VETS 270 - Applied Clinical Nutrition

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): VETS 183 and BIOL 230 and [CHEM 120 or CHEM 180] with a grade of C or better or permission of instructor
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

An elective course designed to introduce students to applied animal nutrition. The course covers basic nutrition for both ruminant and simple-stomach animals. Students learn how nutrition affects the animal patient and causes or impacts animal conditions.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Explain the principles of physiology of digestion in both the simple stomach and ruminant animal.
Explain the fundamental principles of clinical nutrition of domestic animals.
Perform calculations for nutrient requirements, cost per feeding analysis, nutrient content of feeds and basic feeding programs.
Perform dietary formulations of balanced diets for a variety of species at various stages of life cycles.