ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: VVSS00347f13
Semester: 2013/2014 summer
Name: Physiological bases of gastroenterology and hepatology
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof RomaƄski
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student describes, explains and interpretes the rules and mechanisms of animal health, of disease development and therapy - from the cellular level, through the organ, animal, animal herd untill the whole animal population Practical skills: -exhibits the ability of listening and answering with the language that is comprehensible and adequate to situation

Competences: Student exhibits the fashion of continual broadening of knowledge and developing skills

Prerequisites: Animal Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Animal Histology and Embryology, Animal Nutrition, Animal Physiology

Course content: Local homeostasis in the gastrointestinal tract, deteiled motor function and othe functions of the gastrointestinal tract, biliary functions including motor sphincter functions, malnutrition and other mistakes and their influences on the gastrointestinal and biliary functions with the possibilities of occurrence of functional disturbances; functional tests in the scope of the elective.

Recommended literature: 1. Ed.: N. V. Anderson. Veterinary Gastroenterology. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1992. 2. Ed.: Ettinger 3. C. E. Stevens, I. D. Hume. Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Digestive System. Cambridge University Press 1995. 4. Ed.: L. R. Johnson. Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Elsevier, Amsterdam 2006. 5. Cunningham 6. Eds: M. C. Champion, W. C. Orr. Evolving Concepts in Gastrointestinal Motility. Blackwell Science, Oxford 1996. 7. Ed.: T. S. Gaginella. Handbook of Methods in Gastrointestinal Pharmacology. CRC Press, Boca Raton 1996. 8. Ed.: R. N. Ratnaike. Small Bowel Disorders. Arnold, London 2000.

Assessment methods: Oral test

Comment: This subject will be led for group of 18 students