Wildlife Capture, Immobilization and Handling

Catalog description

Credits 2. 2 Lecture Hours. This course covers a variety of techniques used to capture wild animals. It will focus on chemical immobilization of wildlife using drugs and drug combinations not used elsewhere in veterinary (nor human) practice and under a variety of field conditions. Topics include how to safely capture, immobilize, handle and collect samples from a variety of non-domestic animals. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.