Surveys the common breeds of small and large domestic animals, including identification, management, and restraint.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.Presents basic information about assisting the veterinarian. Includes information about companion animals, primarily dogs and cats.
Lecture 3 hours per week.Presents basic information about general and veterinary management of small domestic animals, especially dogs and cats. Provides information concerning animal and human safety, animal restraint, nutrition, common diseases, medical terminology, medical history, and other topics related to the care and maintenance of small animals.
Lecture 3 hours per week.Presents basic information about common business procedures used in veterinary practice. Includes client and staff relationships and veterinary regulations.
Lecture 3 hours per week.Introduces the role of veterinary technicians in veterinary practice. Includes medical terminology, ethics, professionalism, and basic concepts of patient care.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.Introduces the structure and function of the animal and of all the organ systems of common domestic animals. Includes histology, embryology, and genetics. Includes laboratory dissection and demonstrations.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.Introduces techniques in hematology, urinalysis, and parasitology. Includes other laboratory tests performed in veterinary practice.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.Introduces basic behavior and low-stress handling techniques and concepts as they apply to dogs and cats in the veterinary setting.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.Presents advanced topics in the management of the surgical patient. Provides laboratory experience in management of anesthesia and surgical assistance in addition to preoperative and postoperative care of patients.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.Surveys infectious and non-infectious diseases of domestic animals. Includes aspects of disease such as etiology, clinical signs, treatment, prevention, and pathology.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.Expands concepts introduced in VET 115 including clinical chemistry, cytology, and other laboratory tests performed in veterinary practice.
Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.Studies drugs and other medical substances of veterinary importance. Includes their characteristics, usage, measurement, dosage, administration, and also pharmacy management.
Lecture 2-3 hours per week.Focuses on the identification, captive management, restraint and diseases of fish, reptiles, birds, rodents, rabbits, ferrets, primates, wild carnivores, and wild herbivores. Presents the fields of laboratory research zoological medicine.
Lecture 2-3 hours per week.Focuses on current medical techniques used to care for exotic pets, wildlife, zoological, and laboratory animals. This course is an optional, supplemental laboratory and field experience for VET 217.
Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week. 1 creditIntroduces common business procedures used in veterinary practice. Includes bill collection, appointment scheduling, telephone techniques, record keeping, merchandising, drug ordering and inventory control, and supervision of employees.
Lecture 3 hours per week.Teaches basic behavior concepts as they apply to dogs, cats, and horses. Stresses prevention and treatment of behavior problems.
Lecture 2-3 hours per week.Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.
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