Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences
Veterinary medicine covers wide areas of life science, not only medicine for animals but also biology of mammals and higher vertebrates.
In the graduate school of veterinary medicine, the most advanced research works have been carried out at molecular, cellular and in vivo levels, in order to fully understand vital processes of normal and diseased animals.
Veterinary medicine has two aspects of science; i.e., a basic science to understand the mechanisms underlying the biological phenomena and an applied science to satisfy the social demands for maintenance and improvement of human welfare and productivity of domestic animals.
This department collaborates with the veterinary medical center located on the Yayoi campus. This center is facilitated with the latest and most advanced medical instruments, and plays an important role as an advanced veterinary hospital in this area.
Laboratories
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences
| Basic Veterinary Medicine | |
|---|---|
| Animal Breeding | Genetic improvement of animal production and development of efficient reproduction system Mechanisms of hormone-receptor interaction and hormone-dependent intracellular signal transduction Elucidation of molecular mechanisms regulating success of failure of implantation-pregnancy establishment processes |
| Veterinary Anatomy | Molecular and histological analyses of mammalian gonadogenesis and spermatogenesis |
| Veterinary Physiology | Regulation of reproductive function by the neuron-endocrine-immune system Molecular mechanisms underlying sexual differentiation of the brain Neuroendocrine control of body growth and metabolism Regulatory mechanisms involved in growth and regeneration of skeletal muscle |
| Veterinary Pharmacology | Signal transduction in the cells and its modification by drugs Pharmacological effects of bioactive natural products |
| Veterinary Microbiology | Studies on the mechanisms of persistent infection and reactivation of animal viruses Development of recombinant vaccines for animals |
| Veterinary Public Health | Control of pathogenic and toxigenic micro-organisms in foods and feeds Ecology and role of intestinal bacteria harboring in the intestine of human and anima |
| Cellular Biochemistry *1 | Studies on the molecular mechanisms underlying growth and differentiation of cell lineages Elucidation of the role of genomic DNA methylation in the epigenetic control of cellular differentiation development Investigation of molecular mechanism for the maintenance of totipotency and pluripotency in the stem cells, including ES, TS and EG cells Risk assessment of endocrine chemical disruptors for mammalian development |
| Veterinary Ethology *2 | Chemical communication via pheromones in mammalian species Nature or nurture questions for the personality formation Clinical studies in veterinary behavior medicine |
| Clinical Veterinary Medicine | |
| Comparative Pathophysiology | Pathophysiology of circulation, respiration and autonomic nervous system |
| Veterinary Pathology | Comparative neuropathology Comparative oncology Experimental and toxicologic pathology |
| Veterinary Internal Medicine | Molecular mechanism of carcinogenesis and cancer therapy Pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases and its treatment |
| Veterinary Surgery | Mechanism of metastasis and local invasion of cancers Regeneration of bone tissues |
| Biomedical Science | Studies on the pathogenesis of animal model for senile diseases Basic science of toxicological pathology |
| Veterinary Clinical Pathobiology | Diagnosis and pathophysiology of aged disease Immunological responses against intraerythrocytic protozoa Function and inherited disorders of membrane skeletal and membrane transport proteins Regulation of the placental function |
| Veterinary Emergency Medicine | Anesthesia and anlgesia in small animals Regeneration of the injured spinal cord in dogs |
| Experimental Medicine *3 | |
| Laboratory of Animal Research Center | Analysis of pathogenicity and species specificity of RNA viruses by new reverse genetics Development of new recombinant vaccines and new virus vectors Functional analysis and application of cytokines Virus infection of wild animals Analysis of the neural pathogenicity using animal models with neuronal disorder |
| Bio-Animal Science *4 | |
| Animal Life Science and Biotechnology | Studies on the molecular mechanism of oocyte selection in mammalian ovaries Artificial rescue potential oocytes in the ovaries Safety and risk assessment of animal-derived foods Studies on nutritional effects of amino acid in farm animals |
*1,2 Courses are opened by Department of Animal Resource Sciences, but could be chosen by students in the school of veterinary medicine.
*3 Cooperative course. The laboratory and its staffs belong to the Institute of Medical Science.
*4 Cooperative course. The laboratory and its staffs belong to Experimental Station for Animal Husbandry.