APROXIMACIóN A LA HISTORIA DE LA MUJER EN LA MEDICINA VETERINARIA: EL CASO DEL DECANATO DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL “LISANDRO ALVARADO”

In a major change in the history of inequalities that show the science, in veterinary medicine, as in medicine and dentistry that were traditionally dominated by men, it has been a gradual and significant increase in the participation of women in the study and professional practice, participation that, for some authors, has changed the characteristics, profile and vision of this career. This work aims to approach the history of the involvement of women in the field veterinarian, taking as example the case of DCV-UCLA. The working methodology is based on the tenets of Synthesis History or Total History, of the Historiographical School of Barquisimeto, led by Reinaldo Rojas, and that uses the Comparative, Regressive and Inductive methods to make inferences on the subject of gender role this profession. Preliminary results suggest that the presence of women in the admission to the career, in the formation of promotions, academic staff, as much as research and extension staff, has a qualitative and quantitative sustained growth in recent years, so further research is necessary to evaluate the professional and social impact of this phenomenon.