Veterinary medicine
![A veterinary technician in Ethiopia shows the owner of an ailing donkey how to sanitize the site of infection.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Veterinary_Outreach_Hawaye_Kebele_Ethiopia3043.jpg")
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![Claude Bourgelat established the earliest veterinary college in Lyon in 1762.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Bourgelat3044.png")
![Minutes taken at the establishment of the Odiham Agricultural Society, which went on to play a pivotal role in the establishment of the veterinary profession in England.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Odiham_society_minute_book3044.jpg")
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions which can affect different species.