英文摘要
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This article studies the development of veterinary education system in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era. The purpose is to understand the origin of the issuance of veterinary certificates and the training of veterinarians on the island. Major findings of this research are the following: 1. Taiwan developed several institutions and channels that provided veterinary education during the Japanese colonial era. They shared certain similarities but also differences. 2. The education system of modern Western-style veterinarians in Taiwan began in 1906 by the veterinary trainees at the Agricultural Research Institute of the Taiwan Governor's Office. The quality of their training gradually improved and came to meet the requirements of the government's "Veterinarian License Test Rules" and "Study Principles of Veterinary and Hoof Repairer." After 1912 the trainees could obtain a Veterinarian License without passing national examination. This rapidly increased the number of veterinarians in Taiwan. 3. The implementation of the "Taiwan Educational Decree" in 1919 opened up the educational system to include vocational education and established a number of agricultural-related schools in Taiwan. As a result, the Agricultural Research Institute, which provided courses similar to those at the new schools, stopped its lecture system in 1919. 4. Although rural agriculture-related schools offered courses in veterinary medicine, only three departments' graduates could apply for Veterinarian License without national examination before 1945. They were Animal Husbandry Department at the Pingtung Agricultural School in Kaohsiung (since 1932), Veterinary Medicine Department at the Tainan Agricultural School in Tainan (since 1943), and Veterinary Medicine Specialization of Agriculture Department at the Taipei Imperial University (since 1943). 5. The trainees at the Agricultural Research Institute had all graduated by 1923, and the graduates of Animal Husbandry Department at the Pingtung Agricultural School began to receive Veterinarian Licenses in 1932. During the ten years in between, the speed of issuing Veterinarian Licenses in Taiwan dropped sharply. In other words, the existence of an officially "designated" veterinary school was the main factor affecting the speed of issuing veterinary certificates in Taiwan. 6. Before the 1910s, the principal condition that brought about the aforementioned changes in Taiwan's veterinary education was the demand for veterinarians in the Taiwanese society; after the 1930s it was Japan's demand for veterinarians during the war.
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