Educational Opportunities

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

The objective of this course is to develop knowledge of the fundamental principles of animal welfare, in terms of science, ethics and cultural components.

Credits: 1

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Normal and abnormal behavior of domestic animals. Offered odd-numbered years.

Credits: 1

Contact Hours: Lecture 1

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Two-week course for senior veterinary students to gain skills for collecting and interpreting animal welfare data, aid clients with identifying and achieving welfare goals, and assisting law enforcement with animal cruelty response. Field trips to food animal and companion animal facilities are mandatory. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.

Credits: 2

Prereq: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Students or (Instructor Permission or Permission of College Approver)

Preceptorship in animal behavior and welfare with emphasis on animal behavior and/or welfare assessment, problem solving, interventions to treat and prevent animal behavior and/or welfare cases. Mentors include practicing veterinarians, professionals consulting on animal behavior and welfare, and/or animal welfare organizations. Biosecurity: all students must follow current College of Veterinary Medicine policies regarding animal contact following foreign travel. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.

Credits: 1-6. Repeatable.

What is One Health?
One Health is a collaboration across multiple disciplines, working at local, regional, national and international levels, with the goal of improving health while respecting the intimate connection between people, animals, plants and the shared environment (https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/index.html).

One Health Uganda: VDPAM 496
One Health Uganda: Human, Livestock, & Wildlife interface is a unique course that will expose and educate students about One Health issues in the context of human, livestock & wildlife interface in communities living within and areas surrounding wildlife conservation areas of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) and Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) in Western Uganda.

Course Topics
Some of the topics to be explored include (1) zoonotic diseases transmitted between animals and people, (2) relationships between animal welfare, cultural practices and human livelihoods; and (3) non-communicable environmental diseases stemming from mining activities in the area. Students will receive instruction from experts at Makerere University, the local Food and Agricultural Organization and/or USAID staff, and from the faculty of record from ISU while in the field. Because one of the objectives is to expose students to international cultural experiences, students will also be immersed in rich African cultural activities. This unique course will help create a cadre of future veterinarians that is globally aware and comfortable in multinational and interdisciplinary collaborations.