VET 218L
Large Animal Nursing
Joliet Junior College · UGRD · Fall 2026
Catalog description
LAB portion of VET 218 course: Handling, restraint, and nursing techniques in horses, ruminants, and swine. Fundamentals involving live animal evaluation, management, nutrition, diseases and physiology of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, and horses. Restraint, management, husbandry and nursing techniques in ruminants, horses, swine, and poultry. Lecture and lab descriptions of the various species' special problems. Included are: ruminant, equine and swine physiology, diseases, physical evaluations, administration of medications and diagnosis sample gathering. Herd, band, and flock health, observations and medications are emphasized.
Sections
Current meeting, instructor, credit, and enrollment details
Section
2 openSeats: 10/12 seats Last recorded: Aug 15, 2026, 4:58 PM- Days & times
- Tu · 9:00 – 11:00 AM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 18
- Location
- Weitendorf Property 1008
- Instructor
- Glaum, Colleen M.
Section notes
Instructional method: Laboratory
Section
3 openSeats: 9/12 seats Last recorded: Aug 15, 2026, 4:58 PM- Days & times
- Tu · 5:30 – 7:30 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 18
- Location
- Weitendorf Property 1008
- Instructor
- Glaum, Colleen M.
Section notes
Instructional method: Laboratory
Section
4 openSeats: 8/12 seats Last recorded: Aug 15, 2026, 4:58 PM- Days & times
- Th · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 18
- Location
- Weitendorf Property 1008
- Instructor
- Glaum, Colleen M.
Section notes
Instructional method: Laboratory
Section
2 openSeats: 10/12 seats Last recorded: Aug 15, 2026, 4:58 PM- Days & times
- Th · 3:00 – 5:00 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 18
- Location
- Weitendorf Property 1008
- Instructor
- Glaum, Colleen M.
Section notes
Instructional method: Laboratory