VETERINARY SURGERY
Course Code Course Description Credit Units
VSR 422: Introductory Surgery and Anaesthesiology 3
Historical background; Principles and objectives
of surgery; instruments; surgical attire and
operating room conduct; surgical techniques;
sutures and suture patterns; pre and post
surgical considerations; Surgical restraint; Types
and mechanisms of action of anaesthetic agents;
preparation of patient for anaesthesia; local
and general anaesthesia in small and large
animals; anaesthetic emergencies and their
management; surgical traumas and principles of
wound healing; chemotherapeutic considerations
in wound healing.
VSR 511: Small Animal Surgery 3
Upper gastrointestinal tract: dentition; conditions
affecting oral cavity; salivary cysts; oesophageal
surgery. Lower gastrointestinal tract: gastric surgery;
intestinal surgery; acute abdomen pain; rectal
prolapse; urogenital surgery, kidneys (nephrotomy,
nepherectomy); bladder (rupture, cystomy);
ovarectomy; ovariohysterectomy; Caesarian
section; transmissible venereal tumour; castration;
prostatic diseases (cysts, abscesses); penile
amputation; herniorrhaphy: umbilical, perineal,
ventral diaphragmatic and reconstructive and
cosmetic surgery; wound healing; skin defects;
otoplasty, caudectomy; entropion; ectropion.
VSR 522: Orthopaedics and Lameness 2
Definitions; general examination; diagnostic
nerve blocks; infections of the limbs affecting
the bones; joints; muscles; tendons; ligaments;
synovial sheath and bursae, including radial nerve
paralysis; sweeny; bucked knee; hygroma; carpitis;
contracted flexor tendons; carpal fracture; bowed
tendon; sprained suspensory ligaments; bucked skin;
fracture of splint bone; sessamoiditis; fracture of
sessamoid; osselets; ring bone; quitor. Fracture
classification and healing; management of specific
fractures; fairly; forge tools; corrective shoeing.
Examination of animals for soundness and
writing of certificates.
VSR 513: Large Animal Surgery 3
Wound management: Definitions (wounds,
abrasion, avulsion, torsion, laceration,
penetrating wounds, cellulitis etc); wound
healing, process (including the various phases);
factors affecting wound healing; principles of
wound dressing; management of surgical and
non-surgical wounds; prevention of surgical
contamination in large animals. Abdominal
surgery in ruminants: exploratory laparatomy;
rumenotomy; temporary rumen fistula; intestinal
surgery. Trachealsurgery: tracheotomy chronic
teat fistula; contracted teat sphincter; leaking teat;
obstruction of teat; supernumerary teat; clinical
treatment of mastitis; masectomy. Urogenital:
vaginal/uterine prolapses; Caesarian section;
episiotomy; fetotomy; castration (bull,
stallion, ram, etc) cryptorchidectomy;
phimosis; paraphimosis. Herniorrhaphy: ventral
ingunial, oblique, scrotal and dehorning in
ruminants. Preparation of teaser bulls: epIdidymal
transection; vasectomy and penectomy. Principles
of oncology in surgical treatments.
VSR 524: Diagnostic Imaging 2
Principles of X-ray production; radiographic equipment
and accessories; X-ray and ultrasonograpghy; hazards
and safety considerations in radiography; principles of
radiographic interpretation. Axial skeleton: fracture
healing and complications; bone tumours and infections;
joint diseases; the vanicular bone. Appendicular skeleton:
larynx, pharynx, strachea, esophagus. Thoracic: wall,
diaphragm, mediastium, pleura spaces; heart and the great
vessels, pulmonary vessels, lungs. Abdomen: abdominal
masses; peritoneal space; liver and spleen; kidneys and
ureters; urinary bladder; urethra; prostate; uterus; ovaries
and testes; stomach; small intestine; large intestine.
THERIOGENOLOGY
Course Code Course Description Credit Units
VTR 511: Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstretics 4
Introduction to reproduction; Review of
the anatomy and physiology of the female
reproductive system; hormones of reproduction;
palpation per rectum; the oestrous cycle;
pregnancy examination in animals; ageing of
pregnancy; disturbances in pregnancy; approach
to animal obstetrics and obstetrical instruments;
dystocia; delivery per vaginum in farm animals
and obstetrical terminologies; uterine torsion
in the cow; rupture of the uterus; Caesarian
operation; vaginal and uterine prolapses; causes,
clinical signs, prognosis and treatment; parturition
and injuries associated with it; placental retention
in farm animals; fetal resorption; mummification
and maceration. hydrops of the foetal fluid;
congenital and hereditary abnormalities; oestrus
synchronization in domestic animals; anoestrus
in the cow and mare; cystic ovaries in the cow;
repeat breeder syndrome in the cow;
pyometra; diagnosis and control of fibroses;
infectious diseases of reproduction; infertility in
domestic animals; neonatal mortality in pigs;
agalactia; mastitis. Inability to copulate in the bull:
aetiological factors; diagnosis and prognosis.
Incapacity to fertilize; aetiological factors; diagnosis
and prognosis. Perineal lacerations; recto-vaginal
fistula in mare; post-parturient recumbency
in the cow.
VTR 522: Andrology and Artificial Insemination 3
Clinical anatomy of the male: reproductive
organs of various domestic animals; evaluation for
breeding soundness; factors influencing breeding
efficiency; records keeping; timing of breeding and
site of semen deposition;impotentia in animals;
phimosis and paraphimosis. Artificial insemination;
principles and applications. Methods of semen
collection; advantages and disadvantages; semen
handling; evaluation and storage. Artificial insemination
practices in Nigeria. Biotechnology Techniques in
reproduction.
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