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Pakistan - University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faculty of Veterinary Science (view source)
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==History== <!----Write below this line--->
==History== <!----Write below this line--->
Faculty of Veterinary Science was established in 1962 on the recommendation of National Commission of Food and Education when the Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute was upgraded to the University of Agriculture, West Pakistan. It started its work with the Departments of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Veterinary Anatomy and Clinical Medicine and Surgery in the building of Oil Seed Technology situated in the Old Campus of the University which is now a days under the use of Laboratory High School. Later on the Departments of Veterinary Parasitology, and Veterinary Pathology and Bacteriology were also established. In 1962, according to an agreement with Washington State University, Pullman, USA, its staff came to the Faculty for teaching purpose. Dr. E. C. Stone, a well known educationist and veterinarian, became the first Dean of the Faculty.
After the establishment of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, a four year degree program of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) was started and first batch of 16 students was admitted to DVM class on the basis of F.Sc (pre medical) in 1963. At the same time Faculty also started postgraduate classes in all the disciplines. In 1965, Department of Veterinary Pathology and Bacteriology bifurcated into two independent departments i.e. Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Department of Veterinary Pathology. In 1968, Faculty produced first Ph.D scholar, Dr. Berjees Rehman, from the Department of Veterinary Parasitology. In 1971-72, the construction of the New Campus was completed and the Faculty was shifted to the new campus in1973 and is still working there. In 1971, another development in the Faculty was the establishment of the Department of Animal Reproduction on the recommendation of FAO/SIDA Mission to Government of Pakistan. In 2003, four years degree program of DVM was upgraded to a five year composite degree program. In 2008-09, the prefix veterinary was omitted from the names of the Departments of the Faculty and medical students were allowed to take admission in postgraduate programs.
Currently there are seven departments of the Faculty including Departments of Anatomy, Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pathology, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Theriogenology. Recently the Faculty has also started B.Sc (Hons) Microbiology, a four year degree program, under combined admission program of the University.
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