INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY Pierce County Careers Connection Dual Credit Articulation Agreement

Upon completion of high school courses equivalent to the following competencies:

 Describe and list major organizations within the veterinary  Integrate proper animal husbandry terms into client education. medical profession and explain the support role that each The letters after each term show the species of animal to which organization serves. the term applies: (A) All Species, (B) Bovine, (C) Canine, (E)  AVMA Equine,  WSVMA (F) Feline, (G) Goat (Caprine), (O) Ovine, (P) Porcine  NAVTA   Barrow (P) Castrated male pig  WSAVT  Billy (G) Uncastrated male goat  Specialty Groups  Bitch (C) Female dog of breeding age  AAVSB  Boar (P) Uncastrated male

 Breed Type (A) Characteristic form of the breed together  Define: with head, color, and markings.  DVM   Buck (G) Uncastrated male VMD   Bull (B) Uncastrated male Graduate DVM   Calf (B) Young animal (usually under 1 year old) Licensed DVM   Calving (B) Term used for giving birth. Accredited DVM   Colt (E) Male horse under 3 years old. LVT   Cow (B) Adult female Registered vs. Licensed vs. Certified   Dam (A) Mother (when referring to a particular animal’s  VA breeding  Levels of Supervision  Doe (G) Adult female  VMC Dry Cow (B) Cow not milking – resting her udder until the   beginning of her next lactation cycle  Discuss the role and authority of the Veterinary Practice Act and  Ewe (O) Female explain how it affects the veterinarian, the veterinary technician  Farrow (P) term used for giving birth. and the veterinary assistant.  Define:  Filly (E) Female horse under 3 years old.   Practice Act  Foal (E) Newborn of either sex until weaning age.  RCWs  Foaling (E) Term used giving birth.  WACs  Freshening (B) (G) Beginning a new lactation cycle following parturition. Sometimes means giving birth.  BOG  Sire (A) Father (when referring to a particular animal’s  National and State Board Exams breeding.   Identify personal interests and skills that would favor success in  Sow (P) Adult female various technician employment settings.  Stallion (E) Uncastrated adult male   Career Positions  Steer (B) Castrated male  Stud (C) (E) Uncastrated adult male   Given workplace scenarios, define and defend personal beliefs  Tom (F) Uncastrated male relating to professionalism, ethics, and morality within the scope  Veal (B) Slaughterhouse term for a calf, usually less than 3 of veterinary medicine. months old, fed only milk or mild substitutes but no  roughage.  Research, retrieve, and use a variety of library resources for  Weanling (E) Young animal of either sex from the time they writing a proper research paper. are weaned until they are 1 year old.   Specific topics  Wether (G) (O) Castrated male  Minimum of 8 references from at least 4 different media  Whelp (C) Term used for giving birth. sources.  Yearling (B) (E) Name given to either sex at 1 year of age.  Use proper annotation.   Must evaluate each reference for: 1) Credibility 2) Intended Audience  Given pictures of common large and small animals, identify the 3) Usefulness as a source if the student were to write a following breeds: paper. Canine Revised: 7/2019

 Airedale Terrier  Chihuahua (long coat)  American Staffordshire Terrier  Chinese Crested  Australian Terrier  English Toy Spaniel  Bedlington Terrier  Havanese  Border Terrier  Italian Greyhound  Bull Terrier  Japanese Chin  Carin Terrier  Maltese  Dandie Dinmont Terrier  Manchester Terrier (toy)  Fox Terrier (smooth)  Miniature Pinscher  Fox Terrier (wire)  Papillon  Jack Russell terrier  Pekingese  Irish Terrier  Pomeranian  Kerry Blue Terrier  Poodle (toy)  Lakeland Terrier  Pug  Manchester Terrier  Shih Tzu  Miniature Bull Terrier  Silky terrier  Miniature Schnauzer Terrier  Yorkshire Terrier  Norfolk Terrier  Australian Cattle Dog  Norwich Terrier  Australian Shepherd  Scottish Terrier  Bearded Collie  Sealyham Terrier  Belgian Malinois  Skye Terrier  Belgian Sheepdog  Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier  Belgian Tervuen  Staffordshire Bull Terrier  Border Collie  Welsh Terrier  Bouvier des Flandres  West Highland Terrier  Briard  Afghan Hound  Cannan Dog  American Foxhound  Cardigan Welsh Corgi  Basenji  Pembroke Welsh Corgi  Basset Hound  Collie (rough)  Beagle  Collie (smooth)  Black and Tan Coonhound  German Shepherd Dog  Borzoi  Old English Sheepdog  Dachshund (longhaired)  Polish Lowland Sheepdog  Dachshund (smooth)  Puli  Dachshund (wirehaired)  Shetland Sheepdog  English Foxhound  American Eskimo Dog  Greyhound  Bichon Frise  Harrier  Boston Terrier  Ibezan Hound  Bulldog  Irish Wolf Hound  Chinese Shar-Pei  Norwegian Elkhound  Chow Chow  Otterhound  Dalmation  Petite Basset Griffon Vendeen  Finnish Spitz  Paroah Hound  French Bulldog  Plott Hound  Keeshond  Rhodesian Ridgeback  Lhasa Apso  Saluki  Lowshen  Scottish Deerhound  Poodle (miniature)  Whippet  Poodle (standard)  Affenpincher  Schipperke  Brussels Griffon Canine (cont’d)  Cavalier King Charles Spaniel  Shiba Inu  Chihuahua (smooth coat)  Tibetan Spaniel

