VTMED 6528 - Equine Surgical and Anesthetic Techniques

Spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

Prerequisite: VTMED 6101. Enrollment limited to: third- and fourth-year veterinary students. Enrollment preference given to: students who have indicated career interest in equine medicine and surgery. Enrollment by lottery. One week in January.

S. Fubini, other large-animal surgeons.

Consists of five laboratories performing surgical procedures on ponies and cadaver specimens. It is the intent of this course not to make the students proficient in these procedures but to familiarize them with some specialized surgical techniques and to make them more enlightened referring practitioners. The course, therefore, is intended for students anticipating equine practice after graduation.