• Murray State University offers a unique opportunity for those who are interested in the field of agriculture.
  • This university offers a diversified program in the area of Animal Technology, with the option to focus intensely on a student’s particular avenue of interest. Students enrolled in the Animal Technology program may choose to focus on Veterinary Technology or Pre-Veterinary Medicine.
  • This option prepares students for employment in veterinary practices, pharmaceutical manufacturing, universities, veterinary diagnostic laboratories, animal food production facilities, biological laboratories, industries that produce and market animal health products, food inspection, and animal health technological institutions.
  • The Veterinary Technology program at Murray State University is a four-year baccalaureate program.
  • Students in Veterinary Technology will be instructed in the health care of dogs, cats, laboratory animals, horses, beef, sheep, swine and exotics.
  • Students will also receive a semester of intense instruction at a veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
  • This semester focuses on diagnostic and research techniques in large and small animals. The optional plan is designed for those students whose main goal is gaining acceptance into a veterinary school