VCS 89300 - Shelter Animal Medicine

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Purdue University-Main Campus

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Description:

Credit Hours: 1.00. The Shelter Animal medicine course will be offered to second and third year veterinary students. The course will cover topics essential to understanding the complexity of population medicine in a shelter environment and related welfare issues. Topics to be covered include animal shelter models (no-kill/adoption guarantee, tradition, etc.), population medicine and disease control as it relates to the environment and the animals, critical care in a shelter environment, foster care, neonatal care of shelter animals, population statistics, animal behavior and relinquishment issues, abuse and cruelty, legal and ethical issues, euthanasia, and developing and implementing animal disaster plans. Typically offered Fall Spring. 1.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Veterinary Medicine College Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department

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1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.purdue.edu

Phone Number:

(765) 494-4600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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