VETERINARY BEHAVIOURAL MEDICINE

Undergraduate

This course is a clinical rotation that builds on fundamental concepts of veterinary behaviour with a focus on dogs and cats. Through didactic lectures, video recordings and direct animal observation, students will become proficient in identification of normal and abnormal behaviours in clinical patients and develop treatment plans for common behavioural disorders involving psychopharmacologic agents as well as non-pharmacologic and environmental interventions. PREREQUISITE: Fourth year standing in the DVM program One week in duration