Study of mammalian anatomy is followed by investigation of basic vertebrate structure based on fish. In addition to exploring the anatomy of these animals, this course prepares the student for the comparative anatomy studies of the Macroscopic Anatomy II course. The course reviews comparative macroscopic and radiologic anatomy of the horse, ruminant, pig, and fowl, with special emphasis on aspects of clinical and physiological significance. A ruminant, horse, and fowl are dissected.
Lectures supplement information gained by dissection.
The course provides the student with an understanding of microscopic organization of various organ systems, embryonic development, and congenital anomalies of domestic animals. This course provides lecture instruction to acquaint students with system, cell and biochemical functions of importance in nervous, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. These are related to major domestic species of importance in veterinary medicine. The course employs lecture instruction to acquaint students with system, cell, and biochemical functions of importance in renal and body fluid, gastrointestinal, endocrine, reproductive and environmental regulatory systems. The normal and abnormal behaviour and bionomics of various domestic livestock, companion, and laboratory species are examined in this course.