Introduction to Wildlife Medicine II

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This course provides students with current information on wildlife medicine within the context of One Health. The vital role of veterinarians in wildlife conservation, monitoring wildlife health, and controlling wildlife diseases, especially in relation to public and domestic animal health, is emphasized. This course is designed to provide current information regarding the clinical aspects of wildlife medicine for veterinary students through lectures and wet labs. Lecture and/or laboratory topics include wildlife diseases, pathology, and introduction to necropsy techniques and diagnostic sample collection and submission. The course includes nine lectures addressing field investigations of wildlife health, common diseases, toxins, and other health threats impacting wild mesocarnivores, ruminants, birds, herptiles, and fish and/or marine mammals. Three wet labs provide necropsy, comparative anatomy, and sample collection opportunities across a variety of species, as well as a case exercise in which students will be given morbidity/mortality scenarios and determine the response needed for diagnosis and follow-up.