VCM 637

Credit: 2.5 hours.

Covers important medical and surgical diseases of ruminants and their impact on animal health and production. Lectures (2 hours/week) provide information about clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and cost of diseases, using a body system approach. Clinical case material and actual herd investigations are used for illustration. Laboratory/discussion sessions are held once/week during the second half of the semester. These sessions allow students to work through individual animal and herd problems, practice restraint, physical examination, and venipuncture on cattle, and become familiar with the ruminant industries. Field trips to University farms are used to demonstrate husbandry and management practices for ruminant species and discuss how these practices impact animal, human and environmental health and farm economics. Students also spend time in the Food Animal Clinic.