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Course code: VVSS00357o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Avian diseases -clinical internship
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 10
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 0 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Alina Wieliczko
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Knowledge a) student identifies of poultry breeding and raising by oneself, presents and discusses the feeding and enclosure of ornamental birds and pigeons b) student suggests diagnostic methods, recommends therapy, immunoprophilaxis and solutions of the problems in a flocks and on the farms Practical skills student performs clinical and post-mortem examination different species of birds by oneself, administers drugs and vaccines. student takes and fixes samples for microbiological, serological and histopathological examination Student analyses and interpretes results of the tests Student cooperates with producers of poultry in prophylaxis on a farms Student cooperates with veterinary supervision in control and prevention of infection disease Student connects the knowledge from physiology, nutrition and immunology for increasing of welfare of the birds
Competences: - student has the responsibility for the decisions to the people and animals - student places the good of patient in the first place
Prerequisites: Obligatory course, required passed exams: breeding and animal nutrition, biochemistry, microbiology, anatomy, pathology, pharmacology, parasitology, veterinary toxicology.
Course content: Breeding technology of various bird species. Clinical examination of birds, effective diagnosis of birds diseases, interpretation of serological tests.
Recommended literature: Altman R.B., Clubb S.L., Dorrestein G., Quesenbery K: Avian Medicine and Surgery, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, London, Toronto, Montreal, Sydney, Tokyo 1997. 3. Patison M. i wsp.: Poultry diseases , Elsevier Urban & Partner, 2011 4. Saif Y.M. i wsp.: Diseases of poultry, Iowa State Press, 2003
Assessment methods: final oral assesment
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