ECTS
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Course details
Course code: VVSS00165f12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Basis of veterinary haematology
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr Aleksandra Pliszczak - Król
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Improvement in basis of haematology and its relationship with different medical sciences, especially with basic sciences and clinical sciences.
Competences: After course finishing, student is prepared for: - choosing which kind of laboratory tests connecting with whole blood and blood derivatives should be done in disease diagnosis and monitoring, - collecting, protecting and preparing of samples for laboratory tests, - carrying out haematological laboratory tests using: different types of centrifuge, automatic haematological analyzer, hematologic counters, coagulometer , - carrying out laboratory documentation, - preliminary interpreting of laboratory test results.
Prerequisites: Histology, The Cell Biology, Physiology, Pathophysiology, Internal diseases
Course content: The student is familiarized with haematological problems; haemopoiesis, the role of blood cells and plasma, morphological and functional disturbances of blood in different type of diseases and transplant and transfusion problems.
Recommended literature: 1.Feldman B.F., Zinkl J.G., Jain N.C.: Schalm’s veterinary hematology. 5 th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 2.Powers L.W.: Diagnostic hematology. Clinical and technical principles. The C.V.Mosby Company, 1989, 3.Thrall M.A and all.: Veterinary hematology and clinical chemistry. Blackwell Publishing 2006, 4.Weiss D.J., Wardrop K.J.: Schalm’s veterinary hematology. 6th ed. Wiley – Blackwell, 2010.
Assessment methods: Written test
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