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Welcome Dr. Mostafa Abdelgaber Mohamed Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Menoufia University E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Veterinary medicine: Medical specialty...

Welcome Dr. Mostafa Abdelgaber Mohamed Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Menoufia University E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Veterinary medicine: Medical specialty concerned with the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting the health of domestic and wild animals and with the prevention of transmission of animal diseases to people. Veterinarians ensure a safe food supply for people by monitoring and maintaining the health of food-producing animals. Bowen, J. M.. "veterinary medicine." Encyclopedia Britannica, July 1, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/science/veterinary-medicine. Anatomy: a field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Embryology: the study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus. Histology: branch of biology concerned with the composition and structure of plant and animal tissues in relation to their specialized functions. Cytology: the study of cells as fundamental units of living things.  Biochemistry: study of the chemical substances and processes that occur in plants, animals, and microorganisms and of the changes they undergo during development and life.  Organic chemistry: Field of science concerned with the composition, properties, and structure of chemical elements and compounds that contain carbon atoms.  Inorganic chemistry: field of science concerned with the composition, properties, and structure of chemical elements and compounds that contain no carbon.  Biology: study of living things and their vital processes. The field deals with all the physicochemical aspects of life.  Zoology: branch of biology that studies the members of the animal kingdom and animal life in general.  Biophysics: discipline co ncerned with the application of the principles and methods of physics and the other physical sciences to the solution of biological problems.  Physiology: study of the functioning of living organisms, animal or plant, and of the functioning of their constituent tissues or cells.  Pathology: medical specialty concerned with the determining causes of disease and the structural and functional changes occurring in abnormal conditions.  Parasitology: the study of animal and plant parasitism as a biological phenomenon. Parasites occur in virtually all major animal groups and in many plant groups, with hosts as varied as the parasites themselves. Virology: branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses.  Bacteriology: branch of microbiology dealing with the study of bacteria. Mycology: the study of fungi, a group that includes the mushrooms and yeasts.  Immunology: the scientific study of the body’s resistance to invasion by other organisms (i.e., immunity).  Pharmacology: branch of medicine that deals with the interaction of drugs with the systems and processes of living animals, in particular, the mechanisms of drug action as well as the therapeutic and other uses of the drug.  Nutrition: the assimilation by living organisms of food materials that enable them to grow, maintain themselves, and reproduce.