VTMED 6545

Sheep and Goat Medicine

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Discusses diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of medical and surgical problems of individual small ruminants and of sheep and goat herds. Basic information on breeds, behavior, nutritional requirements, and management systems is supplied. Economically important contagious or metabolic diseases are discussed in depth. The diagnostic evaluation and differential diagnoses for common clinical presentations such as skin disease, neurologic disease, lameness, and mastitis are considered. Herd monitoring of economically important parameters and necropsy diagnosis of abortions and neonatal losses are addressed. Breeding systems, pregnancy diagnosis methods, correction of dystocias, and common surgical procedures are discussed and demonstrated in laboratory sessions. Also offered as an autotutorial during summer and distribution periods in spring.

Prerequisites Prerequisite or corequisite: VTMED 6546. Lab may only be taken with concurrent or prior enrollment in lecture or autotutorial course.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: third- and fourth-year veterinary students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SU, 2025SP, 2024SU, 2024SP

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