Medicine and Epidemiology

(School of Veterinary Medicine)

Gary P. Carlson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department

Department Office, 2108 Tupper Hall (530-752-1363)

World Wide Web: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu

Faculty

Alexander A. Ardans, D.V.M., M.S., Professor

Patricia C. Blanchard, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Diagnostic Pathology

Gary P. Carlson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor

Tim Carpenter, Ph.D., Professor

Jim Case, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Diagnostic Medicine

Larry D. Cowgill, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor

Nancy E. East, M.S., D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Professor

Edward Feldman, D.V.M., Professor

Ian Gardner, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Ph.D., Professor

Lisle W. George, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor

Ronald P. Hedrick, Ph.D., Professor

Sharon K. Hietala, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Diagnostic Pathology

David Hird, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Ph.D., Professor

Peter J. Ihrke, V.M.D., Professor

Mark D. Kittleson, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Professor

Gerald V. Ling, D.V.M., Professor

John Madigan, M.S., D.V.M., Professor

Stanley L. Marks, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Richard W. Nelson, D.V.M., Professor

Niels C. Pedersen, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor

Lyndsay G. Phillips, D.V.M., Associate Professor

Bradford P. Smith, D.V.M., Professor

Sharon J. Spier, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor

Lisa A. Tell, D.V.M., Associate Professor

William P. Thomas, D.V.M., Professor

Mark Thurmond, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Ph.D., Professor

W. David Wilson, B.V.M.S., M.R.C.V.S., Professor

Emeriti Faculty

Murray E. Fowler, D.V.M., Professor Emeritus

Donald G. Low, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

William R. Pritchard, D.V.M., Ph.D., J.D., Professor Emeritus

Livio G. Raggi, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Edward A. Rhode, D.V.M., Professor Emeritus

Donald R. Strombeck, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Dale L. Brooks, D.V.M., Ph.D., Lecturer

Autumn P. Davidson, D.V.M., Associate Clinical Professor

Pamela H. Eisele, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor

Laurence R. Enos, Pharm.D., Lecturer

Carolyn S. Friedman, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor

Jeffrey A. Roberts, D.V.M., Associate Clinical Professor

Ellen Sparger, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor

Celia R. Valverde, D.V.M., Associate Clinical Professor

Johanna Watson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor

Courses in Medicine and Epidemiology (VME)

*Course not offered this academic year.

Upper Division Course

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)

(P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

217. Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests (2) III. Gardner

Lecture/discussion--1.7 hours; laboratory--1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Topics include sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, Bayes' Theorem, RDC curves, measuring agreement between tests, series and parallel testing strategies. Emphasis on rational interpretation and presentation of test results for individuals and aggregates. Offered in alternate years.

255. Animal Health Economics (3) III. Carpenter

Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Basic concepts of microeconomics (production and cost functions, firm decision making, and the market place) as they relate to animal health are considered. Application of economic decision making techniques which may be used in veterinary medicine are also presented.

294B. Conservation Biology and Veterinary Medicine (1) II. Mazet

Seminar--1 hour. Discussion of current topics in conservation biology as they relate to veterinary medicine; the emphasis is on wildlife. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

298. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff

Prerequisite: student in School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Group study in selected areas of the clinical sciences. (S/U grading only.)

299. Research (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)

(S/U grading only.)

Professional Course

397T. Tutoring in Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff

Lecture--1 hour; laboratory--3 hours; discussion--2 hours. For graduate or professional students who desire teaching experience, but are not teaching assistants. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

401. Small Animal Clinics (1.5 per week) I, II, III. The Staff (Ling in charge)

Laboratory--50 hours total. Prerequisite: professional standing, resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, or consent of instructor. Resident responsible for diagnoses, medical and surgical treatment of animals in the wards and outpatient clinic, including history taking, physical examinations, laboratory tests, special diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and consultations, under the direction of the senior staff. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

402. Large Animal Medicine (1.5 per week)
I, II, III. The Staff (Smith in charge)

Laboratory--50 hours total. Prerequisite: professional standing, resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, or consent of instructor. Residents responsible for the medical care of patients in the VM Teaching Hospital and outpatient clinics under the direction of the senior staff of the hospital. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

403. Small Animal Medicine (1.5 per week)
I, II, III. The Staff (Ling in charge)

Laboratory--50 hours total. Prerequisite: professional standing, resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, or consent of instructor. Residents responsible for the medical care of animals in the wards and outpatient clinic including physical examinations, history taking, laboratory tests, and consultations under the supervision of the senior staff. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

410. Husbandry, Feeding and Management of Captive Animals (2) II. Brooks

Lecture--2 hours. Prerequisite: second-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Management and husbandry dynamics for preventative health programs in zoos, aquaria, vivaria, and other environments for exotic pets and wild animals.

411. Laboratory Animal Medicine (2) II. Brooks

Lecture--20 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive methods for diseases of rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and certain related laboratory rodents will be presented to serve the needs of clinical and research veterinarians. Lecture demonstrations with subject species will be provided.

