Educational Resources

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

The fundamentals of how clinical, diagnostic, production and financial information is obtained and used by production animal operations will be presented. Students will acquire skills to create and use spreadsheets for manipulating and summarizing data. They will also acquire knowledge of where to find inexpensive and readily available resources with information on how to use spreadsheets and other software. Students will also have the opportunity to work with record keeping programs used by food animal operations.

Credits: 1

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

The role of the veterinarian in the management of animal health and production in populations including evaluation tools in dairy and beef cattle herds, beef feedlots and swine herds will be described. Provides veterinary students with a starting point to understand the principles and techniques that are the basis of food-animal population health diagnosis management programs. Course available on-line, attendance is not required.

Credits: 2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Elective clinical assignment in techniques of embryo transfer. Primary species studied will be bovine but equine and small ruminant embryo transfer will be covered during discussions.

Credits: 2

7402A:

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Advanced coverage of concepts related to collection, manipulation, analysis and reporting of information used by dairy farms and their consultants. Hands on experience with Dairy Comp 3050 and PCDart as well as other dairy management and information software.

7402B:

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Independent records analysis and reporting of information used by dairy farms and their consultants. Hands on experience with Dairy Comp 3050 and PCDart.

7402C:

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Independent records analysis and reporting of information used by dairy farms and their consultants. Hands on experience with Dairy Comp 3050 and PCDart.

7402D:

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Independent records analysis and reporting of information used by dairy farms and their consultants. Hands on experience with Dairy Comp 3050 and PCDart.

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Bovine rectal palpation techniques will be repetitively taught in 7 four- hour sessions. Students will also learn techniques of epidural anesthesia, artificial insemination, pregnancy staging and ultrasonic imaging.

Credits: 1

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

An introduction to diagnostic medicine including strengths and weaknesses of various testing technologies, how to choose appropriate tests and technologies, sampling strategies in diseased and non-diseased populations and interpretation and integration of results of tests to achieve an accurate diagnosis are discussed.

Credits: 1

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Elective clinical assignment in techniques of embryo transfer. Primary species studied will be bovine but equine and small ruminant embryo transfer will be covered during discussions.

Credits: 2

Prereq: VDPAM 7310; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Practical experience and training in necropsy, recognition of gross lesions, diagnostic sample collection and test selection for the diagnosis of infectious, toxic, nutritional and metabolic diseases through exposure to diagnostic cases submitted to the ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The VDL accepts cases from all species; however, this course predominantly consists of porcine and bovine cases. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.

Application of microbiological procedures to the diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Credits: 2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Elective clinical assignment in Food Animal Theriogenology involving male and female breeding soundness exams, dystocia management, advanced diagnostic and surgical procedures, surgical and non-surgical insemination programs in small ruminants, and semen cryopreservation. Medical and surgical correction of reproductive disorders in cattle, swine and small ruminants.

Credits: 2

Prereq: VDPAM 7310; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Students will assist university veterinarians in delivering individual animal health care and herd-based production management services to the ISU livestock farms and other livestock farms in the local area. Focus on the establishment of best practices for herd management of production systems at the university and in the region.

Credits: 1-2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Clinical assignment focused on the management of food animal and camelid medicine and surgery cases. Specific instruction in clinical evaluation of cases coupled with appropriate diagnostic testing and therapeutic intervention will be emphasized. Additional instruction will be provided in disease prevention, intensive care and management of food animal and camelid species. Particular emphasis will be placed on appropriate on-label and extra-label drug usage in food animal species.

Credits: 2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Two week course in dairy production medicine combining class time with multiple on-farm visits to learn various management aspects (DHIA, DC305 & PC Dart record analysis, calf rearing through lactating cows, reproduction programs, udder health and milk quality, biosecurity, welfare, nutrition and cow comfort) for a wide variety of dairy operations. Students will learn the latest in dairy management by reviewing current topic articles and gain experience in farm evaluation through a group project. Fifteen hours recitation/discussion and 20 hours clinical experience per week.

Credits: 2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Advanced course in dairy production medicine with emphasis on herd management, production analysis, and problem solving. Forty hours clinical experience per week. Assignments will include preceptorships with a practicing veterinarian and/or a production unit.

Credits: 1-6

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Advanced course in investigating dairy herd problems relating to milk quality or nutrition. Milk quality and nutrition troubleshooting will be taught through the combination of lecture and on-farm investigations. Students will combine lecture knowledge, data acquired from on-farm investigations and record analysis to generate management plans.

Credits: 2