Programs of Study

Students taking the Small Animal Option in the fourth year take two-week rotations which are multi-species oriented and exist in all types of clinical practice. All students, regardless of which fourth-year option, must take small animal medicine, small animal surgery, equine medicine, radiology, primary care, anesthesiology, intensive care/emergency medicine, food animal medicine and surgery, and necropsy and clinical pathology.

Students in the Small Animal Option are required to take courses in small animal medicine, soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, and ophthalmology.

Additional elective rotation choices include oncology, canine rehabilitation, neurology, dermatology, cardiology, and veterinary dentistry. Students may repeat some rotations. Fourth year students also may use external experiences for credit including preceptorships.

Students taking the Equine Option in the fourth year take two-week rotations which are multi-species oriented and exist in all types of clinical practice. All students, regardless of which fourth-year option, must take small animal medicine, small animal surgery, equine medicine, radiology, primary care, anesthesiology, intensive care/emergency medicine, food animal medicine and surgery, and necropsy and clinical pathology.

Students in the Equine Option are required to take courses in equine medicine, equine surgery, equine field services, and equine reproduction.

Additional elective rotation choices include equine veterinary diagnostic skills, dermatology, equine medicine, equine surgery, equine field services, farrier, ophthalmology, comparative reproduction, equine reproduction, equine anesthesia, and equine dentistry. Students may repeat some rotations. Fourth year students also may use external experiences for credit including preceptorships.

Students taking the Small Animal Option in the fourth year take two-week rotations which are multi-species oriented and exist in all types of clinical practice. All students, regardless of which fourth-year option, must take small animal medicine, small animal surgery, equine medicine, radiology, primary care, anesthesiology, intensive care/emergency medicine, food animal medicine and surgery, and necropsy and clinical pathology.

Students in the Food Animal Option are required to take courses in clinical microbiology and farm animal and camelid field services.

Additional elective rotation choices include various preceptorships, beef cattle calving, diagnostic pathology, clinical embryo transfer, animal welfare, theriogenology, food animal and camelid field service, food animal and camelid medicine and surgery, swine production management and consulting, applied swine production medicine, applied beef production medicine, applied dairy production medicine, clinical microbiology, small ruminant production medicine, poultry medicine. Students may repeat some rotations. Fourth year students also may use external experiences for credit including preceptorships.

Students taking the Small Animal Option in the fourth year take two-week rotations which are multi-species oriented and exist in all types of clinical practice. All students, regardless of which fourth-year option, must take small animal medicine, small animal surgery, equine medicine, radiology, primary care, anesthesiology, intensive care/emergency medicine, food animal medicine and surgery, and necropsy and clinical pathology.

Students in the Small Animal Option are required to take courses in dermatology and ophthalmology.

Additional elective rotation choices include oncology, small animal medicine, soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, small animal population medicine, primary care, equine reproduction, public health. Students may repeat some rotations. Fourth year students also may use external experiences for credit including preceptorships.