ATE 2656L - Large Animal Clinical and Nursing Skills Lab

School of Veterinary Technology

Credit(s): 1
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2008 (400)

Requisites

Pre- or Co-requisite ATE 1636 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamentals of large animal husbandry, herd health management, preventive medicine, animal restraint and nutrition as it relates to the bovine, equine, porcine, and caprine species.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the various restraint techniques used in large animal medicine by:
    1. illustrating the proper method to place a halter on a cow and horse.
    2. using correct restraint techniques for a horse with a nose twitch, ear twitch and shoulder twitch and a cow with a set of nose tongs.
    3. employing proper restraint for a cow and a horse for venipuncture.
    4. choosing appropriate restraint methods for goats and sheep for hoof trims, oral drug administration and jugular venipuncture.
    5. illustrating the proper method for applying bovine tail restraint.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the various routes of drug administration and techniques for giving medicines used in large animal practice by:
    1. using the appropriate method for administering an IV injection to a horse or cow.
    2. using the appropriate method for administering an IM injection to a horse or cow.
    3. using the appropriate method for administering SQ injection to a horse or cow.
    4. using the appropriate method for administering medication orally to a horse, cow or pig.
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of preventive medicine and herd health management in large animal practice by:
    1. defining common vaccines given on a routine basis in large animal practice.
    2. outlining a herd health program for a dairy farmer, a beef farmer, a pig farmer and a horse farmer. This will include common vaccines, time of year to give the vaccines, as well as parasite control.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of proper bandaging techniques used in large animal practice by:
    1. illustrating the appropriate technique to apply an abdominal wrap to a horse.
    2. illustrating the appropriate technique to apply leg wraps to a horse.
    3. illustrating the appropriate technique to apply a tail wrap to a horse.
  5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of equipment used in large animal veterinary medicine by:
    1. using the equipment in lab or clinical setting.
    2. recognizing equipment from pictures.
    3. explaining use and care of equipment.
  6. The student will demonstrate an understanding of how to obtain proper samples utilized by large animal practitioners for diagnosing disease states in large animals by:
    1. performing a jugular venipuncture in a horse, cow, sheep and pig.
    2. performing, observing or describing an abdominocentesis in a horse.
    3. performing or describing a fecal floatation for the cow and horse.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will, with minimum 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by the individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Revised 8/84 Revised 7/85;DBT 12/2/85 Effective 19861 DBT 2/16/93 Effective 19923 3 YR C&I 9293 3YR C&I 9899 C&I 10/13/99; DBT 11/16/99 Effective 20001. C&I 9/25/01, BOT 10/17/01, Effective 20012 (Sess II, 2001.) On-line 20032. 3 Year Review 2006. 3-Year Review 2010: Acceptable As Is.
C&I Approval: 10/23/2007, BOT Approval: 12/17/2007, Effective Term: Fall 2008 (400)

Related Programs

  1. Veterinary Assisting Certificate (VETAST-CT) (660) (Active)
  2. Veterinary Technology (VETTC-AS) (640) (Active)