VTMED 6437 - Infectious Diseases and Management of Poultry

Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only

Enrollment limited to: second-, third-, and fourth-year veterinary students.

J. Jagne.

An introductory course covering poultry health, management and disease. Emphasis is placed on diseases of economic importance and the most common viral, mycoplasma, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and nutritional diseases of poultry species. Students learn about the etiology, transmission, clinical signs, lesions, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the diseases. Cases from diagnostic lab accessions are used for class exercises.