COURSE OUTLINE
I.
COURSE NUMBER AND NAME: VTHT 2305 Equine Clinical Management
II.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The student will learn feeding, common management
practices, and care of equines in a clinical setting and review common diseases of equines
encountered in the practice of veterinary medicine. The student will be able to apply
appropriate sanitation and disease prevention techniques; utilize appropriate medication
procedures; and implement knowledge of nutrition, behavior, and reproduction of equines
in a clinical setting. (Lecture 48; Lab 0; Ext 0; Total Clock Hours: 48/Semester Credit
Hours: 3) Prerequisite: None
III.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND REFERENCES
A.
Required Texts
Holtgrew-Bohling, Kristin, Large Animal Clinical Procedures for Veterinary
Technicians Second Edition, Mosby, 2012, ISBN9780323077323
McCurnin, Dennis and Bassert, Joanna, Clinical Textbook for Veterinary
Technicians, 6th Edition, W. B. Saunders, 2005, ISBN 0721606121.
B.
Instructor References
Haynes, N. Bruce, D.V.M, Keeping Livestock Healthy: A Veterinary Guide to
Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Goats & Sheep, 4th Edition, Storey Publishing LLC, 2001,
ISBN 1580174213.
VIN.com
VSPN.org
Evans, Borton, Hintz, VanVleck, The Horse, 2nd edition, Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 1990, ISBN 0716718111
C.
Equipment and Materials
Handouts, videos, samples of common restraint devices, including twitch, halter,
ropes, grooming supplies, castration equipment, and other common equine entity.
IV.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
A.
Recognize different breeds, anatomy, and related terminology.
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B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
V.
Discuss common restraint methods for horses.
Describe the housing, sanitation, and husbandry of common horses.
Describe herd health maintenance, species-specific tests, and health certificates
and forms to be filled out for traveling and shipping.
Recognize radiographic positions and techniques for portable x-ray machines.
Recognize injection sites and procedure and needle sizes for intramuscular and
subcutaneous injections for horses.
Perform physical exams on horses and identify various external and internal
parasites.
Discuss preventative health care, including vaccines for horses.
Discuss different diseases seen in horses.
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Lecture and discussion supported by illustrative materials.
VI.
STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS OF ACHIEVEMENT
When determining the student’s final grade, the following relative weights will be used:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project
Professionalism
Tests
Assignments, labs, etc.
15%
5%
75%
5%
Grading Scale
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
T
W
X
VII.
Numerical Equivalent
90-100
80-89
70-79
60-69
Below 60
Advanced Placement
Withdrawal
Credit by Transfer
Quality Points
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
TOPIC OUTLINE
Week 1: Equine Breeds/Anatomy/Terminology/Restraint
Objectives: The student will be able to:
A.
Identify different equine breeds.
B.
Discuss terminology.
C.
Discuss various restraint methods.
D.
Discuss anatomy, including aging by teeth
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Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine terminology/breeds/restraint/anatomy.
B.
Assign reading pages Ch. 2, 5, 6 and 26, 31-46, 108-113,115-122, 146-159, 11441148 in CTVT.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine terminology/breeds/restraint/anatomy.
B.
Read pages Ch. 2, 5, 6 and 26, 31-46, 108-113,115-122, 146-159, 1144-1148 in
CTVT.
C.
Exam on breed identification
Week 2: Equine Health Maintenance
Objectives: The student will be able to:
A.
Discuss and perform physical exams.
B.
Discuss basic grooming
C.
Discuss lameness and blemishes
D.
Discuss and abdominal palpation.
E.
Administer medications to all body parts.
F.
Discuss and perform IV, SQ, and intradermal injections.
G.
Discuss catheterization.
*all performances on horses will be completed in the farm rotation class.
Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine health maintenance.
B.
Assign reading pages Ch. 4, 5, 6, and 205-213, Ch. 20 in the CTVT.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine health maintenance.
B.
Read pages Ch. 5, 6, and 902-910 in CTVT.
C.
Homework on lameness.
D.
Examination over Health Maintenance, including anatomy
Week 3: Equine Preventative Health Care and Husbandry and Parasitology
Objectives: The student will be able to:
A.
Discuss and identify various internal and external parasites.
B.
Discuss preventive care for parasites.
C.
Discuss vaccination protocol, when to give.
D.
Discuss husbandry and field management.
Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine preventative health care.
B.
Assign reading pages Ch. 4, 5, 6, 9.
C.
Assign equine radiology self-review.
D.
Review for test on physical exams.
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E.
Prepare test.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine preventative health care.
B.
Read pages Ch. 4, 5, 6, 9.
C.
Take exam.
Week 4: Equine Nutrition, and Imaging techniques
Objectives: The student will be able to:
A.
Discuss basic nutrition requirement
B.
Discuss equine imaging techniques
Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine nutrition, and Imaging.
B.
Assign reading Ch. 6, 9
C.
Prepare test.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine nutrition, and imaging techniques
B.
Parasitology lab
C.
Field trip to equine facility to practice imaging and restraint techniques
D.
Read pages Ch. 6, 9
E.
Take test.
Week 5 and 6: Equine Gastrointestinal Disease, Respiratory, Neurological, Viral, and
Bacterial diseases
Objective: The student will be able to discuss diseases such as choke, colic, gastric
ulcers, bots, salmonella, Potomac horse fever, foal heat diarrhea, and threadworms.
Discuss diseases such as EEE, WEE, and VEE. Discuss equine protozoal
myeloencephalitis. Discuss West Nile virus, rabies, wobblers, tetanus, and lockjaw.
Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine disease to be done by students, but reviewed by
instructor.
B.
Assign reading Ch. 9
C.
Assign disease for presentation
D.
Prepare test.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine disease.
B.
Read Ch. 9
C.
Complete assignment on diseases
D.
Take test.
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Week 7: Equine Reproduction
Objectives: The student will be able to:
A.
Discuss reproduction in the horse.
B.
Discuss neonatal care.
Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine reproduction.
B.
Assign reading pages Ch. 3, and 250-261, 381-387, 519-533 in CTVT.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine reproduction.
B.
Read Ch. 3, and 250-261, 381-387, 519-533 in CTVT.
Week 8: Equine Clinical Pathology, Surgery, and Bandaging/Wound Care
Objectives: The student will be able to:
A.
Discuss blood chemistries and CBCs and know the differences.
B.
Discuss and evaluate body fluids, such as spinal, arthrocentesis, abdominal
centesis, bacterial, fecal, and blood cultures.
C.
Discuss diagnostic endoscopy.
D.
Discuss ultrasound.
E.
Discuss typical surgery procedures, wound care, and bandaging.
Instructor Activities:
A.
Handout/lecture on equine clinical pathology.
B.
Assign reading handout and pages Ch. 7, 8, and 1056-1074, 1196-1229, 12501258, 1313-1320 in CTVT.
C.
Administer final.
Student Activities:
A.
Take notes on equine clinical pathology.
B.
Read handout and pages Ch. 7, 8 and 1056-1074, 1196-1229, 1250-1258, 13131320 in CTVT.
C.
Take final.
VIII.
STUDENT: INSTRUCTOR RATIO:
IX.
MAKEUP WORK
50:1
The student must make up any missed tests within two days of returning to class. There
will be no retakes. 15% of grade made on make ups will be dropped from final grade.
*SPECIFIC TEST DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO
CHANGE IN DATE and/or CONTENT (dependent on timing of lectures,
extenuating circumstances, holidays, etc.)*
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