HISTORY OF VETERINARY PROFESSION

  Archeological evidence, in the form cow skull upon which trepanation had been performed, shows that people were performing veterinary procedures in the Neolithic (3400-3000 BCE).

Hippiatrica

The Egyptian Papyrus of Kahun is the first extant record of veterinary medicine. The Shalihotra Samhita is an early indian treatise on veterinary medicine(hippiatrics), likely composed in the 3rd century BCE. Its is attributed to one Shalihotra son of Hayagosha, considered the founder of veterinary sciences in Indian tradition.

Shalihotra Samhita, showing an eye operation on a horse.