VTMED 5400

Host, Agent, and Defense (Foundation Course IV)

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course seeks to develop an understanding of the interplay between the Immunological system of the host and the most significant bacterial and viral agents that cause disease in animals. Lectures focus primarily on adaptive and innate immunity, as well as bacterial and viral pathogens and the diseases they cause. Autoimmunity, epidemiological methods to investigate infectious disease at the herd and single animal levels, and techniques and tools to control infectious disease are also important components of the course. In the laboratory, animals are used to illustrate some aspects of infectious diseases.

Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 VTMED 5310. Corequisites: None.

Enrollment Priority REF-FA25 Enrollment limited to: second- year veterinary students.

Fees REF-FA25 20 (). course guide.

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