VTMED 5701 - Veterinary Practice: Physical Examination (Foundation Course VIIa)

Fall. 1.5 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: first- year veterinary students. Live animals used in course instruction.

C. McDaniel, Staff.

Complements and augments material learned in VTMED 5100 (Foundation Course I - The Animal Body). Complements and augments material learned in Foundation Course I - The Animal Body. The class is divided into lab groups which meet for 4-5 hours each week during the first 11 weeks of the fall semester. This live animal laboratory course teaches the skills of observation, auscultation, palpation, and percussion working with cows, horses, dogs and cats. The body systems are examined sequentially and follow the order of study in Foundation Course I.