EQST 4201- Equine Pathology and Diseases
Course Description
This course presents an overview of the most common diseases specific to horses, how these diseases develop and may progress. Discussion of therapies and diagnostics is also included. This course integrates project-based learning into the curriculum.
Week
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Course Topics
Introduction/The Healthy Horse Respiratory Diseases: Overview, Virology Review, Rhinoviruses Respiratory Diseases: Equine Herpes Virus Respiratory Diseases: Equine Influenza, Equine Viral Arteritis Respiratory Diseases: Bacteriology Review, Equine Strangles Respiratory Diseases: Lower Respiratory Infections, Foal Pneumonia Respiratory Diseases: Parasitic Infections Respiratory Diseases: Fungal Infections Introduction to Epidemiology Disease Prevention and Control Biosecurity Disease Outbreak Scenario - Practicum CNS Diseases: Western Equine Encephalitis, EEV, VEE CNS Diseases: West Nile CNS Diseases: Rabies CNS Diseases: EPM Infectious Diseases: Equine Infectious Anemia Infectious Diseases: Tetanus Infectious Diseases: Potomac Horse Fever Infectious Diseases: Lyme Ocular Diseases: Equine Recurrent Uveitis Gastrointestonal Disease: Colic Endocrine Diseases: Equine Metabolic Syndrome Foreign Animal Diseases Project Presentations |