19th Annual Descriptive Veterinary Pathology (5211/VET) 2010

This course is designed to teach attendees how to describe gross and microscopic lesions in a variety of major organs in numerous animal species. Both written and oral descriptive techniques will be taught. The course will also include lectures on interpretation and description of electron micrographs and immunohistochemical preparations, the correlation of gross, microscopic, cytologic and clinicopathologic data, and a review of basic molecular techniques. Practice tests (gross and microscopic) will be given and graded to provide feedback. Microscopes will be provided, and gross lesions will be demonstrated by means of digital images.

The objectives of the course is to increase the attendees` skill at describing gross and microscopic lesions in animal tissues. Additional lectures will illustrate basic concepts in general and applied diagnostic pathology.