VTMED 6527

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VTMED 6527
Veterinary Aspects of Captive Wildlife Management

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

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, student presentations and special activities. 

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: second-year veterinary students.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Eight Week - First. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 14904 VTMED 6527   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person