ANSC 115 - Animal Health and Disease

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Basic information on animal health and disease prevention. Topics include fundamentals of the nature of disease, nutrition, sanitation, disinfection, immunization, and basic husbandry practices. Formerly: AGPR 115.
Course Outcomes:

Outline and describe the causes, methods of transmission, and the prevention of diseases.
Describe briefly the structure and function of the various systems of the animal body.
Recognize and describe the non-infectious disorders.
Explain the life cycles of external and internal parasites and methods of control.
Identify various poisonous plants indigenous to the Pacific Northwest.
Exhibit knowledge of infectious diseases that are common in the Pacific Northwest.
Demonstrate the procedure on taking the temperature, heart and respiration rate of an animal and explain the significance of each.
Demonstrate the correct procedure for the proper restraints of animals.
Describe the process and supporting factors of immunization.
Demonstrate the correct procedure for the proper administration of vaccines.

Course Topics:

Nature of Diseases
Immunity and Immunization
Basic Concepts of Stress
Sanitation and disease control
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies and interrelationships
Anatomy and physiology - Infectious diseases of the systems and Metabolic disorders.
Poisonings - plant, chemical, moldy feeds, mycotoxins
Parasites - affect of, life cycles and control
Practical - restraints, vital signs and vaccines