Subjects covered include gross and microscopic study of normal and pathological anatomy, microbiology, ecology of disease, and specific diseases of laboratory animals, domestic mammals, birds and free-living mammals.
Students can prepare to enter veterinary medical schools or medical schools.
Pathobiology majors also pursue careers in biotechnology, biomedical sciences, para-veterinary medicine and many diverse laboratory and research positions in health fields and agriculture and natural resources. The remaining students graduate to find jobs in research laboratories, pharmaceutical or vaccine companies, research animal facilities, veterinary hospitals, etc. Pathobiology courses serve also students in the rest of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources as well as Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health and others. In addition to the B.S. degree, the Department offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs with areas of concentration in pathobiology, bacteriology, pathology, and virology.