VT 223 Applied Equine Techniques (3 credits)
Prerequisite Enrollment in the Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology.
Course Description
Advanced equine techniques commonly used in large animal practice, on breeding farms and in horse racing.
Course Content
A.Role of the veterinary technician in various practice settings
B.Equine health care and preventive medicine
C.Equine conformation and lameness
D.Protocols of racetrack practice
E.Breeding farm techniques
F.Equine anesthesia and surgery
G.Equine nursing skills
Student Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the differences among technician roles in a companion animal practice, a racetrack practice and a breeding farm practice.
2. Assess personal attributes and skills that are required to be employable in an equine practice.
3. Address issues of health care, lameness, breeding, surgery, and nursing care using proper terminology.
4. Describe the normal physiology of the estrous cycle and the methods of dealing with abnormal estrous physiology.
5. List the physical parameters for a properly anesthetized horse.
6. Identify recognized safety procedures to be used when working with horses.
7. Demonstrate equine nursing skills by completing a given checklist of laboratory skills.
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40
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