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1906 (B.E.2449)The Department of Silk Crafts, Ministry of Agriculture, employed a foreign veterinary consultant (Dr. Harry S. Leonard) to train for silk technician staff for the period of 3-6 months to eliminate animal diseases with a 2-year contract.

Major General M.C. Thong Teekayu Thongyai has requested for the approval of the construction of a military sergeant school with 1-year course, whereby Brigadier Luang Sanan Rak Satt and Colonel Luang Sanit Rak Satt had also enrolled in this course.

The Asawarak Cadet School was upraised the Asawat Medical Army School.

The government employed Dr. George Joseph Harvey, an American veterinarian, to provide consults to the Ministry of Agriculture and Veterinary Training intensively for 5 generations (the origin of training veterinary), Dr. S.H.L. Woods trained veterinarians for 2 years and Dr. R.P. Jones for 7.

A veterinary department was established as an independent department in Chulalongkorn University for a 4-year program with Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.Sc.) under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Luangchai Asawarak as the department head (announced in the Government Gazette, Edition 52, dated on 21 April 1935) with the cooperation of Major General Thong Teekayu Thongyai,, Brigadier General Sanan Rak Satt, Colonel Luang Sanit Rak Satt, and Lieutenant Colonel Luangchai Asawarak.

The Veterinary Medicine Program was amended to a 5-year program and the acronym for the degree has been changed SP.B. from year3 graduates onward).

The Veterinary Medicine Department of Chulalongkorn University was transferred to be affiliated with the University of Medicine under the Ministry of Public Health and the status was changed to the Faculty of Veterinary Science with Professor Lieutenant Colonel Luangchai Asawarak as the Dean (announced in the Royal Gazette, Edition 59, Section 16, dated 10 March 1942).