ISU CVMFood Animal and Mixed Animal

Optionsfor VM4 Students

Mixed Animal and Food Animal• Prerequisite Courses

– VDPAM 310: Offered Spring of VM3 Year• Required for:

– Applied Swine Production Medicine– Swine Production Medicine– Applied Beef Production Medicine– Beef Production Medicine– Applied Dairy Production Medicine– Dairy Production Medicine

Required Courses(In addition to the core)

• VDPAM 455/488:– Diagnostic Lab– Clinical Microbiology

• VDPAM 455/488:– Diagnostic Lab– Clinical Microbiology

• VCS 452:– Dermatology

Mixed Animal Food Animal

Mixed Animal vs Food Animal:Selective Courses

• 8 Credits:– Any rotations listed

in Food Animal or Equine options

• 12 Credits:– Any VDPAM rotation

Mixed Animal Food Animal

Mixed Animal vs Food Animal:Elective Courses

• 6 Credits:– Any CVM elective– Preceptorships

included

• 8 Credits:– Any CVM elective– Preceptorships

included

Mixed Animal Food Animal

VDPAM Elective Focus AreasBeef Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Small Ruminant

Swine

Welfare

Broadly applicable, multi-species experiences

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Dairy Electives

Dairy Electives

Campus Based Rotations• VDPAM 484: Dairy

Production Medicine• VDPAM 494: Adv. Dairy

Production Medicine

Off Campus Based Rotations

• VDPAM 437: Dairy Herd Problem Identification

• VDPAM 438: Mastitis, Milk Quality

• VDPAM 439: Clinical Investigation of Fresh Cow & Calf Problems

Dairy Cattle: On Campus• VDPAM 484: Dairy Production Medicine: Dr. Pat Gorden

– On farm introduction to dairy management aspects. Interpretation of computerized records, reproduction programs, milk quality, welfare and nutrition. Offered twice. Class limit of 20. Travel to ISU dairy farm (student’s responsibility) is required.

• VDPAM 494: Adv. Dairy Production Medicine: Dr. Pat Gorden– Advanced coverage of dairy herd problems. On farm investigations of

milk quality and nutrition related problems will be emphasized. Prerequisite VDPAM 484. Offered twice. Class limit of 6. Travel to ISU dairy farm (student’s responsibility) is required.

Dairy Cattle: University of Wisconsin

• Three different two week rotations at the University of Wisconsin– VDPAM 437 Dairy Herd Problem Identification– VDPAM 438 Mastitis Problem Investigations– VDPAM 439 Fresh Cow Calf Problem Investigations– Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and

overnight stays are required.• Scheduled directly through Dr. Gorden

– typically not available to sign up for until after the first of the year

“Must Do” for Dairy Focus• Communicate soon with Dr. Gorden• Take VDPAM 402 Dairy Records in Spring of

VM3 year• VDPAM 451 Clinical Embryo Transfer• VDPAM 477 Food Animal Medicine and Surgery• VDPAM 476 Large Animal Field Services• VDPAM 484 Dairy Production Medicine• VDPAM 485 Applied Dairy Production Medicine • VDPAM 494 Advanced Dairy Prod Med

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Small Ruminant Electives

Small Ruminant Electives• VDPAM 495x: Small Ruminant Production

Medicine: Drs. Cassi and Paul Plummer– Exposure to meat and dairy goat, sheep and camelid

production practices. Field trips are incorporated to highlight topics. Offered twice. Class limit of 12. Travel to sites, (student’s responsibility) with possible overnight stays, is required.

• Also get a fair amount of small ruminant expereinces in – Food Animal Medicine and Surgery (VDPAM 477)– Field Services (VDPAM 476)

Photo Courtesy of Alex Ramirez

Swine Electives

Swine Electives

• VDPAM 480: Swine Production Medicine: Drs. Locke Karriker and Alex Ramirez– Small group, on-farm activities develop critical

thinking skills to solve real time swine production cases. Focus on diagnostic sampling skills, pharmacology, swine management procedures and population medicine. Offered six times. Class limit of 10. Travel to sites, with occasional overnight stays, is required.

