Varsities sign deal on veterinary medicine

His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and President of University of Al Dhaid (UODH), signed, on Wednesday, at the university’s headquarters, a cooperation agreement between the UODH and the University of Liverpool in Britain, to establish a programme in veterinary medicine.

Sheikh Sultan welcomed the University of Liverpool delegation and attendees, pointing out that many countries and institutions establish universities with colleges of agriculture and veterinary medicine, but they do not have farms, fields, sheep, goats and cows for students to train on, and they head to a place outside the country to train there.

He explained that the University of Al Dhaid supports the educational process and includes facilities such as wheat and corn fields, cow, bird and goat farms, all of which are prepared to train university students.

Sheikh Sultan explained that the cooperation agreement in the field of veterinary medicine, which was signed with the University of Liverpool, was initiated by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock in Sharjah, which owns a large number of pastures that include cattle, camels and goats for the locals. It is a dual service where the locals come to the pastures and a similar service is provided to them.

The aim is to develop the animal wealth, which does not come by wishful thinking, but by full support, protection and treatment.

Sheikh Sultan added, “During the drought period, we need dry grasses, and during the period of diseases, we need treatment. Therefore, there is a small veterinary clinic in every pasture we have.

“However, now with the presence of the College of Agriculture and the College of Veterinary Medicine at this university, we notice that all fields, whether in the field of crop cultivation or vegetable cultivation, as well as for livestock and sheep, include what protects them. We notice that in the field of agriculture, we have a prestigious university with which we have signed a contract and it will undertake the teaching, curriculum and guidance process, in addition to cooperation with the prestigious University of Liverpool in the field of veterinary medicine.”

The agreement was signed on behalf of the University of Liverpool by Dr. Tim Jones, Chancellor of the University.

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