412. Laboratory Animal Medicine (2) III. Brooks

Lecture--20 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Prevention, diagnosis and therapy of medical problems in rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rats and other laboratory species. Emphasis will be placed on animal colony health management technique, and concepts of preventive disease needed by veterinarians in charge of research facilities.

413. Medical Primatology (2) III. Roberts

Lecture--20 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Major diseases, medical management and husbandry of captive non-human primates. (S/U grading only.)

414. Applications of Epidemiologic Methods to Herd Health (3) III. Gardner

Lecture/discussion--2 hours; fieldwork--2 hours. Prerequisite: Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine 405 and 406 or the equivalents or consent of instructor. Epidemiologic applications to health and production problems in animal populations. Topics include test enterpretation, decision-tree analysis, time trend analysis, disease reporting, investigation of chronic diseases, microcomputer programs for herd health.

415. Management and Diseases of Captive Wildlife (2) II. Phillips

Lecture--20 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine. Defining the role of the veterinarian in the health care and management of captive wildlife species in both private and zoological collections. Lectures concentrate on nondomestic mammalian species, stressing a preventive medical approach, including management of captive environment, infectious and non-infectious disease, anesthesiology, diagnostic techniques/approaches.

416. Fish Medicine (2.1) III. Hedrick

Lecture--18 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of fish. Preventative management of diseases in aquaculture and aquaria. Field trips, if interest and time allows.

417. Companion Avian Medicine (2) II. Tell

Lecture--20 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine. Diseases, diagnostics, medical management and surgery of psittacine species. Avian nutrition, husbandry, and management.

421. Veterinary Dermatology (0.75 per week)
I, II, III. Ihrke

Laboratory--25 hours. Prerequisite: professional standing, resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, or consent of instructor. Residents are responsible for patient care in the hospital and outpatient clinic including history taking, physical examinations, and diagnostic procedures under the direction of the staff dermatologist. (S/U grading only.)

*423. Pulmonary Diseases (0.75 per week) I, II, III. Kittleson

Laboratory--25 hours. Prerequisite: professional standing intern in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, or consent of instructor. New and advanced techniques for the detection and characterization of respiratory and cardiac diseases in animals demonstrated and discussed. Interns assist in assessment of
respiratory dysfunction of patients and correlation of the dysfunction and clinical signs. (S/U grading only.)

425. Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (0.75 per week) I, II, III. Phillips

Laboratory--25 hours. Prerequisite: professional standing, resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, or consent of instructor. Residents responsible for assisting in handling and treatment of clinic cases and for learning the techniques of manual and chemical restraint of a wide variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. Medication problems, anesthetic techniques, and surgical procedures will be discussed and practiced. (S/U grading only.)

428. Food Animal Surgery (1.6) III. Smith

Lecture--16 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine. Selected topics in surgical diseases of food animals covered in detail. (S/U grading only.)

428L. Food Animal Surgery Laboratory (0.8) III. Smith

Laboratory--8 three-hour sessions. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine; course 428 (concurrently). Representative surgeries of food animals performed by groups of students. Limited enrollment. (S/U grading only.)

429A. Herd Health Management of Beef, Cattle, Swine, Sheep, and Goats (4) II. East

Lecture--40 hours. Prerequisite: third-year standing in School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Practical systems for delivering veterinary service to feedlot, cow-calf, stocker, swine, sheep, and goat production units are considered, with emphasis on prevention and control of disease.

430. Raptor Medicine and Rehabilitation (2) III. Brooks

Lecture--2 hours. Biology, behavior, parasites, diseases, toxins, iatropenic conditions, diagnostics, treatments, nursing, housing, nutrition, rehabilitation and release techniques for eggs, orphans and adult native California raptors.

432A-432B-432C. Raptor Clinics (1-1-1) I-II-III. Brooks

Laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: students in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Serves as student treatment crew for the Raptor Center, providing hands-on experience with handling, restraint and treatment for ill and injured birds of prey with the goal of rehabilitation and release back into their native habitat. (S/U grading only.)

446. Small Animal Reproduction (1) III. Feldman

Lecture--7 hours; discussion--1 hour; laboratory--2 three-hour sessions. Prerequisite: second year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Approved for graduate degree credit. Provides a complete description (history, physical examination, laboratory abnormalities, etc.) of the common abnormalities associated with the genital tract of male and female dogs and cats.

448A. Small Animal Medicine­Level I (6) I. Nelson

Lecture--5 hours (for 12 weeks). Prerequisite: Veterinary Medicine 447. Fundamental principles, clinical manifestations, diagnostic methods and therapeutic approaches to the medical diseases of dogs and cats. Course is a core option for the professional veterinary curriculum and preparatory for advanced courses in small animal medical diagnoses and therapeutics.

