VET340 Wildlife and Exotic Pet Medicine
Credits (ECTS):1
Course responsible:Ellen Margrete Skancke
Teaching language:Engelsk, norsk
Course frequency:Yearly
Nominal workload:30 hours
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Fall semester. This course has teaching/evaluation in Fall semester.
About this course
Learning outcome
Wildlife Medicine:
- Understand the link between wildlife health, human health, domestic animal health and ecosystem health
- Be familiar with the important diseases affecting wildlife in the Nordic ecosystems
- Understand the steps involved in wildlife disease investigations
Exotic Pet Medicine
- Be familiar with the basic anatomy and physiology of the common exotic pets
- Understand the link between hubandry and health
- Have a basic knowledge of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of the common diseases seen in exotic pets.
- Teaching will occur through online lectures and case studies.
Support to learning will be through:
- Lectures and lecture notes
- Direct contact with lecturers
- Prescribed textbooks and scientific articles
- Case studies
- Admitted to the Veterinary Medicine Program and completed 1-9. semester of the veterinary medicine program
To pass the course, the student must have passed the following study requirements and the exam:
1. Presence and participation in all lectures and case studies
Grading: Pass / fail
- All digital lectures and case studies must be completed.
- This course represents a collaberation between NMBU and the wildlife section at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute.
- Structured activities: 0900-1600 each day.
- VET
- Admitted to the Veterinary Medicine Program and completed 1-9. semester of the veterinary medicine program