VET 218 - Large Animal Nursing

Credit Hours 3
Lecture: 2 Lab: 2
Handling, restraint, and nursing techniques in horses, ruminants, and swine. Fundamentals involving live animal evaluation, management, nutrition, diseases and physiology of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, and horses.

Restraint, management, husbandry and nursing techniques in ruminants, horses, swine, and poultry.  Lecture and lab descriptions of the various species’ special problems.  Included are: ruminant, equine and swine physiology, diseases, physical evaluations, administration of medications and diagnosis sample gathering.  Herd, band, and flock health, observations and medications are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): VET 160   Corequisite(s): Animal care course.
Is course repeatable for credit? No
Variable Hour Exist No
Mode of Delivery Traditional
Is this a Human Relations/Diversity Course? No
Is this an International Course? No