Course Description
The second of two semesters covering the biology, management, and medicine of laboratory nonhuman primates and exotics (e.g., swine, birds, ferrets, fish, and amphibians). Topics will include biology, husbandry/management, behavior, and infectious and non-infectious diseases in these species.
Athena Title
Diseases of Lab Animals II
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To be knowledgeable in the etiology, transmission, life cycle, hosts, pathogenesis, pathology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases of common non-rodent laboratory species.
Topical Outline
Infectious (viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic) and non- infectious (aging, congenital, miscellaneous) diseases of rabbits, ferrets, nonhuman primates, pigs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and fish will be covered.