Companion Animal and Equine Medicine I

MEDSC-V 632 covers basic concepts of companion animal and equine health care, nutrition, and reproduction, emphasizing disease etiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

offering recorded6 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Amy NichelasonDavid VailElizabeth Alvarez +14 more

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades).

Grade history

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Prerequisites

Course map

Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing

  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing
MEDSC-V 632

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  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMY NICHELASON is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DAVID VAIL is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ELIZABETH ALVAREZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HEIDI KELLIHAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JESSICA PRITCHARD is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JULIE WALKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATIE ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATRINA VIVIANO is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LARA TOMICH is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MACKENZIE PELLIN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL WOOD is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHELLE TUREK is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NATALIA LIBANIO ZIDAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NATHANIEL VAN ASSELT is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SAM ALMEIDA is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STARR CAMERON is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

XUAN PAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction90 / 1000

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.63 GPA, 76.6% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.63 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.6% A/AB (n=96 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Companion animal and equine health care, nutrition, and reproduction
  • Etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of internal medicine and reproductive diseases

Skills

  • Presenting basic concepts of companion animal and equine health care, nutrition, and reproduction
  • Discussing etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of internal medicine and reproductive diseases

Grades

Historical instructor

Fall 2026 · Projected

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average GPA

Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.25 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Fall 2026

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Fall 2025 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
MEDSC-V 632 · Fall 2026

Companion Animal and Equine Medicine I

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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