VTMED 6437 - Infectious Diseases and Management of Poultry

Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: third-year veterinary students.

J. Jagne.

An introductory course covering poultry diseases, general health, and management. 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.