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 Tibetan Terrier  Somali  Akita  Snowshoe  Alaskan Malamute  Tortoiseshell Persian  Anatolian Shepherd Dog  American Bobtail  Bernese Mountain Dog  Turkish Angora  Boxer  Bombay  Bullmastiff  Manx  Doberman  Havana Brown  Pinscher  Himalayan  Giant Schnauzer  Longhair Scottish Fold  Great Dane  Smoke Persian  Great Pyreness  Devon Rex  Greater Swiss Mountain Dog  American Shorthair  Komondor  Tonkinese  Kuvasz  American Wirehair  Mastiff  Russian Blue  Newfoundland  Solid Persian  Portugese  Japanese Bobtail  Water Dog  Norwegian Forest Cat  Rottweiler  Bi-Color Persian  Saint Bernard  Sphynx  Samoyed  Abyssinian  Siberian Husky  Oriental Shorthair  Standard Schnauzer  Maine Coon  American Water Spaniel  British Shorthair  Brittany  American Curl (Classic Red Tabby)  Chesapeake Bay Retreiver  Chartreux  Clumber Spaniel  Javanese  Cocker Spaniel  Shorthair Scottish Fold  Curly-Coated Retreiver  Oriental Longhair  English Cocker Spaniel  Turkish Van  English Setter  Eqyptian Mau  English Springer Spaniel  Singapura  Foeld Spaniel  Korat  Flat-Coated Retreiver  Shaded Persian  German Shorthaired Pointer  Tiffany  German Wirehaired Pointer  Cornish Rex  Golden Retriever  Birman  Gordon Setter  Exotic Shorthair  Irish Setter  Cymric  Irish Water Spaniel  Ragdoll  Labrador Retriever  Siamese  Pointer  Burmese  Spinone Italiano  Colorpoint Shorthair  Sussex Spaniel  Ocicat  Vizsla  Weimaraner Equine  Welsh Springer Spaniel  Arabian  Wirehaired Pointing Griffon  Quarter horse  Thoroughbred  Standardbred (Harness Horse Pacer, Trotter) Feline Equine (Cont’d)  Tabby Persian  Morgan  Balinese  Tennessee Walking Horse

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 Appaloosa   Discuss the history of veterinary medicine:   Clydesdale Prior to 1900  Belgian  Farriers, blacksmiths  Percheron  First veterinary school  Shire  Land grant colleges  Laws regulating practice of veterinary medicine Bovine In the 1900’s  Holstein  Accreditation of veterinary education programs  Guernsey  Gasoline engines  Jersey  Loss of farm animals  Brown Swiss  Increased recognition of dogs and cats as “pets”  Hereford (Whiteface) In the 1960’s  Polled Hereford  Veterinary technology education programs developed Circa 1970  Black Angus 89% male, 11% female  Red Angus  Circa 2010  Shorthorn  78% female, 22% male  Charolais  28 AVMA accredited schools in US  Brahman Outline today’s education requirements for DVM  Porcine  200+ AVMA accredited Veterinary Technology Programs in US  Duroc  Outline today’s education requirements for veterinary  Hampshire Technicians  Landrace   Yorkshire  Discuss Animal Disease Control in the Hospital.  Poland China   Disinfectants (classifications)  Berkshire  Proper cleaning of rooms and equipment.  Segregation, Isolation ward Caprine  Common diseases  Nubian ~Distemper (canine, feline)  Alpine ~Hepatitis  Toggenburg ~Leptospirosis  Saanen ~Parvo virus  LaMancha ~Corona virus  Oberhasli ~Tracheobronchitits  Angora ~Rhinopneunmonitis ~Calici virus Ovine ~Leukemia virus  Hampshire ~Rabies   Suffolk  Visit a Veterinary Clinic and complete a site visit checklist.  Corriedale   Southdown  Using provided questions, conduct an informational interview with  Merino Veterinarian Technician.  Cheviot   Targhee  Demonstrate personal responsibility by attending class, turning in  Lincoln assignments on time, and participating in class activities.   Romney  Complete one 4-hour training, hosted at Pierce College.  Cotswold   Ramboulliet 

A student earning a “C” grade or better may earn college credit at the following college: College Course Credits Pierce College VT 100 2

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