Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Spring 2027
Special Species Clinical Rotation
A clinical rotation developing proficiency in basic veterinary care, restraint, sampling, and drug administration for common exotic pet species including small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
offering recorded2 credits
Summary
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Safely restrain and handle a variety of common exotic pet species
Perform complete physical examinations in a variety of common exotic pet species
Suggest effective and safe sedation protocols for a variety of common exotic pet species
Become proficient in the in the intramuscular and subcutaneous drug administration in various exotic pet species
Formulate a problem list, diagnostic plan, prognosis and make therapeutic suggestions for a variety of common disorders seen in exotic pets
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
105105 letter grades
A100.0%100.0%
AB0.0%0.0%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing
- Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing
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Prerequisite text tree
- Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing
Professors
Spring 2027Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Grayson Doss
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ALYSSA SCAGNELLI is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CHRISTOPH MANS is recorded teaching in 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.
GRAYSON DOSS is recorded teaching in 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.
KURT SLADKY is recorded teaching in 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 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLD 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 100 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
No workload feedback recorded.
Topics
- Common exotic pet species in general veterinary practice
- Management of disorders in small exotic mammals, pet birds, and pet reptiles
- Complete physical examinations for exotic pets
Skills
- Obtaining medical histories and formulating diagnostic plans for exotic pets
- Restraint, sample collection, and drug administration for exotic species
- Developing safe sedation protocols for exotic pets
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A100.0%100.0%
AB0.0%0.0%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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UW–Madison
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Selected offering source records
Special Species Clinical Rotation
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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