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Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM) Courses

Academic Unit: Veterinary Population Medicine

VPM 1551 - Introduction to the horse including care, handling, and recognizing behaviors

(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was VPM 1550 until 13-MAY-24

An introduction to the basics of horse management and ownership with modules on topics including: nutrition, health, breeds and colors, anatomy, handling, behavior, tack and riding disciplines.

VPM 1560 - Introduction to Horseback Riding and Horse Health

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Basic motor skills/commands necessary to ride horse. Focus on interaction of human body with horse's body to create movement. Basic horse care skills, grooming, taking temperature, using hoof tester, etc.

VPM 2020 - Topics in Veterinary Population Medicine (Topics course)

(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Topics shell. See title descriptions.

VPM 2400 - Managed Captive Wildlife

(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)

This course is an introduction to key issues at the interface of humans and managed captive wildlife. Topics include: the role of managed captive wildlife species in conservation, education, exhibition, agriculture, and research; biodiversity, urban wildlife, biosentinel science, ethics, and animal welfare; and an introduction to the principles and techniques of the care and management of wildlife species in captive settings.

VPM 2451 - Introductory Concepts in Raptor Rehabilitation

(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)

This online course will provide a basic understanding of raptor rehabilitation. Topics include: goals of wildlife rehabilitation; regulatory policies and permits; ethical decision making; anatomy and physiology; diet and nutrition; housing; restraint and handling; physical exam; and, emergency care.

VPM 2455 - Introduction to Raptor Reconditioning and Release

(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)

This 1 credit online course will provide a basic understanding of raptor reconditioning and release, renesting of juveniles, and related management. Topics include: management in captivity; natural and captive behavior; principles of flight and exercise; flight evaluation; creance reconditioning technique; pre-release preparations, transport and release; renesting and release techniques for young raptors; and post-release monitoring.

VPM 2551 - Biosecurity for Horse Farms

(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)

In the era of COVID-19, a need for a better understanding of general biosecurity principles has become clear. This online course provides a general introduction to principles of biosecurity as they pertain to the horse farm with a focus on small farms, boarding facilities, and hobby farm owners. The principles taught in this course also apply to larger enterprises. The information presented will apply to all disciplines of horse riding and horse businesses, and include biosecurity measures that protect horses as well as their humans. The student will obtain practical knowledge and tools that can be immediately applied. The course is taught by College of Veterinary Medicine faculty veterinarians with current, real-world experience in the management and prevention of equine infectious disease and horse husbandry.

VPM 3020 - Topics in Veterinary Population Medicine (Topics course)

(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Topics shell - see title descriptions

VPM 3021 - Protecting your Lunch: Food Defense Awareness

(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Protecting your Lunch: Food Defense Awareness presents current issues, challenges, concerns, and activities impacting global food defense. "Food Defense" is the sum of actions and activities related to prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery of the food system from intentional acts of adulteration and disruption. This includes intentional acts from both terrorism and criminal activities. This topics course incorporates case studies as well as current events that directly relate to food system disruption, cause food supply chain interruption, or may provoke intentional adulteration or food fraud.

VPM 3850W - Health and Biodiversity [ENV WI]

(3 cr; Prereq-At least one year of college Biology or equivalent; A-F only; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: was EEB 3851W until 07-SEP-21, was VPM 2850 until 03-SEP-13

Basics of biodiversity, human/animal health, interdependence. Strategies for sustainable health.

VPM 4131 - Immunology

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: MICB 4131 (starting 20-JAN-09), VPM 5131

Molecular, genetic, and cellular bases for humoral/cell-mediated immunity. Innage immunity. Antigen recognition by B and T lymphocytes. Interactions between lymphocytes and other cells of immune system. Cytokines. Immunoregulation. Key aspects of clinical immunology.

VPM 4400 - Diseases in free-ranging and captive wildlife

(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)

This course will provide a basic understanding of animal health and disease in free-ranging and managed captive wildlife. Topics include: epidemiology of disease, infectious and non-infectious diseases, and potentials impacts of disease on human health, managed agriculture and wildlife for both individuals and populations.

VPM 5131 - Immunology

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: MICB 4131 (starting 20-JAN-09), VPM 4131

Molecular, genetic, and cellular bases for humoral/cell-mediated immunity. Innage immunity. Antigen recognition by B and T lymphocytes. Interactions between lymphocytes and other cells of immune system. Cytokines. Immunoregulation. Key aspects of clinical immunology.

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