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Quick facts about the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
- 1 History of the college
- 2 Dedication dates of recent new buildings
- 3 Service Units
- 4 Endowed Chairs
- 5 Students (Fall 2009)
History of the college
1855
Veterinary science courses have been taught at MSU since the institution’s founding in 1855.
1885
The Veterinary Laboratory, the first building important to veterinary education, was built.
1902
Another veterinary building, the Bacteriology building, (known as the “bact’y” building), was built. It is now called Marshall Hall.
1910
The Division of Veterinary Medicine (now called the College of Veterinary Medicine) was formally established as a four-year, degree-granting program.
1914
A new Veterinary Science Building, also known as the Surgery and Clinics Building, was built. This building became part of Giltner Hall in 1953.
1930
The new Anatomy-Pathology Building was completed, which housed the Departments of Anatomy and Animal Pathology.
1940-41
An addition was built onto the veterinary clinic and hospital and provided additional animal quarters, an autopsy room, and facilities for the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and the Central Brucella Station.
1944
The Division of Veterinary Medicine was renamed the School of Veterinary Medicine
1953
A new building was constructed between the Anatomy-Pathology Building and the veterinary clinic building, joining all three buildings. Once completed in 1953, the building was named Giltner Hall and included a remodeled large-animal hospital.
1955
Michigan State College celebrated its centennial and was renamed Michigan State University. At the same time, the School of Veterinary Medicine was renamed the College of Veterinary Medicine.
1965
The Veterinary Clinical Center was built, making it, at the time, the largest facility of its type in the United States. It included the small-animal clinic, large-animal clinic, farm veterinary services, and the clinical and diagnostic activities of the pathology and microbiology departments.
1967
Vetavisit, the college’s first annual open house was established and has since been held annually, drawing thousands of visitors.
1976
A toxicologic service on campus in the Department of Pharmacology (renamed the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1978) and the integration of all diagnostic services into an Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory (now known as the DCPAH: the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health) was established as the result of unprecedented deaths of cattle in Michigan. Through diagnostic tests, it was discovered that PBB, a fire retardant chemical, had been mixed with livestock feed.
1991
Completion of new facilities and extensive renovations and additions to the existing facility prompted renaming the Veterinary Clinical Center to the Veterinary Medical Center
Dedication dates of recent new buildings
- University Research Containment Facility -- October 19, 1994
- National Food Safety and Toxicology Center -- October 24, 1997
- Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center-- June 7, 2000
- Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building -- April 12, 2002
- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health - The Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory was relocated to a new building and renamed DCPAH -- September 30, 2004
- Training Center for Dairy Professionals -- July 12, 2005
- Matilda R. Wilson Pegasus Critical Care Center -- September 30, 2005
- Center for Comparative Oncology -- October 28, 2005
Service Units
Veterinary Teaching Hospital: Number of patient visits per year
- Small Animal Clinic, including the Animal Cancer Care Clinic: 24, 063
- Large Animal Clinic: 2,751
- Food Animal Clinic: 738
DCPAH: Number of tests per year -- 1.4 million
Endowed Chairs
- Wade O. Brinker Chair of Veterinary Surgery was established in 1978; Dr. Steven Arnoczky was appointed in 1992.
- Matilda R. Wilson Chair in Large Animal Clinical Sciences was established October 25, 1985; Dr. N. Edward Robinson was appointed in 1988.
- Mary Anne McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine was established in January 1996; Dr. Hilary Clayton was appointed in July 1997.
- Meadow Brook Chair in Farm Animal Health and Well-being was
established in 1999; Dr. Lorraine Sordillo was appointed in 2003 and
joined MSU-CVM in January 2004.
Students (Fall 2009)
- Residents: 57
- Interns: 5
- International training scholars: 5
- DVM students: 434
- Class of 2013 - 109
- Class of 2012 - 108
- Class of 2011 - 110
- Class of 2010 - 107
- Graduate students: 212
- Undergraduates:
- Preveterinary: 268
- Veterinary technology: 96
Number of CVM alumni (as of Fall 2009) -- 6,064
