Involves dissection of embalmed specimens and study of prosections, models, radiographs, and live-animal palpation. Emphasis is placed upon water and electrolyte metabolism and the physiology of gastrointestinal, endocrine, and nervous systems. Developmental processes and resulting morphology observed at gross, cellular, and subcellular level emphasized. Pharmacology - The action of drugs in animals and man including basic principles of drug disposition and pharmacokinetics is discussed. Modification of physiological processes by drugs influencing coordination by the nervous, endocrine, and circulatory systems are described.
Students learn how to care for animals, prevent diseases, and milk cows in laboratories.
Asepsis, instrumentation suture technique, and wound healing are emphasized. Discussions involve the agents causing diseases and the therapeutic methods used to correct. The biology, use, and diseases of laboratory animal species are presented. Emphasis is on signs, epizootiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and disease control programs for the more significant diseases of these animals. Clinically important conditions of wildlife, zoo species caged birds, and aquarium fishes are presented.