Food Animal Surgery
Food Animal Surgery provides didactic and surgical experience in the major, common surgical diseases of cattle and pigs.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Effectively communicate patient signalment and pertinent case information to colleagues to develop a differential diagnosis
Select, perform, and interpret pre- and post-operative diagnostic tests
Integrate findings from patient history, physical exam, and tests and imaging to formulate comprehensive diagnostic and treatment plans for surgical patients
Describe basic surgical principles in food animal surgery such as wound management and common surgical procedures
Document procedures and treatments in medical records, treatment sheets, and surgical reports
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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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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- Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with fourth year standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
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Topics
- Surgical diseases of cattle and pigs
- Basic surgical principles, wound management, and common surgical procedures
- Pre- and post-operative diagnostic testing
Skills
- Communicate patient signalment and case information for differential diagnosis
- Select, perform, and interpret pre- and post-operative diagnostic tests
- Formulate diagnostic and treatment plans for surgical patients
- Apply basic surgical principles including wound management and common procedures
- Document procedures and treatments in medical records and surgical reports
Grades
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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