Veterinary Pathology
VETS3011
Veterinary Pathology is the study of disease and disease processes in animals and includes learning skills to understand and recognise disease in a range of animal species. Pathology is one of the core knowledge areas for veterinarians and additional training in the area would be required for those aspiring to become a specialist veterinary pathologist.The course is a practically-orientated systemic pathology unit that builds on the knowledge of normal structure and function, general pathology and agents of disease, developed in years 1, 2 and 3 of the degree.Horizontal integration with units of study addressing infectious agents of disease (Veterinary Microbiology and Veterinary Parasitology) is encouraged.The Integrative Case-based Applied Pathology (ICAP) component strongly integrates preclinical and paraclinical knowledge in a relevant clinical diagnostic setting and develops a diagnostic pathology reporting approach. This component allows the student to use knowledge and skills in pathology to build a diagnostic approach to disease.Topics within the unit of study are strongly vertically integrated into Veterinary Clinical Pathology in Year 3 Semester 2.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Senior
Credit points: 7
Commencing semesters: 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: VETS3011
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No