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Veterinary Infectious Diseases

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.

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	—
Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine	—
Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine	—
Veterinary Anatomy	—
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other	—
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	—

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

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