Maricopa Community Colleges  ANS223AA   20046-20062 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/09/03
ANS223AA 20046-20062 L+L 3 Credit(s) 5 Period(s)
Animal Diseases
Study of common infectious, parasitic, metabolic, immunologic, and degenerative diseases of domestic animals. Infectious disease transmission, mechanisms of disease, the host-parasite relationship, and host responses to disease agents. Clinical signs and management of common diseases. Life cycles of common parasites. Principles of disease prevention, environmental management, vaccination, and zoonosis. Diagnostic techniques including gross and microscopic identifciation of common animal pathogens. Prerequisites: ANS110 and (BIO100 or one year of high school biology with a grade of "C" or better).
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ANS223AA   20046-20062 Animal Diseases
1. Identify diseases that affect small animals, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (I)
2. Identify common bacterial and viral diseases that affect livestock, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (II)
3. Identify diseases that affect cattle, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (III)
4. Identify diseases that affect poultry and exotic animals, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (IV)
5. Identify diseases that affect sheep and goats, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (V)
6. Identify digestive and metabolic diseases that affect livestock, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (VI)
7. Identify diseases that affect horses, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (VII)
8. Identify diseases that affect wild animals, and describe methods of treating and preventing these diseases. (VIII)
9. Identify blood, external, and internal parasites, describe these life cycles, and collect samples. (IX)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
ANS223AA   20046-20062 Animal Diseases
    I. Small Animal Diseases
        A. Diagnosis
        B. Treatment
        C. Prevention
      II. Bacterial and Viral Diseases
          A. Diagnosis
          B. Treatment
          C. Prevention
        III. Bovine Diseases
            A. Diagnosis
            B. Treatment
            C. Prevention
          IV. Poultry and Exotic Animal Diseases
              A. Diagnosis
              B. Treatment
              C. Prevention
            V. Sheep and Goat Diseases
                A. Diagnosis
                B. Treatment
                C. Prevention
              VI. Livestock Digestive Metabolic Diseases
                  A. Diagnosis
                  B. Treatment
                  C. Prevention
                VII. Equine Bacterial and Viral Diseases
                    A. Diagnosis
                    B. Treatment
                    C. Prevention
                  VIII. Wild Animal Diseases
                      A. Diagnosis
                      B. Treatment
                      C. Prevention
                    IX. External, Internal, and Blood Parasites
                        A. Identification
                        B. Collection of samples
                        C. Testing for external and internal parasites
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