VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY

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: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss and apply how the immune system in a healthy animal protects its host from infection and neoplasia. Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss and apply the mechanisms underlying the failure of the body’s defenses to protect against infections and neoplasia. Audience: Graduate 3. Discuss and apply the mechanisms and consequences of over-reactions of the immune system. Audience: Graduate 4. Discuss and apply how immune system can be manipulated by vaccination to protect against infections and other strategies to combat transplant rejection and treat cancer. Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss and apply the immunological principles of diagnostic tests and how to interpret the results Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss and apply how the immune system in a healthy animal protects its host from infection and neoplasia. Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss and apply the mechanisms underlying the failure of the body’s defenses to protect against infections and neoplasia. Audience: Graduate 3. Discuss and apply the mechanisms and consequences of over-reactions of the immune system. Audience: Graduate 4. Discuss and apply how immune system can be manipulated by vaccination to protect against infections and other strategies to combat transplant rejection and treat cancer. Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss and apply the immunological principles of diagnostic tests and how to interpret the results Audience: Graduate