Date

Topic

Required Reading

Optional Reading

August  19 

Unit 1  General Overview  Role of Host, Agent and Environment 

Hoopes,  Chapter 1 & 2

Mims,  Chapter 1  Radostitis,  Chapter 4,  pages 76-78

August  21 

Unit 2  Role of "Agent" in Health and Disease 

Hoopes,  Chapter 3 and 4

Mims,  Chapters 2 & 3,  Chapter 11  pages 329-333

August  23

Unit 2  Role of "Agent" continued

Hoopes,  Chapter 3 and 4 

Mims,  Chapters 2 & 3,  Chapter 11  pages 329-333

August 26

Unit 3  Role of "Host" in Health and Disease

Hoopes,  Chapter 5 & 6

 Mims,  Chapters 4 & 6,  Chapter 11 pages 333-350

August 28

Unit 3  Role of "Host"  continued

Hoopes,  Chapter 5 & 6

Mims,  Chapters 4 & 6,  Chapter 11 pages 333-350

August 30

Unit 4  Role of "Environment" in Health and Disease

Hoopes,  Chapter 7

Mims,  Chapter 11 pages 350-354  Radostits,  Chapter 4 pages 76-94

September  2

Labor Day  No Class

N.A.

N.A.

September 4

Unit 4  Role of "Environment"  continued

Hoopes,  Chapter 22  Toxins, plants, chemicals, gases

N.A.

September  6

Unit 5  Principles of Control of Infectious Disease

Hoopes,  Chapter 7

Radostits,  Chapter 4 pages 86-94

September  9

Unit 5  Principles of Control of Infectious Disease --  vaccines

Hoopes,  Chapter 6

Mims,  Chapter 12

September 11

Unit 5  Principles of Control of Infectious Disease --  drugs

Hoopes,  Chapter 16

Hoopes,  Chapter 14-15

September 13

Unit 5  Principles of Control of Infectious Disease  continued

Hoopes,  Chapter 16

Hoopes,  Chapter 14-15

September   16

Exam 1

N.A.

N.A.

September  18

Unit 6  Specific Reproductive Health Concerns in the Ruminant  J. Nielsen 

Hoopes,  Chapter 13 p. 157-164

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

September  20

  Unit 6  Management of Lameness in Ruminants  J. Nielsen 

Hoopes,  Chapter 10 

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

September  23

Unit 6  Mastitis  M. Schutz

Hoopes,  Chapter 13 

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

September  25

Unit 6  Ruminant Metabolic Disease  M. Schutz

Hoopes, Chapter 12

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

September 27

Unit 6  Health Management in the Neonatal Ruminant  M. Hilton

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

September 30

Unit 6   Respiratory Health Concerns in the Ruminant  Nielsen & Hilton

Hoopes,  Chapter 21

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 2

Unit 8 Reptile Health Concerns

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 4

Unit 7 Equine Health Management J. Sojka

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 7

October Break

N.A.

N.A.

October 9

Unit 7 Equine Health Management J. Sojka

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 11

Unit 7 Equine Health Management J. Sojka

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 14

Unit 9 - Lab Animal/Rodent, Rabbit Health Management  F. Douglas

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 16

Unit 9 - Lab Animal/kennel Management Concerns F. Douglas

N.A.

N.A.

October 18

Exam 2

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 21

Unit 11  Health Management in Aquatic Species,  K. Sakamoto

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 23

Unit 10  Swine Management Procedures to Minimize Disease  S. Amass, D. Ragland

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 25

Unit 10  Specific Enteric Health Concerns of Swine S. Amass, D. Ragland

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 28

Unit 10  Specific Respiratory Health Concerns of Swine  S. Amass, D. Ragland

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

October 30

Unit 12 Canine Health Management

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 1

Unit 12 Canine Health Management

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 4

Unit 13 Feline Health Management J. Nielsen

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 6

Unit 13 Feline Health Management J. Nielsen

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 8

Unit 15 Wildlife Health

N.A.

N.A.

November 11

Exam 3

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 13

Unit 14  Avian Health Management
Z. Kounev

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 15

Unit 14  Avian Health Management  Z. Kounev

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 18

Introduction to Public Health, Zoonosis

N.A.

N.A.

November 20

Unit 16  Regulatory Health Concerns health permits, diseases regulated by government, etc.

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 22

Unit 16  Public Health Concerns  zoonoses

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

November 25

Special Project work

N.A.

N.A.

December 2

Unit 16 Public Health Concerns  food contamination/food safety

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

December 4

Animal Health Issues Discussion

N.A.

See Additional Resources and Hyperlinks

December 6

Animal Health Issues Discussion

N.A.

N.A.

  December 9-14 

Final Exam
Week --Schedule TBA

N.A.

N.A.