The Department was founded in 1938 to serve Arizona's needs for education, research, and problem-solving in animal health and disease. Our mission has broadened over the intervening years, and now includes attention to important human health problems. Currently, efforts are expanding to address questions of food safety and border health issues.

Links from this site will lead you to more information about various endeavors in the department. These include information on faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate teaching, research laboratories, and service units, including the Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

A summary of our department's grants, publications, degrees, and professional activities for the year 2004 is available for download in pdf format.

Our street address is 1117 E. Lowell, Tucson, AZ 85721. We are in the Veterniary Science and Microbiology Building, aka Building 90.