VTMED 6746

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VTMED 6746
Food Animal Welfare

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This one credit S/U course will provide an overview of current topics in food animal welfare. Emphasis will be placed on veterinary issues and public perceptions of welfare of swine, poultry, fish, small ruminants, and beef and dairy cattle. Transport, slaughter, and euthanasia of all species will also be addressed. A welfare audit exercise will be conducted at the Veterinary College Teaching Dairy. Each student will be asked to do in-depth reading on a topic of importance to industry and veterinarians and to prepare a 3 to 5 page paper.


Permission Note Enrollment limited to: first-, second- and third-year veterinary students. 

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Eight Week - First. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 12715 VTMED 6746   LEC 001

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    • W
    • Jan 21 - Mar 14, 2025

    • McDaniel, C

      Smith, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person