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2022-2023 University Catalog 
    
2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

VCS 80616 - Small Animal Clinical Nutrition


Credit Hours: 1.00.  This nutrition course presents the established knowledge of metabolism and physiological chemistry pertaining to nutrients and the control of biochemical pathways at the gene, cell, organ, and system level.  The goal of this course is to provide the fundamentals of nutrient metabolism while discussing nutritional modification in the management of disease.  At the completion of this course, the veterinary student should be proficient in recognizing a nutrition-related problem in a clinical patient, conducting a thorough nutritional assessment, and constructing appropriate nutritional strategies for both the pet and client.  The veterinary student will achieve an understanding of systemic metabolism that can be applied to the contemporary practice of veterinary medicine. Offered Spring/Summer.Credits: 1.00