Anatomical Pathology

Course Structure

1. St. George\x92s University School of Veterinary Medicine offers a program leading to the dual Doctor of Veterinary Medicine/Master of Science (DVM/MSc) degree in Veterinary Pathology. The MSc in Veterinary Pathology is also open for stand-alone graduate students, who hold a DVM degree or equivalent veterinary degree.There is a real need for more specialists in this field due to the increasing numbers of universities, diagnostic laboratories and research institutions worldwide. So, it has become a necessity to establish a program of a master degree by courses and complementary research as a way of training that keeps pace with the progress of scientific research and meets the requirements of development and the increasing need for qualifying adequate numbers of graduates in this field.The program provides broad theoretical and practical training in veterinary pathology with special emphasis on diagnostic pathology. Thus knowledge and experience will be acquired in various diagnostic techniques and on making proper correlations between gross and histopathological changes with clinical and laboratory findings to reach an appropriate diagnosis. This will qualify the successful candidates to work as specialists in the field of diagnosis of animal diseases as well as in teaching and research pertaining to this field.