The mission of the programme is to train Veterinary Doctors with the sound knowledge of modern Veterinary Medicine and capable of teaching, treatment and prevention of animal diseases with special impacts on the local tropical environmental conditions. The trained Veterinary Doctor is also expected to prevent the consumption of livestock products unfit for human consumption to be sold or made available to the population; thus prevent the transmission of Zoonotic diseases from animals to man.

The vission of the programme is to train Veterinary Doctors with the sound knowledge of modern Veterinary Medicine and capable of teaching, treatment and prevention of animal diseases with special impacts on the local tropical environmental conditions. The trained Veterinary Doctor is also expected to prevent the consumption of livestock products unfit for human consumption to be sold or made available to the population; thus prevent the transmission of Zoonotic diseases from animals to man.

The philosophy of the programme is sustenance of the training of Veterinary Doctors with sound knowledge of modern Veterinary Medicine through the maintenance of capacity to teach, treat and prevent animal diseases with special impacts on the local tropical environmental conditions.