The courses listed below are designed to meet requirements for entrance to the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University, Washington State University, and Oregon State University. Minor variations can be made to meet requirements at other schools. In order to complete the correct requirements, the student must obtain proper guidance immediately upon entering the University of Wyoming. Since not all applicants are accepted by veterinary schools, the student entering a course of preprofessional training should select an alternate major by their junior year that leads to a B.S. degree. The student should be aware that few gain admission to a college of veterinary medicine with less than three years of preveterinary training.
Final admission is at the discretion of the college to which application has been made.
This course is designed to introduce the student to basic pathological mechanisms and processes, using both human and animal examples. The laboratory will make extensive use of Kodachrome slides and gross material from animal sources. Dual listed with PATB 5000. The course is designed to inform junior, senior and graduate students of the basic principles of care and management of the common laboratory animals used for research or as animal models of human disease. To acquaint students with the general principles of animal disease, and a systematic discussion of some of the specific diseases of cattle, sheep, swine, and horses.