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Large Animal Surgery & Medicine

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.

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	Annual Degrees Awarded
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	—
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine	—
Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine	—
Veterinary Anatomy	—
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other	—
Veterinary Infectious Diseases	—
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology	—
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology	—
Veterinary Physiology	—
Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health	—
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General	—
Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology	—

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