Overview
The Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine offers diplomas, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. Our department consists of nationally and internationally recognized faculty and dedicated support staff. Department faculty members, staff, and graduate student offices are located on the first and second floors of the veterinary hospital building on campus.
Many of our courses are taught in classrooms and laboratories located on the first and second floors of the veterinary hospital. Research laboratories are located on the first and second floors of the veterinary hospital, with small animal research facilities located in the backyard farms.
Mission
Avian and Rabbit Medicine personnel are committed to TEACHING, RESEARCH, and OUTREACH (service and extension/engagement) programs to present and future needs of students, poultry and allied industries, the veterinary profession, and scientific communities. We provide undergraduate, veterinary, and postgraduate instruction in poultry health. Our educational program is based on traditional foundations of poultry medicine (pathology, microbiology, medicine, and production) and on allied disciplines (communications, economics, biotechnology, epidemiology, information management, and systemic analysis).
Vision
The Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine strives to improve the performance, efficiency, and profitability of animal production while enhancing food safety, environmental quality, and animal well-being. The vision of the Department is to become a center of excellence in providing qualitative knowledge of basic science in poultry and rabbit medicine to the veterinary profession and allied sciences in addressing fundamental field questions and solving problems. So, Graduates find a wide range of employment in science, agribusiness, animal production, and public service industries as well as receive pre-professional preparation for graduate school and veterinary medicine.
Goals
- Providing clinical services to clients, industry, and government through problem-solving and consultation.
- Conducting basic and applied research on poultry health and production with an emphasis on emerging problems affecting the poultry industry in the Suez Canal and Sinai region.
- Offering continuing education programs for poultry health professionals.
- The ongoing expansion of the poultry education resource center is based on a multimedia digital library for the development of distance learning and teaching support.
Divisions
- Avian Viral Diseases
- Avian Bacterial Diseases
- Avian Parasitic Diseases
- Avian Fungal Diseases and Mycotoxins problems
- Avian Nutritional Disorders
- Rabbit Medicine