{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-36/annex-V/division-V.4/division-5.4.1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2005/36",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-36",
  "path": "annex/V/division/V.4/division/5.4.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.4.1",
  "heading": "Study programme for veterinary surgeons",
  "text": "The programme of studies leading to the evidence of formal qualifications in veterinary medicine shall include at least the subjects listed below.\nInstruction in one or more of these subjects may be given as part of, or in association with, other courses.\nA.. Basic subjects\nPhysics\nChemistry\nAnimal biology\nPlant biology\nBiomathematics\nB.. Specific subjects\na.. Basic sciences:\nAnatomy (including histology and embryology)\nPhysiology\nBiochemistry\nGenetics\nPharmacology\nPharmacy\nToxicology\nMicrobiology\nImmunology\nEpidemiology\nProfessional ethics\nb.. Clinical sciences:\nObstetrics\nPathology (including pathological anatomy)\nParasitology\nClinical medicine and surgery (including anaesthetics)\nClinical lectures on the various domestic animals, poultry and other animal species\nPreventive medicine\nRadiology\nReproduction and reproductive disorders\nVeterinary state medicine and public health\nVeterinary legislation and forensic medicine\nTherapeutics\nPropaedeutics\nc.. Animal production\nAnimal production\nAnimal nutrition\nAgronomy\nRural economics\nAnimal husbandry\nVeterinary hygiene\nAnimal ethology and protection\nd.. Food hygiene\nInspection and control of animal foodstuffs or foodstuffs of animal origin\nFood hygiene and technology\nPractical work (including practical work in places where slaughtering and processing of foodstuffs takes place)\nPractical training may be in the form of a training period, provided that such training is full-time and under the direct control of the competent authority, and does not exceed six months within the aggregate training period of five years study.\nThe distribution of the theoretical and practical training among the various groups of subjects shall be balanced and coordinated in such a way that the knowledge and experience may be acquired in a manner which will enable veterinary surgeons to perform all their duties.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/36/annex/V/division/V.4/division/5.4.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:42.846208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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