Founded in 1878, Mississippi State University is a state school that is situated in Mississippi's northeastern region, in Starkville. The veterinary medicine college opened in 1974, and received full accreditation in 1981. The four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) program focuses heavily on topics including wildlife science, biological sciences, dairy and animal science, and chemical and biological engineering.
Louisiana State University is a public school in Baton Rouge, the state capital. Louisiana State University has existed since 1860, and the veterinary medicine division started in 1973 with a class of 36 aspiring veterinarians. The D.V.M. degree program requires four years to complete, and the school's various academic sectors include veterinary clinical sciences, pathobiological sciences and comparative biomedical sciences.
Auburn University is a state school in Auburn, which is in eastern Alabama near the Georgia state border. Auburn University has been in operation since 1856. The university's veterinary medicine college offers both doctor of philosophy and master of science academic programs for the biomedical sciences, with numerous areas of concentration, such as radiology, pathobiology, small-animal medication and surgery, food-animal medicine, and physiology and anatomy.
The University of Georgia is a state research school in Athens. The university was established officially in the winter of 1785, and the college of veterinary medicine opened in 1946, aiming to prepare candidates for future careers as veterinarians, with diverse subjects such as animal health improvement, food-producing animals and animals as pets. The school's various research topics include vaccinations, infectious diseases, poultry medication and equine colic.