Course Description
Designed to prepare students for the senior clinical rotation in exotic pet, wildlife, and zoo medicine and for general practice. This clinically oriented elective course concentrates on husbandry and nutrition, diagnostic techniques and disease diagnosis, and medical and surgical therapy.
Athena Title
Reptile Avian Small Mammal Med
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught during a 13-week elective period consisting of a combination of lectures and case discussions to meet the required 30 contact hours.
Prerequisite
Enrollment in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will: 1. Appreciate the husbandry requirements of exotic pets 2. Appreciate abnormal physical examination findings and develop a differential diagnosis list 3. Have an understanding of diagnostic techniques, including anesthesia and diagnostic imaging used in practice 4. Have an understanding of common disease conditions and their medical and/or surgical treatment 5. Be better prepared for the senior clinical elective in exotic pet, wildlife, and zoo medicine, and general practice.
Topical Outline
Reptile anatomy and physiology Reptile husbandry and nutrition Reptile physical examination Reptile diagnostic techniques Reptile diagnostic imaging Reptile anesthesia Reptile surgery Reptile therapeutics Reptile case presentations Reptile case presentations Introduction and avian case presentation Avian nutrition Avian anatomy Avian diagnostic imaging Avian clinical pathology Avian cytology Avian anesthesia Avian surgery Avian case II Avian case III Rabbit anatomy, husbandry, and nutrition Rabbit diagnostics and therapeutics Small mammal anesthesia Small mammal surgery (incl sterilization) Small mammal dental disease Ferret medicine (hyperadrenocorticism) Ferret medicine (lymphoma) Ferret medicine (insulinoma) Ferret medicine (infectious diseases) Small mammal emergency medicine
Syllabus
Public CV