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Veterinary Medicine

& Training

Veterinary Medicine involves teaching about a wide Organization of Animal Health (OIE) guidelines, which
range of animal species, from production animals fully comply with the Namibian Veterinary and Veterinary
(including cattle, small stock, pigs, poultry, fish and bees) Para-professions Act, Act 1 of 2013, and has been fully
through wildlife (including iconic and valuable species accredited by the Namibian Veterinary Council for
such as the critically endangered rhino, sable and other unconditional registration of veterinary graduates. In
antelope, and the beloved big five tourist species); and addition, the School offers a Diploma in Animal Health
companion animals (including donkeys, horses, and at our Katima Mulilo Campus – this diploma is currently
pets and service dogs). This occurs in our laboratories, in undergoing a transformation and the School hopes to
local industries such as Namibia’s export abattoirs, and open a One Health Research Centre on that campus
in UNAM’s Veterinary Academic Hospital. during 2023. Post-graduate studies (MSc and PhD) in
Facilities at the School of Veterinary Medicine continue various fields currently include Veterinary Pathology,
to grow and improve. Veterinary Parasitology, One Health, veterinary
infectious diseases and also certain clinical fields such
The School of Veterinary Medicine offers a BVM (Bachelor as anaesthesiology, theriogenology, equine clinical
of Veterinary Medicine) curriculum following the World studies and diagnostic imaging.

For more information, please contact:

Dr Anna Marais, Email: amarais@unam.na
( +264 61 206 4183

UNAM’s National Capstone Contributions