VETS 171 - Pathology and Parasitology

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 2

Prerequisite(s): VETS 120, VETS 115, BIOL 218

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This lecture, recitation, and laboratory course introduces students to the study of veterinary pathology and parasitology. The course content conveys and correlates the concepts of normal and abnormal physiology of animal species; the process of disease; basic laboratory diagnostic analysis; and the life cycle, pathogenesis, identification, and control of common parasites in domestic animals.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Students will learn their role as a veterinary technician, team member, and client educator in a laboratory, clinical, and diagnostic setting.
Students will understand the basic process of disease in domestic and companion animals.
Students will be able to correlate normal and abnormal animal physiology with pathological conditions.
Students will demonstrate the ability to understand the hosts, life cycles, pathogenesis, and diseases caused by common parasites that affect most domestic animal species.
Students will effectively be able to identify common internal and external parasites (genus and species) that affect domestic animals.
Students will recognize common treatments and protocols used to control common parasites of domestic animal species.
Students will be able to perform common laboratory diagnostic procedures to examine specimens.
Students will demonstrate the ability to work together in teams for assignments, quizzes, activities, and/or a team project.