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Distinctive Features Set Mizzou ApartThe Doctor of Veterinary Medicineprofessional program at the Collegeof Veterinary Medicine boasts a uniquecurricular structure, which providesnearly two years of hands-on trainingin the College’s general and specialtyclinics. The location between twometro areas — St. Louis and KansasCity — and adjacent rural areas offersa strong caseload in companion,equine and food animal species —and opportunities for collaborativeresearch, instruction and pursuingpreceptorships. Preceptorships duringthe third and fourth years are supportedby a new database system and apreceptor coordinator who ensuresthat each student is guided toward theopportunities that best match theirindividual interests.Veterinarians throughout theMidwest refer animal clients tothe Veterinary Medical TeachingHospital for specialized diagnosesand treatment in specialties, suchas emergency medicine and criticalcare, soft tissue surgery, dentistry,ophthalmology, neurology, oncology,dermatology, cardiovascular medicineand surgery, and orthopaedic surgery.Our community medicine practice alsooffers preventive medicine, dentistryand routine small animal outpatientservices. The College’s Shelter MedicineProgram increases opportunities forstudents to develop their hands-onclinical skills while helping area humanesocieties serve their communities.MU is a national leader incomparative medicine, in whichresearchers collaborate by sharingdiscoveries, innovations, and treatmentsfor animals and humans. For more thanthree decades, the National Institutesof Health has continuously fundedcomparative medicine research at theUniversity of Missouri. The Collegeof Veterinary Medicine has been andcontinues to be an essential partner inthis research. The MU One Health/One Medicine Mizzou Advantageinitiatives opens opportunitiesto expand on pioneering work incomparative medicine by connectingresearch and instruction in healthcare delivery, policy, business models,medical ethics, and the culture ofhealthy living.The Veterinary Medical DiagnosticLaboratory is the only nationallyaccred ited diagnostic laboratory inMissouri and one of only five in theMidwest. It handles more than 40,000diagnostic cases a year and serves allof Missouri’s 114 counties andsurrounding states by performingapproximately 200,000 diagnostictests annually. The facility supportstoxicology, histopathology, serology,clinical pathology, bacteriology,molecular biology and virologydiagnostic laboratories. It also providesthe opportunity for veterinary medicalstudents to receive instruction indiagnostic laboratory medicine.8TEACHING. HEALING. DISCOVERY. SERVICE.
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES SET MIZZOU APARTThe Veterinary Medical TeachingHospital provides a wide range ofclinical services on the MU campus,and Mizzou Animal Cancer Careprovides diagnostic services, radiationtherapy and clinical trials in theSt. Louis area.Various Facilitiesand ResourcesThe Veterinary Medical DiagnosticLaboratory provides in-depthdiag nostic support to veterinarypractitioners, livestock and poultryindustry interests, companion animalinterests, wildlife conservationists,scientists utilizing animals in theirresearch, state and regulatory officials,and MU Veterinary Medical TeachingHospital clinicians. It is one of only43 veterinary medical diagnosticlaboratories in the nation accredited bythe American Association of VeterinaryLaboratory Diagnosticians.Middlebush Farm is a 288-acre farmsouth of Columbia that providesspace and facilities for theriogenologyinstruction and veterinary medicalresearch projects. College-owned herdsof cattle and horses are maintainedat this farm for teaching purposes.The Department of VeterinaryPathobiology and its associated teachingand research programs are located inConnaway Hall. It houses state-of-theartresearch labs specializing in infectiousdisease research, genetic testing,and molecular biology.The Veterinary Medicine Buildingfeatures teaching laboratories, classrooms,seminar rooms, computerlaboratories, administrative offices, andthe veterinary medical library. Thisbuilding also houses facilities for electronmicroscopy and transgenic animals, andthe H. Richard Adams Conference Roomand Auditorium, a 250-seat conferencecenter and auditorium used for meetings,research, teaching and other instructionalpurposes. It features audiovisual andcomputer support equipment.The Veterinary Medical ScienceBuilding accommodates research laboratoriesand office space for faculty andgraduate students in the Departmentsof Biomedical Sciences, VeterinaryPathobiology, and Veterinary Medicineand Surgery and the Veterinary MedicalDiagnostic Laboratory.The Zalk Veterinary Medical Librarywas established in 1951 to serve notonly the students, staff and faculty ofthe College of Veterinary Medicine,but also members of other subjectdisciplines who interact with veterinarymedicine. The library is the only oneof its kind in Missouri and is one ofonly 28 in the United States (with11 of those established since 1970).Therefore, its unique and historicalresources frequently fill the needs ofresearchers not only in Missouri, butMU is one of only 34public U.S. institutions inthe prestigious Associationof American Universities,whose members aretop-tier schools noted foroutstanding teaching andresearch endeavors.2013-2014 CVM COLLEGE CATALOG 9
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