VSC325 Farm Animal 1 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Animal and Vet Science (ANVET)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Farm Animal 1 will be presented in a Problem Based Learning format based around three case packages over three weeks. In common with Farm Animal 2 and Farm Animal 3 it will present cases related to cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas and other farm livestock, particularly illustrating the management of cases in the individual animal. Farm Animal 1 considers the sometime difficult relationship between financial considerations, the animals welfare and the responsibility of the veterinarian to offer meaningful prognostic advice.
The content of the subject will integrate pre-clinical and clinical disciplines. Case material will be augmented by Resource Sessions, which will include highlight lectures, tutorials and practical classes.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
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| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: VSC325
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
ASC262 and ASC370 and ASC474 and VSC225 and VSC310 and VSC332
Enrolment restrictions:
Restricted to students enrolled in the:
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to develop a basic plan to investigate, diagnose and manage disease in farm animals
- Be able to demonstrate awareness of the financial considerations of livestock producers, the welfare of diseased animals in relation to veterinary intervention
- Be able to describe the principle of risk factors in relation to the occurrence of common diseases in farm animals
- Be able to apply knowledge from the pre-clinical disciplines and the disciplines of nutrition, economics and epidemiology to health management in farm animals
- Be able to conduct field post-mortem examinations and identify gross abnormalities in tissues and organs
- Be able to perform a limited number of basic procedures required to diagnose and treat conditions in farm animals, including surgical, obstetric and medical interventions
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Content covered by each of the three cases will be rigorously mapped against CSU Veterinary Graduate Attributes and traditional clinical curricula followed at other Veterinary Schools. Briefly, the syllabus for FA1 will address the following topics.
- Farm Animal Medicine
- Farm Animal Surgery and Anaesthesia
- Animal welfare
- Pathophysiology
- Immunology
- Pathology
- Microbiology
- Parasitology
- Toxicology
- Pharmacology
- Obstetrics and reproduction in farm animals
- Case management
- Communication with livestock producers
- Communication with owners of farm animals as pets
- Preventive medicine
- Jurisprudence
- State medicine
- Economics and business management
- Public health and biosecurity
- Epidemiology
- Nutrition
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.