Overview Guiding students through clinically relevant anatomy using diagnostic imaging. All body systems are covered in this comprehensive course. The basic principles behind imaging modalities, image acquisition, and radiation safety are covered to encourage learners to consider how tissue structure and function apply to anatomy and the interpretation of diagnostic images. Course Goals The goal […]

Overview This is a graduate-level course designed to provide students with basic business strategy concepts taught in business schools adapted to the livestock production industry. The purpose of this course is to guide learners through a complete analysis of their current business and develop a strategic plan to earn superior returns in the future. The […]

Overview This is a graduate-level course that covers the principles of biosecurity. The course will allow students to design a comprehensive protocol for a given site. This course emphasizes how to optimize interventions in livestock production systems to minimize the economic impact of infectious disease. The instructors assume that enrolled students have a foundational knowledge […]

Overview This is a graduate-level course that covers the components and determinants of a healthy livestock system. The course will allow students to understand the interaction between animals (hosts), microorganisms (infectious disease) and the environment. This course emphasizes how to optimize interventions in livestock production systems to minimize the economic impact of infectious disease. The […]

Overview This is an introductory course for all Master of Veterinary Science (MVS) students entering the program and focuses on subjects and skills that will carry throughout the program and into the capstone project. Course topics provide support for the overall goal of becoming a more effective veterinary scientist. Course Goals Introduces fundamental veterinary science […]

Overview The capstone for the Master of Veterinary Science is an Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) project, which integrates your previous learnings into a structured problem-solving project. It is designed to provide students with an activity that will help them synthesize and apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired during the MVS coursework. Over two […]

Overview Application of statistical methods to epidemiology, clinical and diagnostic medicine, and laboratory biomedical experiments. Topics include data collection and organization, data cleaning, data visualization, descriptive statistics, reliability, sample size estimation, analysis of group differences, correlation and linear regression. Emphasizes use of computerized statistical software in biomedical data analysis. Learning Objectives Upon successful completion of […]

Overview Introducing the immune system functions in health maintenance. The content will train students to consider the role of the immune system in animal responses to various health challenges and prompt them to develop an integrated, science-based approach in solving health problems by applying their knowledge of immune system structure and function in comprehending how […]

Overview Participants will apply their foundational knowledge of anatomy, physiology, immunology, microbiology, and pathology in evaluating and solving health failure problems in the major body systems. The graduate level course will use a problem-driven, case-based approach to train students how to apply the basic principles of health science in solving clinical problems in individual animals. […]

Overview The learning activities will train students to use a systems-based approach to explain how each organ system detects and responds to health challenges. Students will be asked to apply their knowledge of structure and function of the major body systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, immune, nervous, metabolic, and reproductive, etc.) and to explore the […]