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==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 [[Farrier|farriers]].<ref>Samuel, E., [http://books.google.com/books?id=sKxJAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA159#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Asiatic annual register''] Vol 12 (London: 1812) p.139</ref>
*There is a British Library catalogue entry [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-f4_10&cid=1-1-25-1#1-1-25-1 '''IOR/F/4/738/20145'''] May 1796-Nov 1822 Further papers regarding the training establishment for veterinary students at Baliganj, [Ballygunge] Calcutta*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]].**British Library catalogue entry [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00hodsrich#page/87/mode/1up Appointment of Veterinary Surgeon Mr Hodgson who is to train Assistant Apothecaries] page 87 ''Historical records of the Governor-General's Body Guard'' by Vernon Charles Paget Hodson 1910 Archive.org*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-f4_11&cid=1-1-85-3#1-1-85-3 '''IOR/F/4/889/23120'''] Further papers regarding the veterinary training establishment at Baliganj [Ballygunge] (includes returns of students on 1 Jul 1823, and 1 Jan 1824, pp 12-13, 85-86)
*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.
