Educational Resources

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

This course is designed to meet the needs of veterinary students who will practice in an environment in which the use of Spanish for accurate client communication is essential which includes much of our food animal industry in the state of Iowa. This is not a traditional Spanish language course. To be successful, students taking the course should have a basic knowledge of Spanish pronunciation, grammar and syntax.

Credits: 2

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)

Advanced coverage of concepts related to the collection, manipulation, analysis, and reporting of information used by swine production companies. A quick review of modern swine production and measures of productivity ensures students have a firm base for applying the informatics. This course introduces students to one of the most commonly used swine record-keeping systems in the industry and gives them access to actual production data with which to work. Students then learn how to generate and interpret regularly used reports and will use pivot tables and budgeting models in Excel. The importance of data entry and validation and how to transform data into useful knowledge are then addressed. Fundamentals of financial information, cost-benefit analysis and using budgeting models to assess the economics of animal health interventions are then applied.

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)

Swine production management and consulting skills within a progressive swine production and management system. Time will be split approximately with half in-class discussion topics of finance and business of the swine industry and half on-farm learning opportunities where students will visit a breeding farm, nursery facility, finishing facility, wean-to-finish facility, gilt developer unit, and a truck wash facility.

Credits: 2

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

Basic and applied information on swine treatment options, strategies to maximize efficacy, and skills to pursue judicious use of antimicrobials, reproductive interventions, and the entire spectrum of drug therapies. The course emphasizes case based application and decisions and is approximately 30% web-based and 70% on-site including farms of a variety of structures and functions. During the course, students prepare a thorough evaluation of the pharmacologic interventions that may occur on farms and then implement this evaluation in active production facilities to maximize efficacy, compliance and animal welfare as part of a comprehensive judicious use objective.

Credits: 2

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

Diagnostic tests, methods, approaches, analysis, and evaluation of emerging swine diseases and provide general knowledge of disease elimination and methods to manage herd losses and economic losses due to disease. Two-week, on-site module that combines structured site visits and classroom activities.

Credits: 2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)
Preceptorship course in swine production medicine with emphasis on herd management, production analysis, and problem solving. Forty hours clinical experience per week. Assignments will be preceptorships with a practicing veterinarian and/or a production unit. Biosecurity: All students must follow current College policies regarding animal contact following foreign travel.

Credits: 1-6

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

Two week clinical rotation in swine production medicine. Students will be assigned to take the lead in investigating field based client cases with supervision of the instructors. Development of critical thinking skills that will allow students to apply concepts of herd management, production analysis, economic analysis, and disease prevention in addressing client cases. Variable amounts of travel to farm sites will be required with the potential for rare overnight stays.

Credits: 2