NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

(c) The following courses are required in the first phase of clinical studies (one year): general pathology, clinical
preparatory course, general internal medicine, general surgery, general therapy, general obstetrics and gynaecology,
general theory of infections and
epidemics, pharmacology and toxicology, animal breeding and assessment (including additives), general agricultural
theory,
practical agricultural course on a training farm, animal breeding and maintenance (14 days).
The examination subjects in the first phase of the degree examination in veterinary medicine (Erster Abschnitt der
tierärztlichen Prüfung) are: clinical preparatory course, general patholoy, gen- eral theory of infections and epidemics,
pharmacology and toxicology, animal breeding and assessment, animal nutrition and food.
(d) The second phase of clinical studies (one year) includes the following compulsory courses: bacteriology and mycology,
virology, parasitology, animal hygiene, prescription and preparation of medicines, radiology medicine. The examination
subjects in the second phase of the degree examination in veterinary medicine (Zweiter Abschnitt der tierärztlichen
Prüfung) are identical with the subjects of the compulsory courses.
(e) The third phase of clinical studies (at least half a year) includes compulsory courses on: special pathological anatomy and
histology (including autopsies), functional pathology (pathological physi-ology), applied anatomy, internal medicine
(including laboratory diagnostics, in-patient and out-patient situations), surgery (including operation and anaesthetisation
techniques), clinical radiology, eye diseases, hoof-and-claw diseases, hoof-and-claw care, in-patient care and out-patient
care, birth and diseases in infancy, gynaec-ology (including diseases of the udder), andrology and domestic
animal insemination, poultry diseases (including out-patient treatment), fish diseases, food analysis and theory, milk
analysis, milk theory, milk hygiene, meat animal and meat examination, meat hygiene (including poultry meat hygiene),
slaughterhouse management, laboratory animals and laboratory animal diseases, animal epidemics, forensic veterinary
medicine, animal protection and animal behaviour, law governing veterinary medicine.