VTMED 6603

Clinical Wildlife, Exotic, and Zoo-Animal Medicine

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Introduces students to primary and emergency care of non-traditional pet species, zoo animals and native wildlife. Students will be directly supervised by the attending clinician and will take part in the examination, treatment, and diagnosis of patients on the exotics and wildlife services. Due to the unique characteristics of the rotation, you may choose to spend two weeks with the Exotic Pets Section, or one week with the Wildlife Section and one with the Exotic Pet Section. Students who wish to have a Zoological Medicine experience as part of this course can self-identify and self-organize a 2-week domestic zoo experience. For further details, please review the information on the orientation document on canvas.

When Offered Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: fourth-year veterinary students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: VTMED 5510.

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