Welcome to Faculty of Veterinary Science



The University of Zimbabwe; the premier institution of Higher Education is the largest and oldest University in Zimbabwe. UZ is located in Mount Pleasant, Harare. The University has 10 Faculties; Arts, Education, Law, Commerce, Agriculture, Science, Veterinary Science, Medicine, Engineering, Social Studies. The University also has a number of Institutes namely: Institute of Environmental Science, Confucius Institute, Institute of Developmental Studies, Institute of Mining Research and Centre for Defence Studies.

Mission Statement

Mission Statement
To provide undergraduate, postgraduate and continuous professional veterinary training of an international standard. The aim is to offer excel...

Departments

Departments
Faculty of Veterinary Science consists of three departments namely: Department of Preclinical Veterinary Studies Department of Paraclinic...

Dean's Office

Dean's Office
Dean Dr. D. M. Pfukenyi, DPhil, MVSc,BVSc WELCOME The academic quality of the veterinary degree and other programmes offered by the fac...

Programmes on offer

Programmes on offer
Undergraduate Programmes Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Veterinary Anatomy Bachelor of Science (...
Master of Veterinary Science degree in Ruminant Medicine

 

COURSES

PART 1 (First Year)

The programme consists of 10 core courses, each requiring 40-60 contact hours of lectures, seminars, tutorial, laboratory and clinical fieldwork.

1.            Introduction to Veterinary Medicine [10 contact hours]

2.            Reviews of Diseases

3.            Veterinary Profession and the Wildlife Industry

4.            Study of Clinicopathogenesis, Clinocopathology and Clinial signs Of Diseases

5.            Study of Postmortem (P.M.) techniques

6.            Study of Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis

7.            The use of Clinical Pharmacology and treatment in Large Animal Diseases

8.            Biostatistics, Veterinary Epidemiology and Prevenetion of Diseases

9.            Appraisal of Herd Health Programmes

10.          Communication and Extension in Veterinary Medicine

11.          Dissertation

12.          Schedule of Practicals.

i)        In Part 1 (First year) of this Masters Programme the students will be required to take part and participate in practicals as shown below:

- Large animal clinics

- Ambulatory clinics

·         Applied Herd Health programmes

·         Tutorials/Seminars/Rounds

 

13.          Part II (Second Year)

The candidate will conduct research in the field of Clinical Veterinary Studies on a topic of their choice which is approved by the Departmental Board and the Supervisor.