Premodern era Archeological evidence, in the form of a cow skull upon which trepanation had been performed, shows that people were performing veterinary procedures in the Neolithic (3400–3000 BCE). upManuscript page of Hippiatrica (14th century ) The Egyptian Papyrus of Kahun (Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt) is the first extant record of veterinary medicine. 300px|Fragments of the Kahun Papyrus on veterinary medicine The Shalihotra Samhita, dating from the time of Ashoka, is an early Indian veterinary treatise. The edicts of Asoka read: "Everywhere King Piyadasi (Asoka) made two kinds of medicine (चिकित्सा) available, medicine for people, and medicine for animals. Where no healing herbs for people and animals were available, he ordered that they be bought and planted."  Hippiatrica is a Byzantine compilation of hippiatrics, dated to the fifth or sixthth century AD.
Premodern era Archeological evidence, in the form of a cow skull upon which trepanation had been performed, shows that people were performing veterinary procedures in the Neolithic (3400–3000 BCE). 300px|Fragments of the Kahun Papyrus on veterinary medicine,(early 2nd Millennium BCE ) The Egyptian Papyrus of Kahun (Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt) is the first extant record of veterinary medicine. The Shalihotra Samhita, dating from the time of Ashoka, is an early Indian veterinary treatise. The edicts of Asoka read: "Everywhere King Piyadasi (Asoka) made two kinds of medicine (चिकित्सा) available, medicine for people, and medicine for animals. Where no healing herbs for people and animals were available, he ordered that they be bought and planted." upManuscript page of Hippiatrica (14th century) Hippiatrica is a Byzantine compilation of hippiatrics, dated to the fifth or sixthth century AD.
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300px|Fragments of the Kahun Papyrus on veterinary medicine,(early 2nd Millennium BCE
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upManuscript page of Hippiatrica (14th century)