Medicine and Management of Exotics and Laboratory Animals.

Catalog description

This course will provide the student with the information needed to safely handle small animals and exotics. The course will also cover the local, federal and state mandated laws and regulations regarding the care and use of laboratory animals. Students will explore proper husbandry, restraint and technical skills such as drawing blood and injecting medications into small animals and exotics which include rodents, rabbits, ferrets and other small mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles. During the time small animals are kept on campus, students will need to perform husbandry duties for those animals, including weekends. Student must achieve a C+ or higher test score average to progress in the program. Fall. Prerequisites: VTE 104 , VTE 205 , VTE 211 , with a C+ or higher test score average.