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Veterinary medicine

1. Dr. Solama Akter Shanta
Lecturer
Faculty of veterinary Animal and
Biomedical Science

2. Level 3, Semester 2
July-December/2021
Course title: MED 3201: General and Systemic Medicine (3C)
MED 3202: General and Systemic Medicine (1C)
B. V. Sc & A. H.

3. Why We Vet. Doctors are Best ?!?
How Vets. are different from medical doctor?
 Vets. know many different species / wide range of animals
 Vets. know many areas such as internal medicine,
pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, surgery, pathology etc.
 Vets. patients can’t talk to doctor (either Eng. / Bangla)
What animals does a Vet. treat?
- Pets, farm animals, small animals, poultry, lab animals, zoo
animals, wildlife, aquatic animals
Vet. Sci >> 5 yrs >> DVM >> Reg from BVC >> Veterinarian
A doctor that takes care of animals is called
 
a Veterinarian

5. Recommended Books
Name Authors yearPublisher
Clinical Examination of
Farm Animals
Jackson, P. and Cockcroft,
P
2002Blackwell
Science Ltd.
Veterinary Clinical
Diagnosis
Kelly, WR 1984Bailliere-Tindall,
London
Veterinary Medicine: A
textbook of the Diseases
of Cattle, Sheep, Goats,
Pigs and Horses
Radostics OM, Gay CC,
Blood DC & Hinchckiff KW
2000Saunders Ltd.
Animal Husbandry and
Veterinary Science
M A Samad 2008LEP Publication
Text book of Veterinary
Clinical & Lab Diagnosis
RS Chauhan, DK Agarwal 2008New Delhi, India
A Textbook of the
Diseases of Cattle,
Horses, Sheep, Pigs and
Goats
P Constable,
 KW
Hinchcliff,
 D Stanley, W
Gruenberg
2016Saunders Ltd

6. Medicine ?
Having 3 senses
1.Drug: Chemical substance is used in the
treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of
disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or
mental well-being
2.Subject: Concerned with the diagnosis,
treatment, prevention & control of diseases
3.Institute / Profession: Faculty / School /
Institute / Department / College of Veterinary
Medicine

7. Types of Medicine & Medicine Science ?
Medicine is
 the science and practice of caring for
a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis,
prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or
disease, and promoting their health.
- Liquid - Tablet - Capsules - Topical medicines
– Drops - Suppositories - Inhalers - Injections.

8. Branches of Medicine
-Medicine / Human Medicine
-Veterinary Medicine: It aims to promote, restore
and maintain animal/avian health and production.
-Phytomedicine
-Aquatic Medicine
-Homeomedicine

9. Veterinary Science / Medicine
“Veterinary Science”= encompasses animal husbandry, health
and disease (diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control) --
Encyclopedia Britannica
Veterinary Medicine: is the branch of medicine that deals with the
prevention, control,
 
diagnosis, and
 
treatment 
of diseases /
disorder,
and injury affecting the health of domestic and wild animals and with
the prevention of transmission of animal diseases to people.
The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal
species, both
 
domesticated 
and 
wild, with a wide range of
conditions that can affect different species.

10. Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Sciences
Clinical:
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Gynaecology
Pre-clinical:
- Anatomy
- Histology
- Physiology
- General
microbiology
- Parasitology
Para-clinical:
- Pharmacology
- Pathology
- Special
Microbiology
(lab…)

11. Why You are Here ?

12. How does someone in Vet Med contribute to society?
 By Promoting animal health and welfare.
 Ensure a safe food supply for people by monitoring and
maintaining the health of food-producing animals
 By combating zoonotic diseases & protect human health
 By inspecting livestock and food-processing procedures
to ensure safety of food supply.
 By preserving and conserving wildlife.
 By conducting scientific research that impacts the food >
we eat, the medicine we take, etc

13. •60% of human
pathogens are
zoonotic;
•75% of emerging
diseases are
zoonotic;
•Veterinarians are
on the front line to
protect human
health.

14. Branches of Vet. Medicine
Based on practice
•Clinical medicine
•Preventive medicine
Based on age
•Veterinary paediatrics
•Geriatrics – old age diseases
Based on etiology
•General medicine
•Systemic medicine
•Special medicine

15. Branches of Vet Medicine
According to etiology of diseases:
i)General medicine: deals with non-specific conditions which are
common in different hosts like fever, dehydration etc.
ii)Systemic medicine: deals with non-specific diseases and
disorders affecting the organs and systems of the body like
enteritis, arthritis, stomatitis etc.
iii)Special medicine: deals with diseases which are caused by
specific biological and non-biological agents like HS, BQ, milk
fever etc.
.

16. Branches of Vet Medicine
According to practice:
i)Clinical medicine: which is concerned with diagnosis and
treatment of diseased individual animals.
ii)Preventive medicine: which is concerned with prevention
and control of disease in population.

17. Branches of Vet Medicine
Based on commodity
-Large animal medicine – Small animal medicine
-Zoonotic medicine – Zoo animal medicine
-Wild animal medicine – Lab. Animal medicine
-Bovine/Ovine/Caprine/Swine/Feline medicine
-Geomedicine - Avian medicine
Based on system and organs involved
- Gastro-enterology - Gynaecology
- Dermatology - Ophthalmology
- Urology - Cardiology

18. Means CM Vs. PM
Points Clinical Medicine Preventive Medicine
DefinitionStudy of diagnosis (presumptive),
prognosis, treatment of disease
and advice for restoration of
health in individual sick animals.
Study of population characteristics of
health and disease, mass diagnosis,
prognosis, management of disease in
population (prevention and control).
Fundamental
science
Clinical propaedeutics and
therapeutics
Epidemiology and ecology
Nature It is a diagnostic discipline (non-
laboratory field methods of
diagnosis)
Social or community based field vet.
discipline for health and disease
management service in population
Aims Restoration of health in individual
sick animals and birds at clinic or
farm
Protection, preservation, restoration
and promotion of livestock and poultry
population health

19. Points Clinical Medicine Preventive Medicine
Scope Clinical service of individual sick
animals and pet birds; no scope in
fatal /recurrent diseases
Preventive measures are the only
means of preventing and
eliminating of fatal diseases from
population
SignificanceIncrease the cost of production in
food animals and poultry
Decreases cost of production
ObjectivesStudy of individual clinical
characteristics of disease such as
signalment, anamnesis, clinical
signs etc.
Study of population characteristics
of health and disease, such as
frequency, distribution, risk factors
etc.
Methods Diagnosis is based on: i)
Epidemiological data ii) Clinical
data iii) response to treatment
i) Epidemiologic methods ii)
Biosecurity iii) Vaccination iv)
Prophylaxis v) Hygienic and
sanitary measures
CM Vs. PM

20. A global public good
Reducing poverty
Market access
Protecting animal health
Animal welfare
Protecting public health
Animal production food safety
Food security
Veterinarians are on the front line to protect human
health
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