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Gaston Phoebus, in his Le Livre de Chasse, devoted two chapters to the care of hounds.
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Veterinary schools were established in Spain
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Thomas Blundeville writes the first major English veterinary book on horses
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George Turbeville writes the first English book about diseases of dogs
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Thomas de Grey of England writes a book on horses, hereditary diseases and about common procedures done on horses.
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Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions
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The first organized teaching on animal medicine in Lyons, France followed soon by similar schools in England, Germany, and other European countries.
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Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy
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Traditional Chinese Medicine was practised before 1766 BC TIME OF CHRIST
Various written records that mention the treatment of horses. Fairly detailed diagrams of horse anatomy and acupunture points from China. It is said that horse anatomy/acupuncture books in China predate human acupunture maps because horses were so much more valuable than people. -
The founding of the London Veterinary College
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Edward Jenner figures out that milkmaids that have had cowpox are immune to the much more deadly smallpox disease.
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Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease
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The first veterinary school established in the United States was the Veterinary College of Philadelphia in 1852, which operated until 1866. In 1883, the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania was established and is the oldest accredited veterinary school still in operation.
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First Vet school established in Mexico.
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Louis Pasteur suggests in a paper that microorganisms may cause many human and animal diseases.
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First Veterinary College in Canada is in Guelph, Ontario.
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U.S. Veterinary Medical Association started
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Future Farmers of America established.
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Laboratory Animal Welfare Act passed; renamed Animal Welfare Act in 1970.
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120,000 cattle have been diagnosed with BSE (mad cow disease) in Britain.
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The Center for Animal Health and Food Safety is established.
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Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University have cloned a litter of pigs
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Dr. Kent Reed creates a first-generation map of the domestic turkey genome, helping breeders produce healthier turkeys.
