Department of Physiology

The purpose of studying Physiology is to provide an understanding of the physiological functions of the body’s organs which are the basis for determining whether or not an animal is healthy, giving students an understanding of the physiological basis for the production processes of economic animals (livestock), especially regarding endocrinology and reproduction processes. Besides that, it is also to provide an understanding of animal behavior, especially livestock, how to control it, give a sense of environmental factors and their relation to physiology, growth, and development, and also determine the effect of the environment on animals/livestock.

The Department of Physiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UGM stood alone as a separate section in 1996. Previously it was included in the Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pharmacology departments, occupying a room on the north side of the upper floor, west of the FKH Sekip building. At the beginning of FKH’s establishment, the Department of Physiology carried out lectures and practicums with students from Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy at the Ngasem Campus until initially moving to Sekip. After becoming independent, classes and practicums were held at the Physiology Laboratory of the Sekip building, and even in 1990, still accepted students from the IKIP Yogyakarta (now UNY) on animal physiology.

Currently, lectures and practicums held by the Department of Physiology consist of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students at the UGM Faculty of Medicine. In line with the faculty’s development, the Department of Physiology currently occupies the 4th floor of Building V3, Jl. Fauna No. 2, Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, already has a variety of research equipment and adequate practicum, including a gamma counter for checking hormone levels by radioimmunoassay and a freeze dryer.