Table 1.
Number of questioned veterinary medicine students and data on total population and veterinary education establishments in Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt, respectively.
| Country | The total human population during 2018a | Number of veterinary education establishments (VEE) in the country | Involved veterinary education establishments in the survey (University, district) | Year of creation | Number of undergraduate study years (preclinical/clinical) | Year of parasitology course | Study year involved in the survey | Number of questioned students /total number during 2017–2018 | Total number of females/total number of males during 2017–2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 42,616,732 | 7 | National institute of veterinary sciences (Frères Mentouri University, Constantine) | 1986 | 5 (3/2) | 3rd, 4th | 1st 2nd 5th |
23/36 26/187 116/124 |
21/15 110/77 35/89 |
| Tunisia | 11,771,685 | 1 | National school of veterinary medicine (University of Manouba, Sidi Thabet) | 1974 | 5 (3/2) | 3rd | 2nd 4th 5th |
50/61 34/42 34/52 |
48/13 30/12 34/18 |
| Egypt | 101,002,148 | 17 | Faculty of veterinary medicine (Assiut University, Assiut) | 1961 | 5 (3/2) | 3rd | 1st 2nd 4th 5th |
36/228 53/167 68/207 118/279 |
134/94 104/63 146/61 206/73 |