Catalog Description: 2(0-3) Prerequisite first year in professional DVM program.

Restraint procedures of major species (cattle, dogs and cats, horses, camelids - small ruminants and exotics elective), production basics of agricultural animals.  S,F grading.

• Semester: Fall
• Course Classification: Core
• Course Credits: 2

Course Web Site: http://courses.vetmed.wsu.edu/vm568/

Course Web Pages:

• Schedule
• Notes, Resources and WEB sites
• Instructors

Note: No printed syllabus will be provided.

Course Objectives:

The purposes of this class are to:

1. Train you in the safe animal handling in the clinical environment. You must master these skills to work safely in the clinic and for courses involving animals. You will use these skills in laboratories associated with anatomy, physiology, theriogenology, medicine and surgery classes.
2. Begin your clinical skill training, such as basic physical exams
3. Introduce you to agricultural animal practice
4. Provide you with a basic understanding of animal agriculture (farm operation, livestock production cycles, breed characteristics, special terminology). You need this understanding for courses on the diseases and veterinary involvement with the husbandry and management, particularly reproduction, of farm animals.
5. Introduce you to clinical faculty and staff

At the completion of the laboratory exercises, the students are expected to:

• Describe the critical animal behavioral traits (aggression, fear response, defense means) that each major animal species are likely to express in the stressful clinical environment, recognize the circumstances under which these are likely to be expressed and how to minimize and to deal with their occurrence.
• Perform, in a comfortably competent fashion, basic handling and restraint of the major animal species with minimal risk to the animal, other animals and to themselves and others in the clinical environment.
• Know how to handle and restrain large animals in the absence of stocks, squeeze chutes or other fixed equipment by using halters, harnesses and ropes as the physical restraint equipment.
• Identify inappropriate or dangerous restraint and handling procedures and unsafe situations.
• Identify NVTH resources, understand basic NVTH procedures and participate appropriately in NVTH activities.

This class is important for five reasons:

• First, a basic understanding of the proper procedures for safe handling and restraint of domestic animals (dogs, cats, horses, cattle, small ruminants, camelids) in the clinical environment is required of all students before they can safely function in laboratory exercises involving animals, in the teaching hospital environment and on externships and preceptorships.
• Second, a basic understanding of the structure of the different agricultural animal systems, their typical production goals, production cycle timing and flow of different classes of animals through different production systems is required to understand the associated diseases and reproduction covered in subsequent core courses.
• Third, students need to be aware of the basic differences between the individual animal approach and the herd approach and the opportunities for prevention and monitoring activities that the herd approach provides.
• Fourth, as part of fulfilling social obligations veterinary professionals are expected by the public to be both familiar with and conversant on the public issues surrounding foods and products of agricultural animal origin.
• Fifth, if students are familiarized with the career opportunities in the agricultural sector earlier in the curriculum and consequently are attracted to these, they can begin availing themselves to important elective classes and experiences earlier during their professional schooling.

Course Files: None

Required Textbooks and References: None

Optional Textbooks or References:

• Edney, TB (1991). Practical animal handling / edited by Ronald S. Anderson and Andrew. WSU Health Sciences (Vet) SF760.A54 P73 1991
• Fowler, ME (1995). Restraint and handling of wild and domestic animals. WSU HlthSci(Vet) Reserve QL62.5 .F68 1995.
• Leahy, JR (1954). Restraint of animals, 2^nd ed. WSU Health Sciences (Vet) SF758 .L4 1954.
• Sonsthagen, TF (1991). Restraint of domestic animals, WSU Health Sciences (Vet) SF760.A54 S66x 1991
• Materials linked from the class "Notes & Resources" page

Course Format / Teaching Methods:

This course consists of lectures and practical large and small group laboratory experiences.

Because many of the instructors have clinic case management responsibilities, students should be aware that the lecture and laboratory exercise schedule may change with little or no notice.

Because the primary responsibility of instructional veterinary technicians are clinical cases, clinical case demands may result in rescheduling of in-clinic small group activities without notice.

