*LACS 57.3
Principles of Animal Health and Disease
2(3L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the Diploma in Agriculture program in the College of Agriculture

This course will briefly review some of the important principles of animal diseases, disease causing agents, and the animal body disease defense system. A discussion of some common livestock diseases, with an emphasis on prevention through management procedures, will follow. Laboratory demonstrations will include routine procedures for handling, restraint, treatment and animal behaviour. Calculation of the economic loss to a livestock enterprise due to disease will be discussed.

*Denotes courses open to students in the College of Agriculture.

*LACS 200.5
Animal Management and Production I
Q1,2(2L-2P),Q4(3L-2P)

Provides a basic foundation of knowledge in the behaviour, husbandry, nutrition and breeding of the common animal species, featuring the veterinary aspects of the various animal industries and the contemporary role of the veterinarian in servicing them. Concepts of herd management, health and production interactions, and the makeup of various animal industries will be emphasized for the various species groups.

Laboratory exercises will emphasize hands-on experience in animal handling and field trips to production facilities. Laboratories will also involve production data analysis, feed evaluations, and exercises relating to genetics of animal breeding.

Note: Offered jointly
with the Department of Animal Science.

*Denotes courses open to students in the College of Agriculture.

*LACS 300.5
Animal Management and Production II
Q1(3L-2P),Q2,3&4(2L-2P)

A continuation of Animal Management and Production I.

Note: Offered jointly by the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Animal Science.

*Denotes courses open to students in the College of Agriculture.

LACS 400.2
Herd Medicine
Q3(2L-2P),Q4(2L)

Covers how the concepts of herd or population medicine can be applied to veterinary practice. Emphasis is placed on five main topics: evaluating clinical trials, choosing diagnostic tests, investigating and resolving outbreaks of disease, managing herd data, and discovering how the concepts of herd medicine might be applied to entire ecosystems. Laboratories are designed to provide students with practical experience evaluating clinical trials and analyzing herd data.

*LACS 411.3
Diseases of Livestock
Q3(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Open to students in the College of Agriculture.

Provides an overview of animal disease principles in which disease mechanisms, body response to disease, diagnosis, control and prevention are emphasized. Special attention is given to infectious diseases of cattle, that are of economic importance to the Saskatchewan livestock industry.

*Denotes courses open to students in the College of Agriculture.

LACS 452.2
Large Animal Surgery
Q2(3L),Q3(3L)

A comprehensive course covering the signs, diagnosis, management and treatment of the major surgical conditions in large animals. Covers plastic and reconstructive surgery of the skin, surgery of the respiratory system, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, and the urogenital system. The major emphasis is on the equine and bovine species, but reference is made to other large animal species.

LACS 460.5
Obstetrics and Reproduction (Theriogenology)
Q2(3L),Q3(3L,3P),Q4(2L-5P)

Covers the normal reproductive patterns of domestic animals, the causes of lowered reproductive efficiency and management of reproductive problems of individual animals and herds. Laboratories are designed to enhance understanding of these aspects of theriogenology and to develop clinical skills including, male and female breeding soundness evaluation, obstetrical management and the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive problems.

LACS 472.4
Large Animal Internal Medicine
Q1(4L),Q2,3&4(3L)

A series of lectures which deal with the specific diseases of domestic farm animals (cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs) and horses. Emphasizes the etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory findings, diagnosis, treatment and control of the common diseases which occur in domestic farm animals. Some lectures deal with the important exotic diseases which are potential threats to the livestock Industry.

GRADUATE COURSES

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Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Graduate Studies & Research

LACS 781.3
Clinical Trial Design and Analysis
2(2L-1S)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

A course for veterinary graduate students who need an understanding of clinical trial design, statistics and clinical epidemiology in order to carry out their research and to evaluate themselves as clinicians. The course will cover areas of clinical trial design, applied medical statistics, diagnostic test evaluation and writing research grants.

LACS 783.6
Advanced Clinical Practice
1&2(20C)

A clinical course that enhances the student's clinical education and experience under the guidance of their supervisor or a senior clinician. Emphasizes clinical practice in herd production medicine or theriogenology in the student's field of specialization. Procedures in diagnostics, therapeutics and disease control will be stressed. Involves student contribution to the veterinary teaching hospital routine practice and emergency work during normal hours and the out-of-hours duty roster.