ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: VVSS00088o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Toxicology
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 8
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof.dr hab. Marcin Świtała
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: During the course students receive a theoretical knowledge of toxins, toxicodynamics and toxicokinetics. They understand the aetiology, diagnosis and therapy of diseases caused by different toxins. They understand the laboratory methods for identifying specific toxins.
Competences: After the course students are able to conduct a toxicological examination at an elementary level. They can diagnose and ordinate the effectiveness and safety of drugs in intoxicated animals.
Prerequisites: Pharmacology, Clinical Diagnostics, Pathological Anatomy
Course content: Acute and chronic forms of animal poisonings caused by organic and inorganic compounds including pesticides, drugs, poisons from vegetables or from animal origins, their aetiology, toxicodynamics and toxicokinetics, diagnosis and therapy, factors which can modify the toxicity of poison, principles of eco-toxicology and environment protection.
Recommended literature: -Bubień Z., Ćwiczenia z toksykologii weterynaryjnej, PWN, Warszawa, 1984. -Osweiler G.D., Toxicology, Wiliams and Wilkins, 1996. -Clinical Veterinary Toxicology, Blackwell Science, 1996. -Humphreys D.J., Veterinary Toxicology, Bailliere Tindall, 1988. -Seńczuk W., Toksykologia, PZWL, Warszawa, 2000.
Assessment methods: Obligatory passing grades of laboratory course and final oral exam. Minimum grade required for passing: at least 65%.
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