We make every effort to minimize these occurrences and thank affected students for their patience and understanding.

Criteria for Student Evaluation:

The course is pass-fail and evaluation is based on successful performance of each of the designated skills in handling and restraint booklet for each of the major species as assessed by the instructional veterinary technician responsible for the section or their designee.

Once signed-off on a skill, students are expected by CVM faculty and technicians to be able to demonstrate comfortable skill competence in subsequent appropriate situations. Students unable to do so will be referred back to the designated section for further experience.

Examinations and Required Exercises:

Lecture and laboratory attendance is mandatory. Adequate demonstration of each of the designated skills as assessed by instructional veterinary technicians is required.

Grading:

In the summer of 2003, the CVM faculty voted to initiate a 3-year experiment with a Satisfactory/Fail (S/F) grading system. For more information on the experiment, including background and rationale, please visit the proposal web page. Under the new grading policy, a numerical score, but no traditional letter grade will be written on examinations. In addition, a descriptive statistics for each examination will be posted, including the class mean, median, and range. The numerical scores from examinations will be used to calculate course and class ranks. At the conclusion of the semester, class rank may be requested from Barb Robbins in the Office of Student Services or course rank from the instructor.

Statement of Integrity:

In accordance with Washington State University's 'Academic Integrity Guidelines' (WAC 504-20-040) printed in the 'Policies and Regulations Student Handbook,' cheating during an exam, quiz, writing assignment or laboratory exercise will result in a grade of 'Fail' for the course.

In this course, forging or otherwise mis-representing an instructional technician's signature or their designee's signature on a required skill sign-off is cheating.

Policy on Attendance and Absences:

Students wishing to reschedule their participation in required small group exercises allocated by elective signup must notify the section veterinary instructional technician by their designated means no less than 24 hours prior to the activity.

Attending examinations and other required exercises (as specified by the course director and responsible instructor at the beginning of a course) is mandatory, except for the following:

1. Attendance at the annual SAVMA Symposium or required SCAVMA delegate activities (requires completion of the Request to be Absent Form available in the Office of Student Services which must be submitted 6 weeks in advance).
2. When a student is the presenting author of a WSU faculty-mentored project at a scientific meeting (requires completion of the Request to be Absent Form available in the Office of Student Services which must be submitted 6 weeks in advance)
3. A medical or family emergency (requires the notification and approval of the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs)
4. Military or legal obligations such as subpoena or jury duty (requires notification of the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs)

Petitions for permission to reschedule an exam or required exercise on the basis of extra-ordinary personal circumstances shall be submitted to the Attendance Committee. See the Attendance Policy for the procedure.

Audio or Video Recording of Course Materials: N/A

Animal/Animal Tissue Use:

Most laboratories involve animals, either in demonstrations or hands-on student exercises. These animals are either on university farms, are animals owned CVM for teaching or clinical purposes or are selected student-owned or client animals in the NVTH.

Live animals will be used as a necessary part of the instruction in this course to increase your understanding of the concepts and practical skills. But this is to be done in an appropriate manner with care and humane treatment exercised at all times. The federal policies for the use of animals in instruction and research are set forth in the Animal Welfare Act and administered locally by the WSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). These polices, often different from customary guidelines used on private farms or in agriculture, must be strictly followed. If you have any questions regarding live animal use, please contact your instructor. For general questions regarding the regulation of animal use, contact the IACUC office (335-7951) or the Office of the Campus Veterinarian (335-6245).

Students with Disabilities:

I am committed to providing assistance to help you be successful in this course. Reasonable accommodations are available for students with a documented disability. If you have a disability and may need accommodations to fully participate in this class, please visit the Disability Resource Center (DRC). All accommodations MUST be approved through the DRC (Admin Annex Bldg, Room 205). Please stop by or call 509-335-3417 to make an appointment with a disability specialist.

If you have any questions, please contact Rosie Pavlov at pavlovr@wsu.edu or 335-7974.

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