Degree: Medico Veterinario (MV)
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Website: http://www.uvv.br/ensino/info_curso.aspx?id=9
Training vets general, entrepreneurs, committed to animal welfare, the exercise of citizenship and the quality of human life.
The labor market is large and offers job opportunities in agricultural areas, public health, medicine for pets, wildlife and production. In Brazil, 46% of veterinarians in private acts, 45% in the public sector and 9% in joint activities (public and private).
With the investment of federal, state and municipal areas of health, agriculture and environment, many places have been opened through public tenders.
In private, both in medicine for pets in urban areas, as large animals in rural areas has shown rewarding under the financial point of view. In regions of greater purchasing power, in specialties such as cardiology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, dentistry, homeopathy, among others, have proved quite rewarding.
In the manufacturing animal foods, feeds, medicines and veterinary products in both the formulation and processing, promotion and sale, the veterinarian has a good field of work.
In agriculture, with Brazil being the 1st largest exporter of beef in the world, there is a chance to work highly attractive. Farming is a major component of Brazil's GDP, and the international market has not shown increasing demands for productivity and health of livestock, opening more space for the work of the veterinarian.
In the environmental area, the requirements for the implementation of projects and the large number of interventions in ecosystems led development policies, have sued the veterinarian's work of rescuing wildlife, environmental and consulting expertise, as well as work programs for the conservation of biodiversity especially wildlife.
Professional Freelancer: proprietary medicine domestic and wild animals and production, acting as consultant for livestock farming and environmental consultant. Expertise in medical supplement (laboratories, diagnostic imaging).
Working in the Public Sector: Livestock and Animal Health (the Ministry and Departments federal, state and municipal Agriculture) - Parks and Zoos Wild Animal Breeding - Agencies linked to the environment (IBAMA, IEMA.) - Prosecutors, police and federal civil Parks and Exhibition of Animals - in skills. Direction and Supervision of establishments producing food of animal origin. Surveillance which processes and markets products of animal origin. Health Surveillance, participating in programs for the control of zoonoses and other diseases, public research bodies and universities.
Private Enterprise: Working in hospitals and veterinary clinics, companies providing services in the processing of animal foods, agricultural cooperatives, pharmaceutical companies that produce medicines and vaccines, livestock management firms, farms, barns, stables, riding clubs, stores and slaughterhouses, pest control companies and disinfecting.
Training vets generalist able :
- To practice medicine and surgery of animals in all its forms.
- Collect material, conduct and interpret laboratory tests.
- To guide and promote the health monitoring of individuals and herds.
- Develop, plan and implement measures to control zoonoses, and administer control centers zoonoses.
- Conduct technical tests on animals and their products, in judicial matters.
- Act, inspect and supervise the business of production, processing and marketing of products of animal origin.
- Work in the industry of veterinary products both in production and in its supervision and marketing.
- Design and implement livestock projects, including economic feasibility.
- Administer establishments of veterinary services and self-employment.
- Participate in education, planning, coordination and technical implementation of the work of animal reproduction.
- Plan and execute activities of agricultural extension in line with the interests of the community.
- Plan, promote and participate in activities and programs of environmental conservation.
The University Center of Old Town offers a professional profile that, in a perspective broader allow the egress:
- Be general, ie, be able to act in the areas of veterinary medicine as preventive medicine and healing from domestic and wild animals, production, inspection and food hygiene and animal products, health and epidemiological surveillance of animal diseases and zoonoses; education , research and extension within a humanistic vision.
- Specific technical knowledge of the profession and a vision of how it correlates with other medical sciences, biological and agricultural.
- Have experience in the fields of veterinary medicine that enables him to take a critical view and allow the decision-making regarding the choice of the field.
- Have epistemological capacity to promote their continuing education and scientific production.
- Have a humanistic cultural vision that makes a professional dedicated to the welfare and human.
- Have a full understanding of the socio-political role it should play as a professional veterinarian.
- Having the ability to plan and manage their work, guaranteeing quality, professional development and fair income.
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