Master of Veterinary Science

Massey University has the only veterinary school in New Zealand. The Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences (IVABS) staff have a wide range of expertise. IVABS provides research that is cost-effective, integrative applied research to internationally recognised quality standards (such as Good Laboratory Practice standard). The principal research programmes include food safety and quality, spatial epidemiology, veterinary pathology, comparative physiology and anatomy, emerging diseases, wildlife health and conservation, reproductive management and diseases, locomotion and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, mycobacterial diseases, nutritional management of animal production and diseases.

Master of Veterinary Science:  The day-to-day care of animals is in the hands of animal care-givers, animal owners and veterinarians. However, the techniques and tools that these people use must continually be improved. This is the function of those who undertake advanced study in veterinary science. Those who undertake advanced studies will typically be employed either by agencies with a research focus or hospitals with responsibility for specialist care of animals.