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Wersja polska

Course code: VVSS00128o12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Horses Diseases
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 8
ECTS points: 10
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 65 / 120 / 0
Lecturer: prof.dr hab. Józef Nicpoń
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: The student has knowledge of examination, recognition of individual non-infectious diseases, based on history, physical examination (general and specific), appropriate laboratory tests and conservative treatment of non-infectious diseases of horses, - The clinical diagnosis of equine genital tract: estrus synchronization methods, artificial insemination and diagnostics and treatment of ovarian and uterine pathology, diagnosis of pregnancy, physiology of pregnancy and obstetrics in horses, - Surgery: putting the initial diagnosis, the preparation of operative field and performance of basic surgical procedures, - Infectious diseases: knowledge of the basic units of an infectious disease of bacterial and viral aetiology, the investigation of suspected animals infectious diseases, the collection of material for diagnostic tests and undertake treatment.

Competences: The student upon graduation will acquire the skills and qualifications to treat horses and can work in the hospital, medical care unit in the stables, zoo or national parks where the horses are stabled.

Prerequisites: anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, clinical diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology, immunology, veterinary microbiology, veterinary epidemiology.

Course content: Selected issues of metabolism and endocrinology, internal diseases, gastrointestinal diseases with special emphasis of colic diseases, selected diseases of heart, circulatory system and blood, respiratory, nervous and urinary tract and skin diseases, infectious diseases and the methods used to collect data for research and the proceedings as a result of suspected infectious disease, the rules of procedure in intensive therapy and conservative treatment. The scope of reproductive tract physiology and endocrinology of the menstrual cycle of mares, synchronization of oestrus and ovulation, artificial insemination, physiology and pathology of pregnancy, diagnosis and treatment of ovarian and uterine pathology, obstetrics, hernia, castration, orthopedic and abdominal surgery.

Recommended literature: Noakes D.E, Parkinson T.J and England G.C.W. 2008. Artur,s veterinary reproduction and obstetrics. Saunders; Youngquist R.S., Threlfall W.R. 2007. Large animal theriogenology. Saunders; Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines, OIE, Paryż, 1996

Assessment methods: Oral exam, a minimum knowledge to pass: 75%.

Comment: The subject can be taught in English