VETS - Veterinary Technology Science

This course will review and consolidate information on pharmacology that is touched upon in other veterinary technology courses and add additional topics in pharmacology to provide the student with a comprehensive and organized overview of veterinary pharmacology.

This course is designed to give first year students intensive animal handling skills and familiarity with basic procedures such as injections, venipuncture, bandaging, and dosage and fluid therapy calculations. Dentistry prophylaxis, recognition of dental abnormalities, and charting using both anatomic and Triadan systems will also be covered thoroughly. Students will also go on regular visits to a local Humane Society to perform technician-related duties.

This course is an organ systems approach to the study of anatomy and physiology using large animal species as the primary model. The course provides a functional integration of basic science and clinical information as it relates to the normal healthy animal in an integrated lecture and laboratory approach. Prosected large animal specimen both fresh and preserved, as well as skeletons and models will be utilized in the laboratory to allow applied reinforcement of concepts presented in the lecture.

A student may contract for one to four credit hours of independent study through an arrangement with an instructor who agrees to direct such a study. The student will submit a plan acceptable to the instructor and to the department chairperson. The instructor and student will confer regularly regarding the process of the study.

This is an introductory course for students accepted in the veterinary technology program, providing identification and function of nutrients, understanding pet food labels, and applications for wellness, life stage, and therapeutic nutrition (prescription food) for dogs and cats. The course will utilize an interactive Internet connection in the classroom.

This course is designed to provide the student with basic knowledge and understanding of research facilities and their function. Students will be instructed in the care and handling of small animals used in the research laboratory. Emphasis will be placed on species differences, housing requirements, nutrition, reproduction, health, sanitation, and laboratory techniques applied in animal research and pharmaceutical facilities. Animal handling, observation and management time will be provided during the laboratory as well as during assigned vivarium duty.

This course introduces laboratory techniques performed in veterinary offices and clinics. Examination and testing of blood, feces, urine, and exudates are performed for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. Lectures deal with testing theories and relevance to animal health and disease. Laboratories develop skills necessary to maintain a safe laboratory working environment, institute quality control programs, collect, process, store, and transport clinical biological specimens.

Parasitology is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of internal and external parasites of companion, exotic and farm animals. This course will integrate the student's knowledge of anatomy and pharmacology while providing the student the opportunity to understand life cycles, diagnostic protocol, control and treatment of the most common internal and external parasites.

In this course students will examine body systems using radiographic and ultrasound procedures as tools in the evaluation of animals for the diagnosis and prognosis of numerous traumas, diseases and illnesses. The course integrates the production of the radiograph and its clinical use as it relates to the evaluation of healthy and ill animals. In the laboratory, students will utilize animal models, inanimate objects and living animals to perfect their understanding of patient positioning, radiographic exposures and film developing techniques.