Spring 2027

Small Animal Anesthesia Laboratory

Laboratory course applying veterinary anesthesiology principles and techniques to common companion animals.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lindsey Snyder

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2008: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Fall 2015: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=75 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and summarize the important properties of common pharmaceuticals administered pre, intra and post-operatively for sedation, analgesia, induction, and maintenance of anesthesia

  • Identify and summarize the important properties of common patient monitoring equipment, including but not limited to: pulse oximeter (heart rate & SpO2), Doppler (blood pressure & heart rate), temperature probes, capnometers/capnographs (EtCO2 & respiration)

  • Perform a comprehensive physical examination of a small animal patient, determine pertinent differential diagnoses based on that physical exam, prioritize and perform relevant diagnostic tests and therapeutics to resolve any health problems as part of a pre-anesthetic work-up

  • Perform complete anesthetic station set-up, including selection and knowledge of appropriate intra- operative patient monitoring equipment and thermoregulatory units

  • Demonstrate proper anesthetic technique for the following- intravenous catheterization, intramuscular, subcutaneous and intravenous injections, anesthetic induction, intubation, patient positioning and maintenance and recovery of general anesthesia in a small animal patient

  • Calculate proper intravenous fluid amounts, set up a proper fluid administration set for each patient, and deliver prescribed amounts of fluids both subcutaneously and intravenously peri-operative

  • Show proficiency with various anesthetic breathing systems (Modified Mapleson D systems) and rebreathing systems (F & Y circle systems) and machines (Drager’s & Versa II’s), including set-up, pressure checking, and checking/filling inhalant levels

  • Recognize, differentiate and mitigate peri-operative anesthetic complications and pain

  • Complete pre- anesthetic SOAP work-up and intra-operative anesthetic record keeping

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing

  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing
SURGSCI 634

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  • Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with third year standing

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LINDSEY SNYDER is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. 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

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2008: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Fall 2015: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=75 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Pharmaceuticals for sedation, analgesia, induction, and maintenance of anesthesia.
  • Pre-anesthetic work-up including physical examination and diagnostic testing.
  • Peri-operative anesthetic complications and pain management.

Skills

  • Veterinary anesthesiology techniques including IV catheterization, intubation, and anesthetic induction.
  • Patient monitoring equipment operation including pulse oximetry, Doppler, and capnography.
  • Peri-operative fluid calculation and administration via subcutaneous and intravenous routes.
  • Operation and maintenance of anesthetic breathing systems and machines.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2015— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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SURGSCI 634 · Spring 2027

Small Animal Anesthesia Laboratory

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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