This course immerses students in the field of veterinary science and provides an overview of basic practices and skills used in veterinary medicine. Students will learn physiology, microbiology, animal care, and surgical techniques.
General Course Documents:
- Syllabus
- Scope and Sequence
- Safety Contract
Course Outline:
- Safety
- Hazards with Animals (Notes)
- Material Safety Data Sheet (Sample Sheet) (MSDS)
- Zoonotic Diseases
- Scenarios
- Veterinary Terminology
- Building Blocks of Words - An introduction to Veterinary Terminology (PowerPoint) (Prefixes)
- What are those letters? - Investigating Vet Abbreviations
- Gummy Bear Dissection - Practice using Directional Terminology (PowerPoint)
- What is in those Bones? - Discover the composition of bones (PowerPoint)
- Create a Skeleton - Articulate a real skeleton
- Bone Trauma - Learn about common types of breaks and bone repair (PowerPoint)
- Sticks and Stones Will Break That Bone - Complete a lab where you repair a fracture
- Reconstruction and Disease - Look at how bones naturally reconstruct and different diseases
- Flex Those Muscles - An introduction to the Muscular System (PowerPoint)
- Horse Muscle Sites (Horse Inside Out) (Anatomy)
- Flap That Wings - Investigate how muscles, tendons, and ligaments work with bones to allow movement
- Horse Muscular System - Use the Horse Models to identify muscles
- What's In the Gut? - An introduction to the Digestive System
- Digestion Animation - A look at how the digestive system functions
- Colic - Explore the causes, symptoms, and treatments for Colic in Horses
- Cow Stomach Ache - A look at different ruminant diseases
- Urinary System - An introduction to the Urinary System
- It's Not All Water - A investigation utilizing Urinalysis
- Kidneys- Examine the anatomy, function, and problems of the kidneys
- Clean it - Kidney Filtering Lab
- Have a Heart (Circulatory System)
- What makes up blood? - Article, Edible Model
- Circulatory System - Notes
- Heart Anatomy
- Sutures
- So Sick (Diseases and Parasites)
- Parasites - Notes
- Parasite Sleuths - Classification
- Worksheet
- Directions
- Parasite Images
- Dichotomous Key
- Parasites - ID
- Let's Help (Clinical Exams and Procedures)
- Clinical Procedures - Notes
- Patient History - Patient records
- TRP - Temperature, Respiration, Pressure
- Clinical Exams - How are our rabbits
- Projects
- Midterm Project
- Book Review
- Due Friday, November 3rd
- Book Review
- Final Project
- In Class Packet
- Career Exploration
- Due Day of the Final
- Options
- Career Exploration Project
- Agriscience Project
- Career Research Paper
- State Degree or State Proficiency (Access via your FFA Account)
- Midterm Project