VTMED 6722

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VTMED 6722
Aquavet I: Introduction to Aquatic Veterinary Medicine

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

Sponsored by Cornell University.  Introduces veterinary students to aquatic animal medicine.  The aquatic environment is described and visited on field trips.  Specific aspects of the comparative anatomy, physiology, nutrition, microbiology, pathology, and medicine of a variety of marine and freshwater species are discussed.  Some emphasis is placed on systems of aquaculture.  The specific diseases of a few selected species are presented as examples.  The course is taught by an invited faculty of 35 individuals who are leaders in their respective fields of aquatic animal medicine.  Students present seminars on appropriate topics.


Fees Course fee: TBA.

Last 4 terms offered 2024SU, 2023SU, 2022SU, 2021SU

When Offered Summer.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Vet Med Summer. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  1004 VTMED 6722   FLD 801

    • May 19 - Aug 15, 2025

    • Getchell, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Taught in Bristol, RI.

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