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Course Criteria
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1.50 - 3.00 Credits
Intended for students desiring experiential learning focused on public health and the role of the veterinarian in protecting human health at the individual and population levels. It includes didactic instruction in basic and applied public health, lecture/discussion sessions, exercises, field trips, and field investigations. Topics will include recognition and diagnosis of zoonotic and foreign animal diseases in pets and livestock, public health issues in wildlife management, farm to processing plant issues in microbial safety and residue avoidance, conduct of outbreak investigations, and public health policy issues with respect to agriculture, zoonotic disease, and occupational health and safety. Topics may include food and water borne illness investigation, respiratory and diarrheal disease surveillance, survey of health care access for migrant farm workers, public health workforce needs surveys, chronic disease clusters and microbiological surveys at processing plants. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 hours. Students have the option to take either a two-week or four-week selective. Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the DMV professional curriculum or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the interrelatedness of human, animal and environmental health with a focus on new and emerging diseases. Through a combination of lecture, class discussion and small group projects, students will learn about how human, animal and ecosystem health are all affected by many of the same factors and how the health of one affects the health of the others. Public policy affecting community health will be discussed and new policy initiatives will be developed by students. Approved for both letter and S/U grading.
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1.50 Credits
Clerkship in small animal dentistry for VM-4 professional students. Students will assist in the diagnosis and treatment of dogs and cats with dental disease. The psychomotor skills laboratory will be available for students practicing dental procedures on models and frozen specimens. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 hours. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing or equivalent in the veterinary medicine curriculum and with prior consent of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Surgical principles including sterile technique, hemostasis, tissue handling, and wound healing with emphasis on clinical application in domestic animals; laboratory covers demonstrations and practice of surgical principles. Prerequisite: Third year standing in veterinary medicine curriculum.
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1.50 Credits
Surgical procedures of major body systems, emphasizing preoperative, operative, and postoperative patient care, together with appropriate laboratory practice. Prerequisite: Third year standing in veterinary medicine curriculum or consent of instructor; VCM 651.
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1.50 Credits
Surgical procedures of major body systems, emphasizing preoperative, operative, and postoperative patient care, together with appropriate laboratory practice. Prerequisite: Third year standing in veterinary medicine curriculum or consent of instructor; VCM 651.
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2.50 - 3.00 Credits
Lecture and clinical demonstrations on surgical diseases and their diagnosis, operative treatment, and after care, together with appropriate laboratory practice. The fracture fixation laboratory is a case based laboratory experience for students to apply decision making processes and gain hands on experience with implant application. Prerequisite: Third year standing in veterinary medicine curriculum or consent of instructor. Students taking the fracture fixation laboratory must be concurrently enrolled in the lecture portion of the course.
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1.50 - 2.50 Credits
Lectures on surgical diseases and their diagnosis, treatment, and after care. The food animal laboratory portion is designed to provide students hands-on training in surgical and anesthetic procedures performed frequently on cattle in veterinary practice. The equine laboratory portion of the course provides clinical demonstrations on surgical diseases and their diagnosis, treatment, and after care, together with appropriate laboratory practice. Students taking lecture portion only will receive 2 hours credit. Students taking lecture and a lab will receive 2.5 hours. Prerequisite: Third year standing in veterinary medicine curriculum or consent of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Continuation of VCM 646. Additional topics include laboratory animal diseases, biohazard control, gnotobiology and animal models of human disease. Same as ANSC 456. 1 graduate or professional hour. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. Prerequisite: VCM 646 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Series of lectures/discussions focusing on the history of the humane movement and animal control in the United States and abroad, legal issues for animal control/welfare, the association of domestic violence, animal abuse, and animal fighting, shelter animal medicine and operation, infectious disease management in the shelter setting, population control/epidemiology, feral animal issues, and animal behavior. The "laboratory" portion entails a optional field trip or out rotations with The Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago, the Champaign/Urbana Humane Society, and CCHS. Approved for S/U grading only. Prerequisite: Registration in the veterinary curriculum or consent of the instructor.
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