448B. Small Animal Medicine--Level II (5.3) II. Ihrke

Lecture--29 sessions; discussion--19 sessions; laboratory--5 sessions. Prerequisite: Veterinary Medicine 447 and course 448A. Medical diseases of the dog and cat. Differential diagnosis of common "signs and symptoms" in small animal veterinary practice. Emphasis on integration of the systemic organ systems approach to medical diagnosis.

449A. Large Animal Medicine­Level I (6.1) I. Wilson

Lecture--5 hours (for 12 weeks); laboratory--3 hours (for 2 weeks). Prerequisite: Veterinary Medicine 447. Instruction in the etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, treatment, prevention, and control of important infectious and non-infectious diseases of food animals and horses. A problem-based approach to differential diagnosis will be emphasized.

449B. Level II Advanced Equine Medicine (4.9) II. Madigan

Lecture--49 hours total. Prerequisite: course 449A. Instruction in the medical aspects of equine practice including large and small farm management practices, sports medicine principles and applications, perinatology and neonatology, and the etiology, epidemiology and control of various infectious and non-infectious conditions of the equine.

449L. Level II Advanced Equine Medicine Laboratory (0.6) II. Madigan

Laboratory--6 sessions. Prerequisite: course 449A, course 449B concurrently. Clinical presentation and instruction in treatment of the medical aspects of equine practice. (S/U grading only.)

450. Small Animal Clinical Immunology (2.2) III. Pedersen

Lecture--16 hours; laboratory--6 sessions. Prerequisite: basic immunology. Comprehensive discussion of the basic mechanisms of immunologic diseases in animals and description of common immunologic diseases, including clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. Emphasis on small animals and analogous disorders of humans. (S/U grading only.)

454. International Veterinary Medicine Baja California Fieldwork (2) III. Hird

Fieldwork--40 hours. Students in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Livestock diseases responsible for limiting trade across the U.S./Mexico border, how knowledge is extended to ranchers, and how veterinarians are educated in Mexico. Offered during Spring break. (S/U grading only.)

460. Equine Behavior and Natural Concepts of Horsemanship (1) II. Spier

Lecture/laboratory--1 hour. Each session begins with orientation for day and practical equine handling methods follow, emphasizing horse's behavior and recognizing horse's natural reactions to painful, threatening or frightening stimuli. (S/U grading only.)

481A-481B-481C. Clinic Rounds (1-1-1) I-II-III. Ling, Smith

Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: first- or second-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Discussion of selected small and large animal cases from the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital. May be repeated once for credit. (S/U grading only.)

486A. Equine Clinical Neonatology (1) II. Madigan

Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: first-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Discussion of methods of equine neonatal intensive care and disease pathophysiology in a case format. (S/U grading only.)

486B. Equine Clinical Neonatology (1) III. Madigan

Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: first-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Discussion of methods of equine neonatal intensive care and disease pathophysiology in a case format. (S/U grading only.)

487. Comparative Bio-Medical: Form and Function (2) III. Roberts

Lecture--1 hour; discussion--2 hours. Prerequisite: first- or second-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Introduction and basic prerequisite for Zoological Medicine courses, involving comparative biology recommended concepts for nontraditional animal species or alternative pets, zoos, rehabilitation centers, aquaculture, laboratory animals, and non-human primates. (S/U grading only.)

488. Nondomestic Pet Animal Medicine (2) III. Phillips

Discussion--2 hours. Prerequisite: second-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Discussion of practical medical and surgical management of common spontaneous and infectious diseases of nondomestic pets.

489. Personal, Financial, and Professional Development (1) II. Kingborg

Lecture--1 hour. Prerequisite: third-year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Focus on skills essential for successful careers in veterinary medicine. Includes personal finance and investment strategies; understanding personal taxation; bookkeeping and accounting; insurance needs; and stress management. (S/U grading only.)

491. Small Animal Grand Rounds (0.5) I, II, III. The Staff (Ling in charge)

Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: professional standing, intern or resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital or consent of instructor. Residents take an active part in the presentation and discussion of selected cases from the small animal clinic. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

492. Large Animal Grand Rounds (0.5) I, II, III. The Staff (Carlson in charge)

Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: professional standing resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital or consent of instructor. Residents take an active part in the presentation and discussion of selected cases from the large animal and ambulatory clinics. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

493. Seminar In Veterinary Medicine (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Cowgill and Spier in charge)

Seminar--2 hours. Prerequisite: professional standing; resident in Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Seminars given by the faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine in topics relating directly to the practice of clinical medicine and surgery. Residents will assist in the presentation of seminar material. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)

494. International Programs Seminar (1) II. Hird

Seminar--10 sessions. Students in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor. Discussion by veterinarians around the world of aspects of veterinary medicine in their countries and regions, ranging from livestock to wildlife medicine to companion animal practice. (S/U grading only.)

UC Davis 1999-2000 Online General Catalog. Posted July 30, 1999.
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Molly Theodossy, Keitha Hunter and Barbara Anderson, Editors

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