VBAS 216 — Veterinary Physiology II
Veterinary Medicine · University of Ghana
Comparative aspects of digestion: prehension and mastication, salivary secretion, deglutition, eructation; Digestion in the simple stomach, gastric secretion; contractile activity of the stomach, emesis. Digestion in the ruminant stomach, function of the epithelium, microbial digestion, volatile fatty acids, nitrogen conservation, Carbohydrate digestion; Absorption across rumen epithelium. Digestion in the small and large intestines. Endocrinology, Neuro-endocrine control of blood glucose, digestion and defaecation. Reproductive physiology. Steroid genesis, andrology, fertilization, implantation, ovarian cycles, pregnancy parturition, lactation, manipulation of reproduction. Comparative reproduction of the body. Exchange between intracellular and extracellular fluids. Alternative in fluid balances. Acid-based relationships to body fluids; kidney function. Acid-base regulation; Micturition; Thermoregulation. Tropical temperature adaptation.
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ANIM 211 — Animal Production
- BCMB 217 — Veterinary Biochemistry I
- BCMB 218 — Veterinary Biochemistry II
- BCMB 222 — Veterinary Biochemistry III
- VBAS 211 — Veterinary Gross Anatomy I
- VBAS 212 — Veterinary Gross Anatomy II
- VBAS 213 — Histology
- VBAS 214 — Embryology
- VBAS 215 — Veterinary Physiology I
- VBAS 218 — Animal Management 1
- VBAS 220 — Filed Practical I
- ANIM 311 — Principles of Animal Nutrition
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).