VETERINARY TOXICOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with second year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major classes of toxicants affecting small and large animals, birds, and other species Audience: Graduate 2. Identify common toxicant exposure conditions Audience: Graduate 3. Recall major biochemical, physiological, and dietary factors that cause variations in cell and tissue sensitivity and that may explain species-, sex-, and age-related differences in toxicity Audience: Graduate 4. Integrate basic toxicological mechanisms and cellular adaptation responses with likely clinical signs and tissue lesions Audience: Graduate 5. Select appropriate steps in emergency treatment, select appropriate tests to confirm diagnosis, and recall appropriate antidotal therapy to be used. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major classes of toxicants affecting small and large animals, birds, and other species Audience: Graduate 2. Identify common toxicant exposure conditions Audience: Graduate 3. Recall major biochemical, physiological, and dietary factors that cause variations in cell and tissue sensitivity and that may explain species-, sex-, and age-related differences in toxicity Audience: Graduate 4. Integrate basic toxicological mechanisms and cellular adaptation responses with likely clinical signs and tissue lesions Audience: Graduate 5. Select appropriate steps in emergency treatment, select appropriate tests to confirm diagnosis, and recall appropriate antidotal therapy to be used. Audience: Graduate