VMLL 2125 - Health Management in the Grower/Finisher Stage

At the end of this module, practitioners should be able to:

• list the industry targets for desired average daily gain, days to market, and market weight
• describe the pathogenesis, clinical signs, treatment, and prevention of common gastrointestinal, respiratory, dermatologic, toxic, and exotic diseases of swine

Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.

Instructors

David Van Metre

Dr. Dave VanMetre is an Associate Professor at CSU. He attended veterinary school at Cornell University and graduated in 1989. After completing a residency in food animal medicine and surgery at the University of California at Davis in 1993, he became board-certified in internal medicine and joined the faculty of the veterinary school at Kansas State University.

In 1999, he joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. His clinical interests include surgical management of lameness in cattle, gastrointestinal disorders, and agricultural worker training.

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