VETERINARY SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with second year standing Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe gross and microscopic changes seen in tissues and organs and understand the underlying processes making them appear the way they do Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify tissues and organs and summarize the abnormalities present Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret the gross and microscopic changes utilizing the language of pathology by formulating a morphologic diagnosis Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply important pathologic concepts and principles to draw conclusions about the pathogenesis of the changes they see Audience: Undergraduate 5. Integrate clinical, historical, clinicopathologic, imaging results, and pathologic findings and draw conclusions relevant to the disease or process affecting the animal Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify what are common, usual, and typical aspects of pathology within each organ system Audience: Undergraduate 7. Discuss common or important diseases and where appropriate identify specific etiologies associated with them Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe gross and microscopic changes seen in tissues and organs and understand the underlying processes making them appear the way they do Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify tissues and organs and summarize the abnormalities present Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret the gross and microscopic changes utilizing the language of pathology by formulating a morphologic diagnosis Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply important pathologic concepts and principles to draw conclusions about the pathogenesis of the changes they see Audience: Undergraduate 5. Integrate clinical, historical, clinicopathologic, imaging results, and pathologic findings and draw conclusions relevant to the disease or process affecting the animal Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify what are common, usual, and typical aspects of pathology within each organ system Audience: Undergraduate 7. Discuss common or important diseases and where appropriate identify specific etiologies associated with them Audience: Undergraduate