Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

An integrated program of study in one or more of the veterinary medical or clinical sciences or a program undifferentiated as to title

Examples:   Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert.),   Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (MS),   Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of animal models of human disease and related experimental procedures, and prepares veterinarians and animal health specialists to manage the laboratory use and care of experimental animals. Includes instruction in laboratory animal husbandry, laboratory animal disease, biohazard control, gnotobiology, breeding, comparative anatomy and physiology, comparative gene mapping, protein function, physical and mathematical modeling, computer modeling, stem cell technology, colony and genetic stock management, cryopreservation, applicable regulations, and bioethics

Examples:   Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine (Cert.),   Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine (MS),   Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the internal medicine and invasive and noninvasive treatment of herd, work, sport, and food animals. Includes instruction in equine medicine, swine and dairy medicine, food animal medicine, pathophysiology, large animal diseases, large animal anesthesiology and surgical procedures, preoperative and postoperative care, and specific medical specialties such as dentistry, ophthalmology, oncology, obstetrics/theriogenology, and orthopedics

Examples:   Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine (Cert.),   Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine (MS),   Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the internal medicine and invasive and noninvasive treatment of companion and household animals. Includes instruction in avian medicine, pet care, companion animal medicine, pathophysiology, small animal diseases, small animal anesthesiology and surgical procedures, preoperative and postoperative care, and specific medical specialties such as dentistry, ophthalmology, oncology, obstetrics/theriogenology, and orthopedics

Examples:   Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine (Cert.),   Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine (MS),   Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure of small and large animal cellular, organ, tissue, and body systems and their relation to physiologic function, disease, and therapeutic treatment. Includes instruction in histology, ultrastructure, molecular biology, biochemistry, developmental biology, neuroscience, electrophysiology, electron microscopy, computer imaging, and applications to specific species

Examples:   Veterinary Anatomy (Cert.),   Veterinary Anatomy (MS),   Veterinary Anatomy (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of zoonotic infectious diseases, disease mechanisms, and prevention and treatment strategies. Includes instruction in disease pathogenesis, vector biology, mycobacterial infection, blood parasites, retroviruses, food-borne diseases, new infectious agents, ecotoxicology, mechanisms of disease transfer, antibody resistance, comparative pathology, communicable diseases, and disease prevention and eradication

Examples:   Veterinary Infectious Diseases (Cert.),   Veterinary Infectious Diseases (MS),   Veterinary Infectious Diseases (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the microbial causation and immunologic processes related to animal disease, prevention, and treatment. Includes instruction in bacteriology, mycology, virology, immune response mechanisms, humoral and cell function, cancer defenses, immune system dysfunction, immunologic diseases, parasitology, pathogenesis, and disease vectors

Examples:   Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (Cert.),   Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (MS),   Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the development and process of disease in domestic and wild animals and applications to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Includes instruction in pathogenesis, immunoparasitology, viral therapy, inherited metabolic diseases, environmental toxicology, anatomical and clinical pathology, necropsy and biopsy techniques, clinical laboratory analysis, pathological interpretation, and disease diagnosis

Examples:   Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (Cert.),   Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (MS),   Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the functional dynamics of animal biological systems and their relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. Includes instruction in mammalian and non-mammalian physiology, laboratory physiology, physiological responses to the environment, endocrinology, animal biotechnology, mechanisms of hormone action, organ systems, metabolism, and pathophysiology

Examples:   Veterinary Physiology (Cert.),   Veterinary Physiology (MS),   Veterinary Physiology (PhD)

A program that focuses on the study of the prevention and control of communicable animal diseases, diseases affecting humans, and prepares veterinarians to function as public health specialists. Includes instruction in animal epidemiology, biostatistics, food safety and quality assurance, food toxicology, zoonotic and infectious diseases, disease vectors and transference, production medicine, animal health, veterinary public health practice, and inspection and evaluation methods

Examples:   Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health (Cert.),   Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health (MS),   Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health (PhD)

A program that focuses on the scientific study of specific environmental and food hazards affecting domestic and wild animals and the development and action of chemical antidotes and treatments. Includes instruction in small and large animal toxicology and pharmacology, neurotoxicology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, neuropharmacology, xenobiotics, drug resistance, pesticides, toxicological pathology, genetic and molecular toxicology, environmental toxicology, drug and toxicant analysis and evaluation, and environmental radiology

Examples:   Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology (Cert.),   Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology (PhD),   Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology (MS)

Any instructional program in veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences not listed above

Examples:   Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert.),   Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (MS),   Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (PhD)