VTMED 6527 - Veterinary Aspects of Captive Wildlife Management

Spring. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: second-year veterinary students.

N. Abou-Madi, S. Childs-Sanford.

This course will review principles of captive zoo and wild animal management. Students will be challenged to learn and integrate a variety of disciplines that are essential to managing these animals successfully in a captive or semi-free-ranging environment. These disciplines include but are not limited to species-specific: (1) behavior and behavioral requirements, (2) nutritional requirements and problems, (3) natural history, (4) zoonotic and toxicological problems, (5) manual restraint and anesthesia, (6) preventive medicine, and (7) medical and legal ethics. The most common species will be presented in lectures and student presentations and specialized techniques will be illustrated in laboratories.