45 lectures = 3 credits
This course is designed to educate the veterinary student on the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of non-surgical and surgical diseases of food and fiber animals (bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine, camelid) and includes production animal medicine, emerging diseases and common husbandry practices. The primary goal of this course is to provide students with a broad and comprehensive knowledge of common canine and feline medical diseases and disorders organized by system. In order to accomplish this goal, you must bring forward and integrate your foundational knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology of disease, parasitology, infectious disease, etc. The course will include multiple case-based discussions and assignments in order to allow you to integrate and apply the knowledge you gain in lectures to situations you may encounter in veterinary practice, and to prepare you for your final year of clinical training.