The Bachelor has basic knowledge of natural sciences. This knowledge gives the student insight in the chemical, physical and genetic principles of the functioning of the animal and the infectious agent. The Bachelor understands the principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.The Bachelor knows and has insight in the development, the macro- and microscopic built, the function and the morphological and functional relation between/of tissues and organs within an animal organism.The Bachelor knows and has insight in the morphological, biochemical and physiological differences between animal species with the accompanying abnormal processes and the infectious nature of certain microbial and parasitic agents.