– Farm site visits are different for each rotation

“Must Do” for Swine Focus

• Contact Dr. Karriker, Ramirez or Baker soon• VDPAM 480 Swine Production Medicine X 2-3• VDPAM 479 Applied Swine Production Med X 2• Attend AASV Meeting or Leman Conference

Beef Cattle ElectivesBeef Cattle Electives

Beef Cattle ElectivesCampus Based Rotations

• VDPAM 481: Adv Cow/Calf Production

• VDPAM 483*: Beef Production Medicine

*May be taught in part at GPVEC. If so, travel together in ISU vans.

Off Campus Rotations• VDPAM 464x: Adv.

Stocker/Feedlot• VDPAM 482B-M: Menu

of Great Plains Veterinary Education Center rotations

• VDPAM 482i: A menu of feedlot, stocker & cow/calf experiences with Dr. Sweiger in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas

“Must Do” for Beef Cattle Focus• Contact Dr. Engelken soon• VDPAM 481X Adv. Cow/Calf Production Medicine

– Ideally complete 2 semesters of VDPAM 436 Beef Records prior

• VDPAM 482A Applied Beef Production Medicine X 2– One in Fall– One in Spring

• VDPAM 483 Beef Production Medicine• GPVEC X 2-3 rotations• Dr. Sweiger “ISU South” X 2-4 weeks

Beef Cattle: On Campus• VDPAM 481X: Adv. Cow/Calf Production Medicine:

Led by Dr. Terry Engelken– Focus on evidence based medicine, epidemiology, and

economics of production using partial budgeting models. Offered twice. Class limit 12.

• VDPAM 483: Beef Production Medicine: Dr. Terry Engelken– Exposure to cow-calf and feedlot production concepts. Field

trips are incorporated whenever possible. May include a one week visit to GPVEC. Offered three times. Class limit 15. Usually travel to GPVEC in ISU vans with overnight stays required.

Beef Cattle: Off Campus• VDPAM 464x: Advance Stocker/Feedlot Medicine:

Based in Oklahoma: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Field trips to stocker/beef feedlots in Oklahoma over two week

rotation. Students participate in health management/disease prevention, production and economic analysis exercises. Offered twice. Class limit of 6. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays required.

• VDPAM 482i: FL: Applied Beef Production: Feedlot Management: Based in Oklahoma: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Field trips to beef feedlots in Oklahoma. Hands on working

experience at a stocker operation in Oklahoma. Offered 15 times. Class limit of 2. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays required.

Beef Cattle: Off Campus• VDPAM 482i: CW: Cattle Working: Based in Missouri &

Oklahoma: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Hands on cattle working experience-stocker and cow-calf

operations in Oklahoma and Missouri- including pregnancy checking and routine vaccinations. Offered 4 times. Class limit of 1 student. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays are required.

• VDPAM 482i: SFC: Sweiger Farms Calving: Based in Missouri: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Hands on working experience during active calving times at a

large cow-calf operation in NW Missouri. Offered 4 times. Class limit of 3. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays are required.

Beef Cattle: Off Campus• VDPAM 482i: SE: Sweiger Enterprises Consulting: Based in

Oklahoma: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Consulting visits with Dr. Sweiger in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas

feedlot and stocker operations. Offered 5 times. Class limit of 2. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays are required.

• VDPAM 482i: ST: Stocker: Based in Oklahoma: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Hands on working experience at a stocker operation in Oklahoma.

Offered 6 times. Class limit of 2. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays are required.

• VDPAM 482i: CM: Cattle Marketing: Based in Oklahoma: Dr. Shaun Sweiger– Cattle order buying in Oklahoma. Gain understanding of how this

segment of the beef industry works. Offered twice. Class limit of 2. Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight stays are required.

