VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY B

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with first year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize the processes involved in the absorption of dietary nutrients and water, and examine the role these mechanisms play in support of important bodily functions. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply the principles of gastrointestinal physiology to identify causes and propose treatments for gastrointestinal tract disorders in animals. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe the functions of mammalian endocrine systems and the dynamic methods of hormone regulation. Audience: Graduate 4. Define the major endocrine glands, their hormones, and the functions of those hormones that contribute to homeostasis throughout the body. Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss how disruptions in balance of the major hormones manifest as clinical disease, and apply this understanding to predict outcomes of basic diagnostic testing and therapeutic approaches to correct disease states. Audience: Graduate 6. Summarize the events that occur in male and female animals which leads to the generation of healthy gametes. Audience: Graduate 7. Describe the processes involved in the orchestration and regulation of fertilization, pregnancy, parturition, lactation and the provision of neonatal health of mammals. Audience: Graduate 8. Predict the effects that interventions and therapeutic approaches will have on animal reproduction. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize the processes involved in the absorption of dietary nutrients and water, and examine the role these mechanisms play in support of important bodily functions. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply the principles of gastrointestinal physiology to identify causes and propose treatments for gastrointestinal tract disorders in animals. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe the functions of mammalian endocrine systems and the dynamic methods of hormone regulation. Audience: Graduate 4. Define the major endocrine glands, their hormones, and the functions of those hormones that contribute to homeostasis throughout the body. Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss how disruptions in balance of the major hormones manifest as clinical disease, and apply this understanding to predict outcomes of basic diagnostic testing and therapeutic approaches to correct disease states. Audience: Graduate 6. Summarize the events that occur in male and female animals which leads to the generation of healthy gametes. Audience: Graduate 7. Describe the processes involved in the orchestration and regulation of fertilization, pregnancy, parturition, lactation and the provision of neonatal health of mammals. Audience: Graduate 8. Predict the effects that interventions and therapeutic approaches will have on animal reproduction. Audience: Graduate