VTMED 6425

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  • Schedule of Classes - September 9, 2021 7:14PM EDT
  • Course Catalog - September 9, 2021 7:15PM EDT

VTMED 6425
Introduction to Shelter Medicine

Course information provided by the 2020-2021 Catalog.

The course will cover 8 hours of lecture on very basic shelter medicine principles, to include the history of sheltering and humane organizations, issues with pet overpopulation and free roaming companion animals, animal cruelty, an overview of preventive medicine and population health in shelters, sanitation and disinfection, and population management.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: VTMED 5400. Highly recommended prerequisite: VTMED 6734.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: third-year veterinary students. Hybrid offering may be taken by fourth-year veterinary students.

When Offered Spring.

Comments This is the second course in a three-course sequence.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Eight Week - First. 

  • 0.5 Credits Graded

  • 17017 VTMED 6425   LEC 001

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    • M Online Meeting
    • Jan 25 - Mar 19, 2021

    • Berliner, E

      DeTar, L

      Henry, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online