The Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine is Estonia’s centre for veterinary clinical teaching and research. The Chair is committed to advancing research and education in the field of clinical medicine covering various animal species. The areas of expertise and research within the Chair focus on clinical immunology of domestic animals, internal medicine, cattle health management, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, anaesthesiology, pharmacology, and wildlife and exotic animal medicine. The academic staff members are engaged in supervising doctoral students in veterinary medicine and food science and conducting in-service training for veterinarians, which includes expert assessments and consulting veterinary practitioners both in Estonia and abroad. The Chair also cooperates with human medicine institutions in several projects of common interest.
The Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine is responsible for the clinical part of the veterinary medicine curriculum. The subjects we teach add deeper and more specific nuances to the foundational knowledge previously acquired and teach students how to apply the theory they have learned in practical work.
The courses offered by the Chair cover the following fields:
The Chair also includes various practical courses where students acquire their first skills and experiences in animal treatment and handling.
In addition to medical knowledge, the Chair also teaches different aspects of the veterinary profession as a highly diverse field, veterinary ethics, and legislation related to establishing and organizing a veterinary practice.
The Chair also offers several elective courses, such as animal physiotherapy, pain management, terrarium animals and their healthcare, zoo and wildlife medicine.
The Chair's research is structured around the following areas: antibiotic resistance of pathogenic microorganisms in domestic animals, inflammatory processes in the animals, bovine cattle health, bovine reproductive physiology and diseases, calf respiratory microbiome, parasitic and orthopaedic diseases in small animals, and wild animal anaesthesiology. The Chair values cooperation with colleagues both in Estonia and internationally.
As a part of the Chair the Joint Clinical Veterinary Laboratory helps in reaching the correct diagnosis for determining the best treatment. The laboratory conducts various analyses, including hematological and biochemical blood tests, parasitological, virological (bovine viral diarrhea), and serological (selective bovine infectious diseases) studies.
Chair Holder
Professor in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Veterinaarmeditsiini ja loomakasvatuse instituut
Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine
7313244
7313244toomas.orro@emu.ee
toomas.orro@emu.eeChair Assistant
Chair Assistant
Veterinaarmeditsiini ja loomakasvatuse instituut
Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine
marit.otsason@emu.ee
marit.otsason@emu.ee