Great Plains Veterinary Education Center

• One week, hands on rotations with feedlot cattle, calving, lambing, dentistry and large animal surgery. – Travel to sites (student’s responsibility) and overnight

stays are required.• Scheduled through lottery process in the

first round.• Refer to GPVEC website for full course

descriptions – http://gpvec.unl.edu/

Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center

• VDPAM 482B: Bull Breeding Soundness• VDPAM 482C: Calving• VDPAM 482D: Feedlot Production• VDPAM 482E: Weaning Management• VDPAM 482F: Pregnancy Examination• VDPAM 482G: Bovine Reproduction• VDPAM 482H: Gomer Bull/LA Surgery• VDPAM 482K: Equine Dentistry• VDPAM 482J: Lambing• VDPAM 482M: Preconditioning

Broad, Multi-Species Electives

Broad and Multi-Species• VDPAM 465x: Animal Welfare: Dr. Suzanne Millman:

– Collection and interpretation of animal welfare data, aid clients in identifying and achieving welfare goals and working with law enforcement on animal cruelty responses. Offered twice. Class limit of 15. Travel to sites, (student’s responsibility) with possible overnight stays, is required.

• VDPAM 476: Food Animal Field Service: Dr. Bruce Leuschen:– Assist ISU veterinarians with delivering health care to food animal and camelid client farms in

the region. Offered ALL blocks. Class limit of 4. Travel to sites is required.

• VDPAM 451: Clinical Embryo Transfer: Dr. Jim West:– Experience in embryo transfer and related reproductive techniques. Review of reproductive

physiology, synchronization protocols, donor and recipient management. Practical experience in embryo collection and transfer. Offered 10 times. Class limit of 4. Travel to ISU/ARS farms (student’s responsibility) is required.

• VDPAM 455/488: Diagnostic Laboratory/Clinical Microbiology: Dr. Darin Madson & Joann Kinyon:

– Practical experience in diagnosis for livestock diseases through exposure to cases submitted to the ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. Application of microbiological and immunological procedure to diagnose livestock diseases. Offered 17 times. Class limit of 6.

Preceptorship Options• VDPAM 420: Preceptorship in Veterinary Medical Practice:

– Dr. Jim Thompson jthompsn@iastate.edu 294-3837• VDPAM 466x: Applied Animal Welfare Preceptorship:

– Dr. Suzanne Millman smillman@iastate.edu 294-2817• VDPAM 479: Applied Swine Production Medicine

Preceptorship: – Dr. Locke Karriker karriker@iastate.edu 294-2283

• VDPAM 482A: Applied Beef Production Medicine Preceptorship: – Dr. Terry Engelken engelken@iastate.edu 294-2192

• VDPAM 485: Applied Dairy Production Medicine Preceptorship: – Dr. Pat Gorden pgorden@iastate.edu 294-3096

Faculty Contacts• Dr. Pat Halbur (dept head)• Dr. Pat Gorden (437, 438, 439,

484, 485, 494)• Dr. Terry Engelken (481,482,483) • Dr. Locke Karriker (479, 480)• Dr. Bruce Leuschen (476)• Ms. Joann Kinyon (488)• Dr. Darin Madson (455)• Dr. Suzanne Millman (465, 466)• Dr. Cassi Plummer (495)• Dr. Paul Plummer (495)• Dr. Shawn Sweiger (464, 482i)• Dr. Jim Thompson (420)• Dr. Jim West (451)

• pghalbur 294-6970• pgorden 294-3096

• engelken 294-2192• karriker 294-2283• leuschen 294-7012• jkinyon 294-9411• madson 294-9808• smillman 294-2817• cplummer 294-7074• pplummer 294-8522• ssweiger 405-641-4082• jthompsn 294-3837• jkwest 294-1095

Links/Sites for Information• Curriculum: Vet Zone>>Students>>VM4

Curriculum• Student area on VDPAM website

http://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/students/professional-students

• GPVEChttp://vetmed.iastate.edu/sites/default/files/vdpam/GPVEC_rotation.pdf