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Information relating to '''veterinary surgeons'''.
==Records==
The Veterinary Surgeons were initially and at least until the 1860’s and probably until the 1880’s, part of the Presidency Medical Departments which became the Indian Medical Service, which in turn was part of the Army structure. Most listings of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons will at the end then contain a listing of Veterinary Surgeons
British Library link [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] gives details of records
==External Resources==
*An Army Veterinary Department was established in 1884 (a very brief mention in [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031220/nation.htm#15 The Tribune India Online]). A Civil Veterinary Department was established from 1889 with full details in this [http://mahavet.mah.nic.in/historyright.htm link] from the Department of Animal Husbandry , Maharashtra State. It seems that it was the Civil Veterinary Department that later became known as the Indian Veterinary Service or I.V.S. In 1923 a Commission into the Civil Services decided that there would be no further recruitment into the IVS and that in future the provincial governments would control and make appointments (http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3ugDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69 Pratiyogita Darpan/January 2007/1150] ) Google Books
*[[South Asia Archive & Library Group]] host a Powerpoint presentation given at their conference by Christopher Gill called [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/apac/saalg/#newsletter "Veterinary Material in the National Library of Scotland’s India Papers Collection - A previously neglected resource for historical research"].
*[http://www.ias.ac.in/jarch/currsci/6/576.pdf Development of Veterinary Work In India] Informative short article held on website of the Indian Academy of Sciences. The article outlines the history of veterinary work in India from 1799 up to the 1930s and mentions the men who played a major role in its expansion.
*[http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmtemp6P11C.aspx?MnId=mR7zxkv02FM=&ParentID=efmngLw42eE=&flag=p History of the Remount & Veterinary Corps] Indian Army Official Website
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1611_Remount_Vet.htm Army Remount Corps] indiapicks.com
*The initial paragraph of this Government of Balochistan [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=4&id=38&Itemid=44 link] sets out the history of veterinary establishments in that area from 1884
*"Thomas Hagger An Indian Army Veterinary Surgeon in Australia" by John Fisher commences page 5 of this [http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/234/1/avhs_012.pdf Australian Veterinary History Society 1995 Newsletter] pdf and mentions the trade in Australian horses to India.
==Training==
*The Madras Veterinary Establishment was set up in 1810 and boys from the [[Orphan Schools in Madras#Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum|Military Male Asylum]] and the Charity School were to be trained in the veterinary art, with the eventual rank of farriers.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>
*There is a British Library catalogue entry IOR/F/4/661/18358 Mar 1821, which appears to be in respect of Bengal: Appointment of J.T. Hodgson as Veterinary Surgeon to the Governor General's Body Guard - he is to select and train eight Assistant Apothecaries as Veterinary Surgeons for the Light Cavalry Regiments. Refer [[Apothecary#Duties|Apothecary - Duties]].
*Page 3 of [http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJVM/article/viewFile/1909/1801 "History and Scope of Veterinary Medicine"] (pdf) by MA Samad and MU Ahmed talks about the history of Veterinary Medicine in the Indian Sub- continent. It advises an Army Veterinary School was established at Poona in 1862, The first Veterinary College was set up at Babugarh in 1877, followed by Lahore in 1882, Bombay in 1886, and Madras and Calcutta in 1893
*[http://www.mafsu.in/bvc/bvccollege/bvc.html Bombay Veterinary College] was established 2 August 1886 according to this MAFSU(Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University) link. It also contains a paragraph about William Moorcroft in addition to historical information.
*The [http://www.tanuvas.ac.in/history.html Madras Veterinary College] TANUVAS
==Individuals==
