Food Animal Option

Required Block: (Total 20 Credits required of all students)

Course Title Credits
VCS 7453 Small Animal Medicine I and II 2
VCS 7455 or VCS 7456 Small Animal Soft  Tissue Surgery or Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery (as assigned by the schedule optimezer) 2
VCS 7457/VCS 7464/VCS 7458 Equine Medicine (4757)/Equine Field Service (7464)/Equine Surgery (7458)
(must have one equine course as assigned by the schedule optimizer)		 2
VCS 7460 Radiology 2
VCS 7463 Primary Care 2
VCS 7466 Anesthesiology 2
VCS 7468 Intensive Care/Emergency Med 4
VDPAM 7477 Food Animal Medicine and Surgery 2
VPTH 7456 and 7457 Necropsy and Clinical Pathology (Taken together as one 2-week block) 2
VCS 7495 Seminar (non-credit) R
    20


Required courses for Food Animal Option = 4 credits:

Course Title Credits
VDPAM 7488/VDPAM 7455 Clinical Microbiology and D Lab (Taken together as one 2-week block) 2
VDPAM 7476 Food Animal and Camelid Field Services (Pre-req. VDPAM 7310) 2

 

Selectives (Total = 10 credits required):

Selectives can usually be taken more than once, but do not dually count. Choose from list below.

Course Title Credits
VDPAM 7420 Preceptorship in Veterinary Medical Practice 1-6
VDPAM 7420A Mixed Animal Practice w Food Animal Emphasis Preceptorship 1-6
VDPAM 7420B General Mixed Animal Practice Preceptorship 1-6
VDPAM 7420C Government Preceptorships 1-6
VDPAM 7420P Poultry Preceptorships 1-6
VDPAM 7421A-P Great Plains Vet Education Center (see dept. for complete listing) 1
VDPAM 7422 Beef Cattle Calving (Prereq. VDPAM 7310) 1-2
VDPAM 7424 Diagnostic Pathology preceptorship 2
VDPAM 7451 Clinical Embryo Transfer 2
VDPAM 7455 Diagnostic Lab Practicum 2
VDPAM 7463 Iowa Feedlot (requires 7421D) 2
VDPAM 7465 Animal Welfare 2
VDPAM 7471C, E, F Theriogenology: Comparative, Equine, Food Animal 2
VDPAM 7476 Food Animal and Camelid Field Service (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 2
VDPAM 7477 Food Animal and Camelid Medicine and Surgery 2
VDPAM 7478 Swine Production Management and Consulting 2
VDPAM 7479 Applied Swine Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 1-6
VDPAM 7480 Advanced Swine (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 2
VDPAM 7481 Advanced Cow/Calf (prereq. 2 sem. of VDPAM 7436) 2
VDPAM 7482 Applied Beef Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 1-6
VDPAM 7483 Beef Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 2
VDPAM 7484 Dairy Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 2
VDPAM 7485 Applied Dairy Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7484) 1-6
VDPAM 7488 and 7455 Clinical Microbiology (488 1 cr.) and D Lab (455 1 cr.) (Taken together as one 2-week block) 2
VDPAM 7494 Advanced Dairy Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7310) 2
VDPAM 7495 Advanced Small Ruminant Production Medicine (prereq. VDPAM 7486) 2
VPTH 7456 and 7457 Necropsy (7456) and Clinical Pathology (7457) (Taken together as one 2-week block) 2
VDPAM 7498 Poultry Medicine 2

 

Electives: 10 credits required

Electives may include external experiences for credit (i.e., preceptorships) that fulfill the requirements for VCS 7419, VCS 7437, VCS 7423 (Preceptorships in small animal, equine or zoo and exotics) or VDPAM preceptorships (VDPAM 7420, 7424, 7479, 7482, or 7485) or any rotations offered in the 4th year. Preceptorships must follow guidelines to qualify for credit.

Additional Time Off (Total = 4 blocks [8 weeks]): This time will fall randomly throughout the schedule to allow time for interviews, unapproved preceptorships, additional rotations and/or personal time.


Food Animal Option credit summary:

Required = 20, Option required =4, Selectives = 10, Electives = 10

Total = 44