Course Description
The etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, control, and treatment of infectious diseases of poultry. General aspects of biosecurity, food safety, welfare, and population medicine in commercial poultry.
Athena Title
Poultry Diseases
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be offered as a regular elective course with class lectures and one laboratory practicum to include basic bird anatomy, bird handling, and sampling and postmortem examination techniques.
Prerequisite
Enrollment in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
Students will become familiar with the structure of commercial poultry production; poultry diseases and their diagnosis, prevention and treatment; poultry welfare; food safety as it relates to veterinary medicine; effective biosecurity practices in poultry production; and a clinical approach to population medicine.
Topical Outline
The following general topics are covered in this course: 1. Overview of the poultry industry. 2. Avian anatomy, sampling techniques and avian necropsy. 3. An approach to population health in avian medicine. 4. Viral respiratory diseases. 5. Respiratory and systemic diseases by bacteria and Mycoplasmas. 6. Immunosuppressive diseases. 7. Enteric and Neoplastic diseases. 8. Food safety in commercial poultry. 9. Reportable and zoonotic diseases of poultry. 10.Handling outbreaks of domestic infectious disease in poultry. 11.Handling outbreaks of foreign infectious disease in poultry.
Syllabus
Public CV