Includes structure and function of fasciae, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bone, joints, and skeletal muscle. Includes structure and function of the heart and associated vasculature. This course covers basic structure and function of the respiratory system. This course covers basic histological and physiological aspects of kidney function. Includes structure and function erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets, hematopoiesis, iron metabolism, splenic structure and function, coagulation, fibrinolysis and classification and function of plasma proteins.
Emphasis is placed on the most clinically-relevant regions.
Significant emphasis is placed upon drug classes which have important therapeutic uses in veterinary medicine. Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology Emphasis on responsible use of veterinary drugs, including human safety issues associated with extra-label drug use. Webb VEM 5172 Veterinary Toxicology Principles of toxicology and mechanisms of antidotal therapy. The course is designed to expose students to the problems of plants poisonous to domestic animals. Emphasis is placed on identification of plants from slides, dried specimens and live specimens presented during lecture and discussion periods.