Course Title: Canine Digestion - 304
Instructor: Susan Dillon, Dip.NS., Dip. C.N., Dip.ACBS., Dip.CFNA.
Course Description:
This course is an extensive, foundational examination of the canine digestive system. It explores all the major structures and organs involved in digestion while keeping terminology as simple to understand as possible. It starts by examining the canine mouth and dentition and works its way through the stomach and intestines. This course contains important information in how dogs ingest ingredients and digest their constituent nutrients and then how those nutrients are absorbed by the body.
Students should emerge from this course with able to analyze and discuss the following topic areas:
- functions of saliva
- major structures involved in digestions
- enzymes
- functions of the stomach
- factors affecting gastric emptying
- functions of the small intestine
- pancreas, liver and gall bladder participation in digestion
- absorption of nutrients
- function of large intestine
Required Resources:
- Small Animal Clinical Nutrition 5th Edition by Hand. (Enrolled students are eligible for a significant discount on this book through the Mark Morris Institute. Students can request a discount code from their instructor for this.)
- Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology (2004) by Victoria Aspinall and Melanie O'Reilly
Prerequisites:
301 & 302 & 303