Advanced Techniques in Ruminant Medicine and Surgery
LAMS 5362L
0.5-1.5 hours
Advanced Techniques in Ruminant Medicine and Surgery
Course Description
To expand on didactic knowledge acquired in ruminant medicine and surgery, students will learn clinical safe practices, perform physical examination techniques, diagnostics, and therapeutic and surgical procedures commonly used in ruminant clinical practice.
Athena Title
Adv Tech in Rum Med Surg
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught during a 13-week elective period.
Prerequisite
Enrollment in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
Corequisite
LAMS 5361
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to appropriately integrate clinical safe practices as skills expand.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete clinical examination.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a standing flank laparotomy in a cow or steer.
By the end of the course, students will be able to pass an orogastric tube in a cow or steer.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a rectal examination in a cow or steer.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a basic foot trim and apply a claw block.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a breeding soundness exam on a bull and cow.
By the end of the course, students will be able to determine pregnancy and stage of estrus.
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a transabdominal ultrasound exam of a goat.
By the end of the course, students will be able to identify obstruction of the lower urinary tract of a goat.
