Ruminant Internal Medicine: Digestive Diseases
LAMS 5312
Large Animal Medicine
Dana Cole
Department of Large Animal Medicine
Room 219 D-Lab
dcole@vet.uga.edu
Lisa Williamson
Department of Large Animal Medicine
Room H232
lwilliam@vet.uga.edu
Number of credit hours: 0.5
Description of the Course:
This course will use a case-based approach to review common digestive disorders in ruminants. Students will be expected to evaluate history and clinical signs and generate a tentative etiologic list and outline a diagnostic and therapeutic approach when presented with a case scenario involving cattle, sheep or goats. Finally, a preventative health plan will be designed to prevent further occurrence of disease.
Prerequisites, corequisites for the course: LAMS 5350
Course objectives:
Provide students with case-based material that will allow them to evaluate
common gastrointestinal diseases of ruminants and work through clinical evaluation,
treatment of and development of a preventative herd health program
Emphasize the relative roles of nutrition, environmental management, comorbidity
and infectious agents in ruminant digestive disease.
Course outline:
Course will be in an online format where students can log in and work through 1 or 2 cases at a time, reviewing presenting history, clinical signs, pertinent photos of the environment, laboratory tests, and pathology specimens. Case presentations will be interactive, so that students will get immediate feedback during the exercise.
Course assignments:
Students will complete 8 computer case modules that will include 1 or 2 cases each. Students will choose 2 cases as a basis for the development of a preventative herd health program. Preventative programs will be written and turned in for evaluation.
Course requirements for grading:
Student grades will be based upon computer module scoring of case evaluations
(50%) and written preventative health program development (50%).
Grading Policy:
Students will be assigned a grade based upon timely completion of computer
modules, computer module scoring of case evaluations and completion of 2 written
preventative health programs. Failure to complete a computer module within
the time period specified will result in point deductions from case score.
Students will receive a letter grade for the course: A - 90-100; B - 80-89;
C - 70-79; D - 60-69; F - 59 and below.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance will be monitored weekly by computer logs of student case evaluations.
Students are expected to log in and complete computer modules in a timely
fashion. Computer modules completed after the due date will be assigned a
reduced point value.
Policy for make-up examinations:
Students will be allowed to make-up work due to unavoidable excused absence from school. This will be evaluated on a case by case basis and in accordance with school policy.
Students are expected to abide by the University Honor Code and Academic Honesty
Policy and guidelines outlined in the College of Veterinary Medicine Student
Handbook.
6. All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture
of Honesty." Each student is responsible to inform themselves about those
standards before performing any academic work.
7. The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced
to the class by the instructor may be necessary.