Doctor of Veterinary DVM in Pakistan

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM is a professional degree. Veterinarian is competent enough to practice (diagnose, treatment and management) in the field involving large and small animals as self-employment or in the Government sectors. He is also trained and skilled to manage poultry and dairy farms and enhance productivity. During training, a student is exposed to clinics in Medicine, Surgery, and Animal Reproduction. Successful graduates can get employment in Livestock & Dairy Development Department in the public sector in all the provinces of Pakistan. In this, they can go to the Veterinary Hospitals, Disease diagnosis labs, Breed Improvement, Livestock Farms, Extension Services, and Research. Some join as academia and some decide to go abroad.

Numerous graduates from Various Medical Universities are now practicing vets in North America and other developed countries. Medical Universities of veterinary graduates also serve as commissioned officers in Pakistan Army (RV&FC) and Rangers. The emerging dairy and poultry sector which has multinational and national companies in the country is looking forward to exciting packages to hire vet graduates for their agric-livestock services, farms, processing plants. In short, this is a unique professional field in which a graduate can choose any or all domestic animals to become a specialist and build an exciting carrier.

Historically, this degree was started in 1882 in this institution which was first named as Veterinary School in Asia and then by the end of nineteen century raised to the status of Punjab Veterinary College. The name of this program was B.V.Sc B.Sc (A.H.). In 1942 College was affiliated with the Punjab University and then the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 1971 with the name of College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore. The nomenclature of the degree has been changed/ upgraded from time to time. In 2002, the College was upgraded to the status of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

Five years DVM degree program was prepared and approved by the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council under the directive of the National Parliament and was gazette notified by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock on November 19, 2001, the aim of this composite degree was to meet the needs and demands of private and public sectors, livestock farmers, stakeholders and the employment providers to the professional veterinary graduates of this country.

SEMESTER ONE

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	ANAT-02101	Veterinary Anatomy – I	3 (1-2)
2	ANAT-02102	General Veterinary Histology	2 (1-1)
3	PHYS-02103	Veterinary Physiology-I	3(2-1)
4	BIOC-02104	Biochemistry	4(3-1)
5	LPRO-02105	Fundamentals of Livestock Production	2(1-1)
6	ENGL-02106	English- I (Functional English)	2 (2-0)
		TOTAL	16(10-6)

SEMESTER TWO

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	ANAT-02201	Veterinary Anatomy-II	3(1-2)
2	ANAT-02202	Systemic Veterinary Histology and Embryology	3(2-1)
3	PPRO-02203	Introduction to Poultry Production	1(1-0)
4	PHYS-02204	Veterinary Physiology-II	4(3-1)
5	MICR-02205	General Veterinary Microbiology	3(2-1)
6	LPRO- 02206	Animal Welfare and Ethics	2(2-0)
7	SOSC-02207	English-II (Communication Skills)	2(2-0)
8	SOSC-02208	Islamic Studies/Ethics	1(1-0)
		TOTAL	19(14-5) 29

SEMESTER THREE

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	PHRM-02301	General and Systemic Pharmacology	4(3-1)
2	PATH-02302	General Veterinary Pathology	3(2-1)
3	PARA-02303	General Veterinary Parasitology and Protozoology	3(2–1)
4	SOSC-02304	Anthropology	1 (1-0)
5	MICR-02305	Veterinary Immunology	2(1-1)
6	MICR-02306	Molecular Biology	2(1-1)
7	STCS-02307	Bio-statistics	3(2-1)
8	CEDU-02308	Livestock Extension Education	2 (2-0)
		TOTAL	20(14-6) 32

 SEMESTER FOUR

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	PHRM-02401	Veterinary Chemotherapy and Toxicology	4(3-1)
2	PATH-02402	Systemic Veterinary Pathology	3(2-1)
3	PARA-02403	Veterinary Helminthology	4(3–1)
4	MICR-02404	Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology	3(2-1)
5	STCS-02405	Mathematics	2(2-0)
6	LEBM-02406	Livestock Economics And Business Management	2(2-0)
7	EPPH-02407	Zoonoses and Food Safety	3(2-1)
8	APTC/MT-02408	Introduction to Meat Processing Technologies	1(0-1)
		TOTAL	22(16-6) 34

