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University Veterinary Hospital (UVH)
The University Veterinary
Hospital (UVH) was established in 1975 by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
and Animal Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. It went through a number of
name changes until November 1996 when the name of UVH was adopted. It started
with a small animal and ambulatory large animal clinics as well as laboratory
services, and has since grown into what it is today, with hospital wards and
outpatient clinics handling various animal species.
The objectives of the University
Veterinary Hospital are:
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to provide
quality animal health and disease diagnosis
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to be a
referral center
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to
participate in veterinary professional practice training and education
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to improve,
through research, animal health care and disease diagnosis
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to
contribute to an environmental friendly veterinary hospital management
system
UVH is equipped with the type of diagnostic and laboratory equipment
found in a teaching hospital designed for the training of
undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides routine outpatient
consultancy, UVH also offers specialized services in veterinary
medicine and surgery, imaging as well as laboratory diagnosis. UVH has
facilities to handle animals with severe or complicated diseases and
those requiring intensive care. UVH also provides an ambulatory clinic
for large animals.
UVH supports and
provides clinical cases and materials for studies and research of the
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Research areas include:
- surgery
- critical
care
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epidemiology
- internal
medicine
- clinical
medicine & therapy
- radiology
& ultrasonography
-
theriogenology & cytogenetics
- disease
investigation & diagnosis
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