In clinical veterinary practice, the following subjects/courses are included –
- Veterinary medicine (for third and fourth-year veterinary students)
- Veterinary surgery (for third and fourth-year veterinary students)
- Veterinary gynaecology and obstetrics (for fourth-year veterinary students)
- Veterinary pharmacology (for third-year veterinary students)
However, a few changes may be found in the distribution of the subjects/courses in different years of veterinary education in different universities. But the foundation and contents of these subjects/courses are similar to what we have listed in our contents.
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine is a vast field and is considered the most important clinical subject in veterinary education. In this subject/course you will learn the followings –
- General veterinary medicine
- Infection diseases of the animals,
- Parasitic diseases of the animals (though we will cover them in the veterinary pathobiology)
- System or organ-wise diseases in different animals
- Small animal medicine for vets,
- Large animal medicine, and
- Veterinary therapeutics
In the general veterinary medicine, you will learn the foundation of disease diagnosis and managing diseases. Thus, it includes the clinical examination, disease diagnosis methods, treatment planning, and fluid or other therapy.
The infectious disease is caused by different viruses, bacteria, and fungi in different animals. Here, you will know the causes, symptoms, differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention of different bacterial diseases (like mastitis, anthrax), viral diseases (like FMD, rabies), and fungal diseases (like aspergillosis).
However, you may also learn about the diseases of different animals from a system or organ-wise. This is another good way to learn veterinary medicine perfectly.
However, we will provide the details guides on different metabolic diseases of the animal separately.
In small animal medicine, we will focus on the different infectious diseases, skin problems, digestive disorders, and hormonal disorders of dogs and cats. However, we will discuss the production-related diseases and nutritional diseases in the large animal medicine subject.
Let’s check all the contents from the veterinary medicine subject.
Veterinary surgery
In veterinary surgery, we will provide the details guides on general surgery, anesthesia and pain management, orthpedice surgery, soft tissue surgery, small and large animal surgeries.
In general surgery, you will know the foundation before performing any surgery. Thus, it deals with asepsis, sterilization, information on surgical instruments, suture materials, and techniques.
In anesthesia and pain management, you will know the different types of anesthetics, sedatives, and postoperative control. However, the clinical/ orthopedic surgery includes the surgeries related to fractures, dislocations of joints, casting, splinting, and internal and external fixation.
The large animal surgery is related to the surgeries for livestock, whereas the small animal surgery is for the dogs and cats.
Veterinary gynaecology and obstetrics
In veterinary gynaecology and obstetrics, you will learn about the reproductive health, pregnancy, and parturition of different animals. However, you will learn the basic of anatomy of the reproductive organs, the estrus cycle and the heat detection procedure in this subject.
You will also know the breeding technique, including natural mating, artificial insemination, semen collection and preservation, and pregnancy diagnosis. The obstetrics part of this subject will deal with pregnancy, parturition, and difficult birth/ dystocia.
Different types of dystocia along with their management will be discussed in details uner this subject/course. The postpartum disorder like retained placenta, uterine prolapse, and milk fever, will also be discussed in this subject.
The male reproduction/andrology and reproductive management are also included under this subject.
Veterinary pharmacology
In veterinary pharmacology, you will learn the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic of different drugs in an animal’s body. Here, the pharmacokinetics includes the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excreation of drugs in animals body. However, pharmacodynamics means the mechanism of drug action and the drug’s effect on an animal’s body.
This subject will also include the different routes of drug administration, different types of drug groups, and also the dose calculation.
However, you will also learn the effects of drug overdoses, poisoning, and the treatment of toxicity. But we will describe these topics separately in the toxicology subject/course.