NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

Prior to taking the degree, examination students must document their completion of required periods of practical
training (three parts):
on passing the first part of the degree examination in veterinary medicine (see (c) above):
six weeks in a veterinary practice or an animal clinic;
on passing the second part of the degree examination in veterinary medicine (see (d) above):
six weeks in the animal and meat inspection section of a State-recognised slaughterhouse or a meat inspection
authority;
a three-month period of practical training in one of the abovementioned areas or under the supervision of a
veterinary surgeon at a university institute, a federal research institution, a veterinary control institution, a veterinary
administration office, a public or State-promoted animal health service, an artificial insemination station, the
pharmaceutical industry (development, production and inspection of animal foodstuffs), or in the animal food
industry (production and inspection of mixed animal foods);
the third part of the degree examination in veterinary medicine (Dritter Abschnitt der tierärztlichen Prüfung) covers the
following subjects: special pathological anatomy and histology, internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology, birth, andrology
and domestic animal insemination, poultry diseases, food theory and law, milk and milk hygiene law, meat animal and
meat inspection, meat and poultry-meat hygiene law, animal epidemic control, animal protection and
animal behaviour, forensic veterinary medicine and the veterinary profession.
Certificates are issued on all parts of the degree examination and for the periods of practical training. The final certificate or
certificate on the degree examination in veterinary medicine contains the individual grades received in the examination
subjects of the third part of the degree examination as well as the overall grade, based also on the grades received in the first
and second parts of the degree examination.