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The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine is a college within the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

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mprehensive history of the College, The Year of the Jubilee, was compiled and written in 2000 by J.T. Mercer and Robert Duncan. Most of the information written here is taken from that history.

The College opened in 1946. The first laboratories were housed in Hardman Hall, which had previously been used as a livestock judging pavilion and later as a Navy warehouse.






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The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine is a college within the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
 (UGA) in Athens
Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a Consolidated city-county in Georgia , United States, in the northeastern part of the state, at the intersection of U.S....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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History

A comprehensive history of the College, The Year of the Jubilee, was compiled and written in 2000 by J.T. Mercer and Robert Duncan. Most of the information written here is taken from that history.

The College opened in 1946. The first laboratories were housed in Hardman Hall, which had previously been used as a livestock judging pavilion and later as a Navy warehouse. The school graduated its first class of 44 students in 1950, the year it was accredited.

In 1951, the vet school's first permanent building was opened to house the school and clinics. In 1970, the Board of Regents approved a name change from the School of Veterinary Medicine to the College of Veterinary Medicine, reflecting the expansion of the College's graduate, research and service programs.

Construction on a new wing for The Institute of Comparative Medicine (ICM) began in 1971. The opened in two small rooms on the first floor of the College in July 1972, and later that year, the building that now houses the Community Practice Clinic also was built. The current Teaching Hospital building was completed for occupation in 1979. Most recently, the state-of-the-art was completed in 2006.

The College's inaugural Veterinary Conference was held in May 1964, and the College held its on March 30–31, 2007.

Departments

Over 130 faculty are members of the following departments of the veterinary college:


Degrees offered


Graduate degrees

The following graduate
Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees, such as Doctorate with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous Undergraduate education degree....
 degrees are offered by the veterinary college:
  • Master of Avian Medicine (M.A.M.) (D.V.M. is a prerequisite for this degree)
  • Master of Food Animal Medicine (M.F.A.M.)
  • Master of Science (M.S.) in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, designed to emphasize interdisciplinary approaches in biomedical research.
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
  • Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases
  • Ph.D. in Pathology (D.V.M. is a prerequisite for this degree)
  • Ph.D. in Pharmacology
  • Ph.D. in Physiology
  • Ph.D. in Toxicology


The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine also offers the Veterinary Medical Scientist Training Program (VMSTP) in which students simultaneously earn D.V.M. and Ph.D. degrees, and a DVM-MPH dual-degree program in which students earn the D.V.M. and Master of Public Health degrees.

Students

2007-2008 Student Enrollment
  • DVM Candidates: 383
  • 73% female, 27% male
  • 9% minority
  • 74% from Georgia
  • 17% from South Carolina
  • 5% from West Virginia
  • 2% from Delaware
  • 2% from other states


Other degree candidates: 126
  • 52 Ph.D. students
  • 25 master's degree students
  • 4 M.A.M. students
  • 17 clinical interns
  • 28 residents


Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award Winners from the College include

  • , Pathology, 2006
  • , Pathology, 2004
  • Scott A. Brown, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, 2003
  • , Large Animal Medicine, 2003
  • P. Thomas Purinton, Anatomy & Radiology, 2001
  • Linda Medleau, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, 2000
  • , Large Animal Medicine, 1999
  • Jeanne A. Barsanti, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, 1998