VCI Regulations 2016 (MSVE-Minimum Standards for Veterinary Education 2016)
COURSE OF STUDY
A.Degree Course
1. A degree course of Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry shall comprise of a course of study spread over five and half complete professional years including a compulsory internship of “one year” duration undertaken after successful completion of all credits as prescribed in the syllabus.
2.During the course of study there shall be training in veterinary clinical complex or state veterinary hospital, private veterinary hospital, animal farm or livestock farm complex as part of the course.
2.During the course of study there shall be training in veterinary clinical complex or state veterinary hospital, private veterinary hospital, animal farm or livestock farm complex as part of the course.
B. Duration of professional year
1. First professional year of Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry classes shall commence latest by 1st September of every year.
2. The annual examination shall be conducted prior to summer vacation for the year.
3. Each professional year shall cover at least two hundred ten days of instruction excluding time spent for annual examinations except fourth professional year which consists of 315 instructional days.
2. The annual examination shall be conducted prior to summer vacation for the year.
3. Each professional year shall cover at least two hundred ten days of instruction excluding time spent for annual examinations except fourth professional year which consists of 315 instructional days.
C. Veterinary Curriculum
1. The following shall be the veterinary curriculum, namely:-
(a) (i) Core Courses; and
(ii) Internship including Entrepreneurial Training;
(b) the curriculum shall provide adequate emphasis on cultivating logical and scientific habits of thought, clarity of expression, independence of judgment, ability to collect information and to correlate them and develop habits of self-education;
(c) Medium of instruction for B.V.Sc. and A.H. degree course shall be in English;
(d) practical training at Livestock Farm Complex or Clinical practice shall be organised in small groups of 5 to 10 students so that each teacher can give personal attention to each student with a view to improve his or her skill and competence in handling of the patients and each practical batch for a course shall be preferably not more than twenty students;
(a) (i) Core Courses; and
(ii) Internship including Entrepreneurial Training;
(b) the curriculum shall provide adequate emphasis on cultivating logical and scientific habits of thought, clarity of expression, independence of judgment, ability to collect information and to correlate them and develop habits of self-education;
(c) Medium of instruction for B.V.Sc. and A.H. degree course shall be in English;
(d) practical training at Livestock Farm Complex or Clinical practice shall be organised in small groups of 5 to 10 students so that each teacher can give personal attention to each student with a view to improve his or her skill and competence in handling of the patients and each practical batch for a course shall be preferably not more than twenty students;
| Professional Year | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FIRST PROFESSIONAL | Veterinary Anatomy | 4+3=7 |
| Veterinary Physiology | 4+1=5 | |
| Livestock Production Management | 4+2=6 | |
| Total | 12+6=18 | |
| (2) SECOND PROFESSIONAL | Veterinary Biochemistry | 2+1=3 |
| Veterinary Microbiology | 3+2=5 | |
| Veterinary Pathology | 4+2=6 | |
| Animal Genetics and Breeding | 3+1=4 | |
| Animal Nutrition | 3+1=4 | |
| Total | 15+7=22 | |
| (3) THIRD PROFESSIONAL | Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology | 4+1=5 |
| Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology | 3+1=4 | |
| Veterinary Parasitology | 3+2=5 | |
| Livestock Products Technology | 2+1=3 | |
| Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education | 3+1=4 | |
| Veterinary Clinical Practices – I | 0+1=1 | |
| Livestock Farm Practices | 0+2=2 | |
| Total | 15+9=24 | |
| (4) FOURTH PROFESSIONAL | Veterinary Surgery and Radiology | 2+1=3 |
| Veterinary Medicine | 4+1=5 | |
| Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 2+1=3 | |
| Veterinary Clinical Practices – II | 0+6=6 | |
| Total | 8+9=17 |