Global veterinary medicine timeline
BC
| c.3000 | Mesopotamia. Urlugaledinna named as “expert in healing animals”. |
| 2500 | China. Veterinary treatises on horses and cattle. |
| 2300 | Babylonia. Eshuna Code identifies rabies control measures. |
| 2200 | Babylonia. Code of Hammurabi defines veterinary fees. |
| 1800 | India. Salihotra named as “veterinarian” of horses. |
| 400 | Greece. Hippocrates “humoral pathology” affects veterinary practice for 2000 years. |
| 250 | India. King Asoka constructs veterinary hospitals. |
| 70 | Rome. Varro: treatise indicates a veterinary professional class. |
AD
| 330 | Byzantium. Apsyrtus called “father of veterinary medicine”. |
| 450 | Rome. Vegetius books on veterinary art, influential for years. |
| 900 | England. Anglo-Saxon Leech Book includes animal cures. |
| 1350 | Italy. Laurence Rusius Hippiatria, widely circulated in printed edition after 1530. |
| 1490 | Spain. Short-lived veterinary schools established. |
| 1522 | Spain. Francisco de la Reyna Book of Veterinary. |
| 1528 | Switzerland. Vegetius work printed as Mulo-Medicina. |
| 1565 | England. Thomas Blundeville first major English veterinary book on horses. |
| 1576 | England. George Turbeville first English book dealing with diseases of dogs. |
| 1598 | Italy. Carlo Ruini first anatomy of the horse prefacing the start of veterinary science. |
| 1639 | England. Thomas de Grey book on horses, hereditary disease and attempted rationale for common procedures. |
| 1664 | France. Jacques de Sollysel wrote classic text, recognised glanders. |
| 1683 | Scotland. Andrew Snape first English equine anatomy book. |
| 1711 | Italy and England. Giovanni Lasci and Thomas Bates both establish effective methods to control rinderpest, but not used. |
| 1720 | England. William Gibson surgeon–farrier advances humane treatments, rational medication and education. |
| 1761 | France. Claude Bourgelat founded Lyon Veterinary School and Alfort School in 1765. Start of veterinary profession. |
| 1778 | Scotland. James Clark notable book, introduces concept of hygiene, advocated veterinary schools. |
| 1783 | England. Francis Clater Every man his own farrier the first of many horse doctor books. |
| 1785 | England. Odiham Agricultural Society proposes a British Veterinary School. |
| 1791 | England. London Veterinary College founded with Sainbel as first Professor. Start of British veterinary profession. |
Compiled by Bruce Vivash Jones, Senior Vice Chairman of the Veterinary History Society, in July 2010, and reproduced with his permission.