DIAGNOSIS OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Graduate

In this two-semester course, the student is taught necropsy and investigative techniques for the diagnosis of disease in free-living and zoo mammals (land and marine) and birds. Participation in additional laboratory procedures is encouraged. The student is required to satisfactorily complete between 40 and 50 cases. The report on every case is to include a summary of all ancillary tests done in other units of the diagnostic laboratory, and brief comments on the significance of the disease diagnosed. Selected cases are discussed at weekly necropsy rounds. PREREQUISITE: DVM or equivalent degree, permission of the instructor. HOURS OF CREDIT: 3 LAB/SEMINARS: 3 hours