Vet Clinical Pathology I

Catalog description

This course is designed for students who have completed VET 116 Laboratory and Diagnostic Skills and have been accepted into the Veterinary Nursing program. This course is the first of a three-course series and will introduce basic pathological processes and prepare the learner for the next course in the sequence. This course builds upon veterinary pharmacology and introduces clinical microbiology and cytology as it relates to veterinary technology and animal pathology. It covers the basic principles of microbial classification, growth, and pathogenicity as well as various laboratory methods used in identification of microorganisms as they relate to pathology and parasitology in animals.