Veterinary Medicine

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is the University's newest Faculty and Canada's fifth veterinary medicine program. Graduating with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, students who attend UCVM will study a comprehensive core curriculum, focusing on health and primary care of all key domestic species, including food animals, horses and small/companion animals. In addition, students will have the opportunity to enrich their education studies in areas of emphasis to prepare them for careers in those areas.

UCVM's areas of emphasis are:

Production animal health:
Population and individual animal health of all food and other production animal species; preparing veterinarians to meet the needs of the livestock industry and rural practice

Ecosystem and public health:
The interface of domestic animal, wildlife, human and environmental health; Preparing veterinarians to meet the needs of society through public and private practice in areas related to public health; food safety; environmental and agricultural interfaces;
wildlife/conservation/zoo medicine and health

Equine health:
Population and individual equine health and medicine;preparing veterinarians to meet the needs of the horse industry and rural practice

Investigative medicine:
veterinary and comparative biomedical, clinical, population health and services/policy research; preparing veterinarians for research-oriented careers in public, academic and
industrial research environments

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