 SEMESTER FIVE

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	THER-02501	Veterinary Reproductive Physiology	3 (2-1)
2	CLMS-02502	General and Systemic Veterinary Medicine	3(2-1)
3	CLMS-02503	Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care	1(0-1)
4	PATH-02504	Veterinary Clinical Pathology	1(0-1)
5	PARA-02505	Veterinary Entomology and Acarology	3(2–1)
6	MICR-02506	Veterinary Virology	3(2-1)
7	EPPH-02507	Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health	3(2-1)
8	SOSC-02508	Pakistan Studies	1(1-0)
		TOTAL	18(11-7) 32

SEMESTER SIX

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	CLMS-02601	Medicine Clinic-I	1(0-1)
2	CLMS-02602	Surgery Clinic – I	1(0-1)
3	THER-02603	Theriogenology Clinic – I	1 (0-1)
4	PATH-02604	Poultry Pathology	3(2-1)
5	THER-02605	Obstetrics and Genital Diseases	3 (2-1)
6	CLMS-02606	Veterinary Preventive Medicine-I	3(3-0)
7	WECO-02607	Lab and Zoo Animal Management	1 (0-1)
8	CLMS-02608	Small Animal Surgery	4(3-1)
9	CLMS-02609	Diagnostic Imaging	2(1-1)
		TOTAL	19(11-8) 35

SEMESTER SEVEN

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	THER-02701	Reproductive Biotechnology	2 (2-0)
2	THER-02702	Theriogenology Clinic – II	1 (0-1)
3	CLMS-02703	Surgery Clinic – II	1(0-1)
4	CLMS-02704	Medicine Clinic-II	1(0-1)
5	CLMS-02705	Veterinary Preventive  Medicine-II	3(3-0)
6	PPRO-02706	Commercial Poultry Production	2(1-1)
7	CLMS-02707	Large Animal Surgery and Shoeing	3(2-1)
8	LPRO-02708	Animal Breeding and Genetics – I	2(1-1)
9	AQFS-02709	Fisheries and Aquaculture	1 (0-1)
10	NUTR-02710	Principles of Animal Nutrition	3(2-1)
		TOTAL	19(11-8)

SEMESTER EIGHT

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	CLMS-02801	Medicine Clinic III	2(0-2)
2	CLMS-02802	Surgery Clinic III	2(0-2)
3	THER-02803	Theriogenology Clinic III	2 (0-2)
4	LPRO-02804	Beef and Mutton Production	2(1-1)
5	LPRO-02805	Animal Breeding and Genetics – II	3(2-1)
6	PPRO-02806	Breeder and Hatchery Management	3(2-1)
7	NUTR-02807	Livestock Feed Resources and Forage Conservation	3(2-1)
		TOTAL	17(7-10)

SEMESTER NINE

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	CLMS-02901	Medicine Clinic-IV	2(0-2)
2	CLMS-02902	Surgery Clinic – IV	2(0-2)
3	THER-02903	Theriogenology Clinic – IV	2 (0-2)
4	PATH-02904	Meat Inspection and Necropsy Practice	3(2-1)
5	APTC-02905	Dairy Technology	2 (1-1)
6	LPRO-02906	Principles of Dairy Production	3(2-1)
7	NUTR-02907	Poultry Nutrition and Feed Technology	2(1-1)
		TOTAL	16(6-10)

SEMESTER TEN

Sr No.	Subject Codes	Subjects	Credit Hours
1	SOSC-021001	English- III (Technical Report Writing and Presentation)	2 (2-0)
2	DVMI-021002	INTERNSHIP
		TOTAL	2 (2-0)
		GRAND TOTAL	168 (102-66) 298

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