6 YEAR – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree Programme
Stress Area Code
Veterinary Anatomy (VAN) 0
Veterinary Biochemistry/Physiology/Pharmacology (VPP) 1
Veterinary Public Health (VPH) 2
Animal Health and Production (AHP) 3
Veterinary Pathology/Microbiology (VPM) 4
Veterinary Parasitology/Entomology (VPE) 5
Veterinary Medicine (VMD) 6
Veterinary Obstetrics/Reprod. Diseases (VOR) 7
Veterinary Surgery (VSR) 8
Veterinary Clinics/Project/FVM Courses (FVM) 9
First Year (Pre-Vet)
First Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
CHM 101 Basic Principles of Chemistry I 2
CHM 171 Basic Practical Chemistry 2
PHY 101 General Physics for Life Sciences I 2
PHY 191 Practical Physics 2
BIO 151 General Biology I 3
MTH 111 Elementary Mathematics I 3
General Studies Courses
GSP 101 The Use of English I 2
GSP 103 Social Sciences I 2
Required Ancillary Course
AGR 201 Introduction to Agriculture 3
Total 21
Second Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
FVM 192 Basics to Veterinary Medicine 2
CHM 112 Basic Principles of Chemistry II 2
CHM 122 Basic Principles of Chemistry III 2
BIO 152 General Biology II 3
BIO 153 General Biology (Practical) 2
PHY 102 General Physics for Life Sciences II 2
PHY 103 General Physics for Life Sciences III 2
General Studies Courses
GSP 102 The Use of English II 2
GSP 104 Social Sciences II 2
Total 19
Second Year (DVM I)
First Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VAN 201 Introductory Veterinary Anatomy 5
VPP 211 Introductory Physiology, Blood, Cardiovascular Respiratory
Systems and Comparative Physiology of Gastro-intestinal tract 5
VPP 213 Introductory Veterinary Biochemistry 4
General Studies Courses
GSP 101 Use of English I (Direct Entry Students) 2
GSP 207 Humanities I 2
Required Ancillary Course
COS 101 Introduction to Computer Science 2
Total 18/20 (DE)
Second Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VAN 202 Basic Splanchnology 6
VAN 204 Veterinary Embryology 4
VPP 214 General Veterinary Biochemistry 4
VPP 212 Neuromuscular Systems, Sense Organs, and Environmental Physiology 4
General Studies Courses
GSP 102 The Use of English II (Direct Entry Students) 2
GSP 208 Humanities II 2
Total 20/22 (DE)
6 YEAR – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree Programme
Third Year (DVM II)
First Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VAN 301 Veterinary Histology 4
VPP 311 Veterinary Biochemistry of body fluid 4
VPP 313 Renal Function and Body fluid, Reproduction and Endocrinology 4
AHP 331 General Principles of Animal Production, Genetics and Breeding 3
Required Ancillary Course
AGE 201 Principles of Agricultural Economics (DE) 4
BED 101 Elements of business 2
Total 19/21 (DE)
Second Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VPP 312 General Veterinary Pharmacology 3
AHP 332 Principles of Animal Nutrition in Health 3
VPM 342 General Veterinary Microbiology 3
VPE 352 Veterinary Helminthology 1 3
VPM 344 General Veterinary Pathology 5
VPM 346 General Veterinary Immunology 2
Total 19
Fourth Year (DVM III)
First Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VPP 411 Systemic Veterinary Pharmacology 2
AHP 431 Small Ruminant and Micro livestock Health & Management 3
VPM 441 Veterinary Bacteriology 2
VPM 443 Veterinary Mycology 2
VPM 445 Veterinary Virology 2
VPE 451 Veterinary Helminthology II 4
VPE 453 Veterinary Entomology 2
VPE 455 Veterinary Protozoology 2
VPM 447 Pathology of the Haematopoietic, Cardiovascular, Respiratory
and Sensory Systems 2
VPE 457 Parasitic Immunology 2
Total 23
Second Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VPP 412 Veterinary Chemotherapy 2
VPP 414 Veterinary Toxicology 2
AHP 432 Large Ruminant Health & Management 2
VPM 442 Pathology of the Digestive and Urinogenital systems 2
VPM 444 Pathology of the Integumentary, Musculoskeletal, and Nervous Systems 2
VPM 446 Pathology of Bacterial, Viral, and, Poultry diseases 2
VPM 448 Pathology of Fungal, Protozoan, Parasitic, Nutritional, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases 2
VMD 462 Introduction to Medicine/Diagnostic Medicine 2
VSR 482 Introductory Veterinary Surgery 3
VSR 484 Veterinary Anaethesiology 2
VOR 472 Veterinary Gynaecology 3
Total 24
Fifth Year (DVM IV)
First Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VPH 521 Zoonosis and Environmental Health 2
VPH 523 Meat, Milk and Fish Hygiene 2
VPH 525 Epidemiology & Veterinary Economics 2
VPH 527 Biostatistics & Computer Application 2
VPH 529 Veterinary Preventive Medicine & Jurisprudence 2
AHP 531 Swine & Poultry Health Managt and Monogastrics 2
VMD 561 Equine Medicine 2
VMD 563 Porcine Medicine 2
VOR 571 Andrology & Artificial Insemination 2
VOR 573 Obstetrics, Udder Health Management, Mastitis & Neonatal Diseases 3
VSR 581 Large Animal Surgery 2
Total 23
Second Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VMD 562 Ruminant Medicine 3
VMD 564 Small Animal Medicine 2
VMD 566 Avian Medicine 2
VMD 568 Aquatic, Laboratory and Wildlife Medicine 2
VSR 582 Veterinary Radiology, Tomography & Ultrasonography 4
VSR 584 Small Animal Surgery 3
VSR 586 Orthopaedics and Lameness 3
VAN 502 Applied Anatomy 2
Total 21
Sixth Year (DVM V)
First Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
VPP 611 Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology 1
VPE 651 Veterinary Clinical Parasitology 1
FVM 691 Clinics I 20
FVM 693 Project I 3
VPM 641 Veterinary Clinical Pathology (Haematology & Clinical Biochemistry, & Cytology) 2
VOR 671 Theriogenology Clinics 1
Total 28
Second Semester
Major Courses Course Title Units
FVM 692 Clinics II 20
FVM 694 Project II 3
Total 23
