Regulation
- Veterinary medicine in Portugal falls under the remit of the Ministério da Agricultura e do Mar (The Ministry of Agriculture and Sea).
- The National Authority for Animal Health is the Direcção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinaria.
- Veterinary medicine is regulated by the Ordem dos Medicos Veterinarios.
Veterinary Specialist Recognition
- Ordem dos Médicos Veterinarios is responsible for the recognition of veterinary specialisation under the Regulamento Geral de Especialidades n.º 529/2014.
- EBVS®-recognised Colleges are recognised officially according to the Ordem dos Medicos Veterinarios.
- The Ordem dos Medicos Veterinarios has a project to regulate the specialization in Portugal.
- As part of this project national specialisation has been started.
- There is currently no veterinary specialist register.
Advanced Veterinary Practitioners
- There is currently no advanced veterinary practitioner training or status in Portugal.
Continuing education of veterinary general practitioners
Continuing education is not compulsory for veterinarians in Portugal.
Veterinary education
- There are six universities offering a full veterinary curiculum.
- There are four veterinary schools at public universities:
- the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon (founded in 1830),
- University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro in Vila Real (founded in 1986),
- Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Evora (founded in 1973),
- Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (founded in 1979) at the University of Porto
- There are two veterinary schools at private universities:
- Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Universidade Vasco da Gama in Coimbra (founded in the 1990s),
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon (founded in the mid 2000s) - Veterinarians in Portugal can use the courtesy title of Doctor.
Membership Organisations
- The membership organisation is the Ordem dos Medicos Veterinarios, which has a regulatory function.
