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May 05, 2024
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2020 - 2021 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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VETS 481 - Applied Primatology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Laboratory Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): None
Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the BS Veterinary Technology major or permission of instructor.
Corequisite(s): None
This course gives students a unique, hands-on experience working with and caring for primates. Students will gain in-depth insight into the care and maintenance of a primate colony with special focus on husbandry, colony healthcare, environmental enrichment and the promotion of psychological wellbeing. The students will gain proficiency in multiple techniques including restraint, injections, catheter placement, dentistry, blood collection, TB testing and anesthesia. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of how a primate colony operates. Students will be expected to perform behavioral assessments and advanced healthcare requirements as instructed in order to ensure the proper care of our colony. Students will have hands-on experience unlike any other as no other Veterinary Technology programs have a colony of primates for teaching and training.
Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:
- Confidently discuss primate classification and distinguishing characteristics
- Discuss primate biology and examples of biomedical advancements through the use of primates
- Discuss common primate diseases in regards to clinical signs, zoonotic potential and possible treatments
- Understand the risks involved in working with primates and methods to prevent exposure\maintain a safe primate area
- Demonstrate where to access regulatory information and understand what is mandated
- Successfully carry out the husbandry and care needed to keep animals healthy and cared for
- Show proficiency in cage transfer and restraint techniques
- Collect medical\health-related data with minimal supervision
- Successfully give injections, place catheters and administer drugs\medications as directed
- Collect, analyze and interpret samples collected from the colony to assess animal health
- Administer TB test and have working knowledge of test analysis\interpretation
- Anesthetize, collect dental radiographs and perform dental prophylaxis as directed
- Collect and analyze vaginal cytology
- Make and portion species-specific enrichment for daily foraging and mental stimulation
- Identify individual animal needs, implement ideas for behavioral modification and assess for improvement
- Comfortable accessing and operating under institutional guidelines
- Proper use of laser and administration of therapy as directed
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