Large Animal Disease/Med Care

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This course will explore common large animal breeds (ruminant, equine, swine, and chickens). It will introduce techniques necessary for the provision of nursing care to large animals, including restraint, husbandry, behavior, physical examination, medication administration, diagnostic sample collection, grooming, bandaging, nutrition, and vaccination. It will also cover preventive medicine and diseases of large animals including the public health significance of relevant large animal diseases and examine the role of the veterinary nurse in performing diagnostics, nursing care, and client education.