Claim: University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice began its teaching activities with its first lecture on 5 October 1949 and it became the first school of veterinary medicine in Slovakia and the second one in Czechoslovakia.
Evidence: The college began its teaching activities with its first lecture on 5 October 1949. It became the first school of veterinary medicine in Slovakia and the second one in Czechoslovakia since the establishment of the Veterinary College in Brno on 12 December 1918.