Welcome Address
On behalf of the entire staff and students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, it is my honor and privilege to welcome you to the website of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan.
Veterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the diagnosis (detection), treatment, control, and prevention of animal health and production problems, including diseases, genetic and nutritional disorders, injuries, and poisoning, their social and economic implications. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domestic and wild, as well as in captivity within zoological gardens and wildlife conservation parks. A broad range of conditions is involved that include diseases at the human-animal-environment interface.
Veterinary science is directly linked to human health in the surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases (infectious and infestations transmissible from animals to humans), food safety, food security, and veterinary epidemiology and informatics.
The University of Ibadan Governing Council approved the establishment of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1961, with the Preclinical and Paraclinical programme at Ibadan and its Clinical unit at Vom. In October 1963, two Veterinary departments – Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology and Veterinary Medicine were established. Until 1970, a cooperative arrangement existed with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. A total of 23 graduates in 4 sets were produced by the University of Ibadan under the cooperative arrangement. Full Clinical courses were introduced at Ibadan in 1971. The first set of 13 Veterinarians produced solely by the University of Ibadan graduated in 1972.
The Faculty was formally established with the separation of the three Veterinary departments, namely, Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, and Veterinary Pathology, in 1975, and the establishment of a new Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
In 1976, each of the 3 older departments was split into two, making a total of seven departments. The Veterinary Teaching Hospital was established in 1981 to coordinate all the clinical and diagnostic services in the faculty.
Graduates of this faculty have occupied several positions in industries, academia, and research institutes. Graduates of this faculty and of course of any Veterinary school have job opportunities in: Teaching and Research in Universities and Research Institutes, Nigeria Customs Service, Immigration Services, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Prison Services, State Veterinary Services, Federal Livestock Department, Bank and Insurance Company, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria Agriculture Quarantine Services, and National Zoonoses Centre.
In 1980, the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine approved the establishment of our International Scientific Journal, Tropical Veterinarian, devoted to topics in all aspects of animal health and disease.
More information about the Faculty can be obtained by visiting the website of the departments in the Faculty. It is noteworthy that all the programmes in the Faculty are fully accredited by both the National Universities Commission and the Veterinary Council of Nigeria.
You are welcome.
Professor B. O. Olugasa
Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine