List of military veterinary services
Appearance
This is a list of Military Veterinary Services from around the world. Some are still active while others were disbanded, mostly around the decline of horses in military service.
In general, Military Veterinary Services provide care for service animals, public health services (food inspection, water quality), development assistance and research services. However each service varies significantly from others based on national mandates and interests.
Country | Service name | Crest, badge or logo | Years active |
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United States | United States Army Veterinary Corps[1] | 3 June 1916 to present | |
United Kingdom | Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC)[2] | 1796 to present | |
Greece | Hellenic Army Veterinary Service (HAVS)[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | 1832 to present | |
Canada | Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps (RCAVC) | 1910 to 1940 | |
Australia | Australian Army Veterinary Corps (AAVC)[10][11] | 1909–1946 | |
New Zealand | New Zealand Veterinary Corps (NZVC)[12][13] | 1907– 9 January 1947 | |
Spain | Spanish Armed Forces Military Veterinary Center (CEMILVET)[14] | 1904 to present | |
Russia | Veterinary-Sanitary department[15][16] | current | |
India | Remount Veterinary Corps (RVC)[17] | 1794 to present | |
Sweden | Various Military Veterinary Staff Officers[18] Swedish Army Veterinary Corps |
current 1887–1969 | |
Norway | Norwegian Veterinary Corps[19] | 1791 to present | |
France | Service de santé des armées – Vétérinaires des armées[20][21][22] | 1769 to present | |
Germany | German Veterinary Service (Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr – Veterinärmedizin)[23][24] | current | |
Nazi Germany | Waffen SS-Veterinary service[25] | World War II | |
South Africa | South Africa Veterinary Corps[26] | 1913–unknown; incorporated into SAMC[27] | |
Morocco | [28] | current | |
Finland | [28][29] | current | |
Austria | [28] | current | |
Slovenia | [28] | current | |
Croatia | [28] | current | |
Denmark | [28] | current | |
Belgium | [28] | current | |
The Netherlands | [28] | current | |
Poland | [28] | current | |
Italy | [28] | current | |
Thailand | Royal Thai Army Veterinary & Remount Department[30] | current | |
Switzerland | Centre of competence for Veterinary Service and Army Animals[31] | current | |
Pakistan | Remount, Veterinary, and Farming Corps (RV&FC)[32] | current | |
Estonia | [33] | current | |
Slovakia | [33] | current | |
Brazil | Brazilian Army Veterinary Service[34] | 4 January 1908-current | |
South Korea | ROK veterinary corps[35] | current | |
Japan | Japanese Imperial Army Veterinary Service[36] | ||
Uganda | Uganda People's Defense Force – a single veterinarian[37] | current | |
Bangladesh | Remounts Veterinary & Farm Corps – (RV&FC)[38] | current | |
Czech Republic | Military Medical Agency[39] | current | |
Hungary | Chief of Defence, Medical Directorate[40] | current | |
People's Republic of China | People's Liberation Army[41] | current | |
Turkey | Turkish Veterinary Corps[42] | current | |
Mexico | [43] | current | |
Soviet Union | Veterinary Service[44] | Cold War | |
Austria-Hungary | Veterinary Service[45] | World War One | |
Argentina | Remount and Veterinary Command (Comando de Remonta y Veterinaria)[46] | current | |
Portugal | [47] | current | |
Ecuador | Veterinary Service | ||
Romania | Veterinary Service[48] | 1831 – ? | |
Colombia | Veterinary Service[49] | current | |
Japan | Imperial Japanese Army Veterinary School[50][51] | 1893–1945 |
References
[edit]- ^ Welcome to the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps
- ^ Royal Army Veterinary Corps
- ^ HISTORY OF THE HELLENIC ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE
- ^ Museum of the Hellenic Veterinary Military Service at Larissa Thessalia GREECE
- ^ HAF GUARD DOG TRAINING CENTER
- ^ Presentation of the Hellenic 3rd Veterinary Military Hospital at Thessaloniki Macedonia GREECE
- ^ Celebration for the 101 years of the Hellenic 3rd Veterinary Military Hospital at Thessaloniki Macedonia GREECE
- ^ Hellenic 3rd Veterinary Military Hospital and its cooperation with the Veterinary Medical School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Macedonia GREECE
- ^ 100 years of the Hellenic 3rd Veterinary Military Hospital in Thessaloniki Macedonia GREECE
- ^ The Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- ^ Whitfield, L. C. (1951). "The Veterinary Services in the Australian Military Forces". Australian Veterinary Journal. 27: 226–236. doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1951.tb05072.x.
- ^ Chapter IX. — New Zealand Veterinary Corps | NZETC
- ^ Boot and Saddle – NZ Veterinary Corps by J Gilberd
- ^ Ministerio de Defensa – Centro Militar de Veterinaria Archived 2013-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Organization Veterinary-Sanitary department : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
- ^ Army Ranks and Insignia of the Russian Federation
- ^ Official Website of Indian Army
- ^ The Swedish Military Veterinary Organization and its main tasks :: U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, 1989 – present
- ^ The Norwegian Veterinary Corps – tasks and organization :: U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, 1989 – present
- ^ Organization and functions of the French Army Veterinary Services :: U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, 1989 – present
- ^ Vétérinaires des armées
- ^ Prescribing Progress: French Veterinary Medicine in the Service of Empire
- ^ German veterinary service effective food control – future requirements :: U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, 1989 – present
- ^ de:Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr
- ^ Corps Colours Waffen SS
- ^ MILITARY VETERINARY SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA – South African Military History Society
- ^ History of the South African Military Medical Service 1913 to 1994
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Report of the 55th International Military Veterinary Symposium – CIMM
- ^ Veterinary Institutions in Finland
- ^ หน้าหลัก
- ^ Centre of competence for Veterinary Service and Army Animals Archived 2013-07-13 at archive.today
- ^ Structure of the Pakistan Army – Services
- ^ a b Military veterinarians assemble in Belgium – August 15, 2007
- ^ Medicina Veterinária Militar (unofficial)
- ^ Korean army veterinarian returns home Archived 2013-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Handbook on Japanese Military Forces. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1944. p. 1.
- ^ One Health Event Highlights Ugandan Military, CJTF-HOA Veterinary Care
- ^ Farhad, Kazi Shameem (2019). "The Role of Bangladesh Army in National Food Security Management". NDC Journal. 18 (1): 60.
- ^ Military Medical Agency
- ^ Chief of Defence, Medical Directorate Archived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ People's Liberation Army
- ^ Turkish Army Administrative Branches
- ^ Mexican Army Ranks
- ^ Military ranks of the Soviet Union – Colors of the rank insignia
- ^ Army ranks and insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army – Examples
- ^ Argentine Army – Army General Staff
- ^ Mestrado em Saúde Militar na Especialidade de Veterinária (Exército e GNR) Archived 2013-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ROMANIAN VETERINARY MEDICINE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
- ^ Army South Soldiers, veterinarians help partner nations build, sustain working dog programs
- ^ ja:陸軍獣医学校
- ^ ja:兵科