SWINE MEDICINE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge (commensurate with an entry-level mixed animal practitioner in the Upper Midwest) about basic swine medicine principles. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply and integrate knowledge from medicine and epidemiology so that they can investigate disease outbreaks in swine operations. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Acquire sufficient knowledge to pass the swine medicine questions on the NAVLE licensure exam. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Define basic swine science terminology, farm structure and expected biological performance. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Summarize the unique characteristics of swine populations that influence diagnosis and treatment of disease. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Perform a systematic evaluation of a swine population that identifies the correct individual animals for physical exam or diagnostic testing. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Describe the parameters, and the normal ranges expected for those parameters, on a physical exam of a healthy pig. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Identify the correct restraint procedure for a specific age and class of pig. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Describe the best testing strategy for a population given a common swine disease and diagnostic objective. Audience: Undergraduate 10. Recommend a vaccination program to a swine farmer. Audience: Undergraduate 11. Synthesize the following information to determine a case specific treatment plan for common pathogens found in swine: clinical relevance to swine health, zoonotic potential, clinical significance of strain variation in etiology, preferred diagnostic test, usefulness of serology, usefulness of oral fluids, efficacy of vaccination, and availability of legal antimicrobial treatments. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge (commensurate with an entry-level mixed animal practitioner in the Upper Midwest) about basic swine medicine principles. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply and integrate knowledge from medicine and epidemiology so that they can investigate disease outbreaks in swine operations. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Acquire sufficient knowledge to pass the swine medicine questions on the NAVLE licensure exam. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Define basic swine science terminology, farm structure and expected biological performance. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Summarize the unique characteristics of swine populations that influence diagnosis and treatment of disease. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Perform a systematic evaluation of a swine population that identifies the correct individual animals for physical exam or diagnostic testing. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Describe the parameters, and the normal ranges expected for those parameters, on a physical exam of a healthy pig. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Identify the correct restraint procedure for a specific age and class of pig. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Describe the best testing strategy for a population given a common swine disease and diagnostic objective. Audience: Undergraduate 10. Recommend a vaccination program to a swine farmer. Audience: Undergraduate 11. Synthesize the following information to determine a case specific treatment plan for common pathogens found in swine: clinical relevance to swine health, zoonotic potential, clinical significance of strain variation in etiology, preferred diagnostic test, usefulness of serology, usefulness of oral fluids, efficacy of vaccination, and availability of legal antimicrobial treatments. Audience: Undergraduate