Veterinary Education By EmilyStewart0714 Period: 1889 to 1889 University of Kentucky Board of Trustees authorized the placement of a "chair of Veterinary Science" Period: 1896 to 1896 The department disbanded when only one student received a doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree Period: 1905 to 1905 Kansas State University established in 1905 (one of the oldest vet programs) Period: 1915 to 1915 Re-establishment of Department of Livestock Diseases when it seperated from Department of Animal Husbandry Period: 1929 to 1929 Department name changed to Animal Pathology Period: 1946 to 1946 Floyd Hull appointed head of Department of Veterinary Science Period: 1959 to 1959 Department researchers were the first at UK to routinely use animal cell cultures in virus research Period: 1973 to 1973 John. T Bryans appointed head of Department of Veterinary Science Period: 1986 to 1986 Construction began and the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center was completed in 1987 Period: 2002 to 2002 Peter J. Timoney appointed head of Department of Veterinary Science