology
Diagnostics and Analytics
Animal Disease
Equine Disease
Clinical Nutrition
Current Issues in Bioveterinary Science

The program of the Graduate in Veterinary Science, Federal University of Lavras, Masters level was recommended by the Council of Scientific Technical CAPES in 2004 and accredited by the Ministry of Education since 2007. The course at the level of PhD was recommended in 2008. In the evaluation of the CAPES program got the concept 4. Consisting of a faculty of 14 teachers doctors, the program aims to promote the training of key staff to work in research institutions, education and extension, as well as private initiative, through a sound scientific training in line with the new advances in research. Attentive to social demands, the program aims to identify priorities for regional development and national, as well as the commitment to seek solutions to major problems in the area of influence of UFLA.
The Department of Veterinary Medicine (VMD) of UFLA account, currently with an infrastructure consisting of 13 laboratories: Animal Anatomy, Histology Animal Veterinary Parasitology (Protozoologia / Acarologia), Veterinary Parasitology (Helminthological) Epidemiology, Physiology and Pharmacology, Pathology Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Animal Virology, Microbiology, Veterinary Medical Radiology, Animal Reproduction, Mycology; addition to a surgical block, kennel and animal. Also has a laboratory equipped for the study of infectious and parasitic diseases in aquatic animals (AQUAVET). In 2004 was inaugurated the Veterinary Hospital for Small Animals. Structures are available for the development of research projects, the Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and facilities of the Fisheries Sector, Suinocultura, Bovinocultura Milk, Caprinocultura, rabbits and Ovinocultura, linked to the Department of Zootecnia of UFLA (DZO).