SURGICAL CLINIC AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY CLINIC TRAINING
cod. 15645

Academic year 2009/10
5° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Clinica chirurgica veterinaria (VET/09)
Field
Discipline cliniche veterinarie
Type of training activity
Characterising
50 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Learning objectives

At the end of the clinical training period, students will have learned how to: <br />
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1- administer an intramuscular injection to a dog; <br />
2- administer an intramuscular injection to a cat; <br />
3- administer an intramuscular injection to a horse; <br />
4- administer an intramuscular injection to a bovine animal; <br />
5- administer an intravenous injection to a dog; <br />
6- administer an intravenous injection to a cat; <br />
7- administer an intravenous injection to a horse; <br />
8- administer an intravenous injection to bovines; <br />
9- take a blood sample from a dog; <br />
10- take a blood sample from a cat; <br />
11- take a blood sample from a horse; <br />
12- take a blood sample from a bovine animal; <br />
13- catheterise the bladder of a male or female dog; <br />
14- catheterise the bladder of a male cat; <br />
15- catheterise the bladder of a male or female horse; <br />
16- catheterise the bladder of a male or female bovine animal; <br />
17- take the body temperature of a dog; <br />
18- take the body temperature of a cat; <br />
19- take the body temperature of a horse; <br />
20- take the body temperature of a bovine animal; <br />
21- perform orotracheal intubation on a dog using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
22- perform orotracheal intubation on a cat using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
23- perform orotracheal intubation on a horse (if possible) using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
24- perform orotracheal intubation on a bovine animal (if possible) using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
25- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a dog; <br />
26- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a cat; <br />
27- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a horse; <br />
28- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a bovine animal; <br />
29- medicate wounds in dogs; <br />
30- medicate wounds in cats; <br />
31- medicate wounds in horses; <br />
32- medicate wounds in bovine animals; <br />
33- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a dog; <br />
34- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a cat; <br />
35- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a horse; <br />
36- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a bovine animal; <br />
37- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a dog; <br />
38- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a cat; <br />
39- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a horse; <br />
40- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a bovine animal; <br />
41- medicate the “foot” of a dog; <br />
42- medicate the “foot” of a cat; <br />
43- medicate the “foot” of a horse; <br />
44- medicate the “foot” of a bovine animal; <br />
45- prepare themselves following sterile procedure for an operation; <br />
46- prepare the patient for an operation (trichotomy and shaving); <br />
47- preparation of a sterile operative field (preoperative asepsis); <br />
48- assist the surgeon during an operation; <br />
49- correctly tie surgical sutures; <br />
50- create an inverting suture for hollow organs; <br />
51- create a fascial suture; <br />
52- create a capsular suture; <br />
53- create a cutaneous suture; <br />
54- create a tendon suture; <br />
55- perform preoperative haemostasis (white field); <br />
56- perform intraoperative haemostasis. <br />

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in their fifth year.

Course unit content

<p>At the end of the clinical training period, students will have learned how to: <br />
<br />
1- administer an intramuscular injection to a dog; <br />
2- administer an intramuscular injection to a cat; <br />
3- administer an intramuscular injection to a horse; <br />
4- administer an intramuscular injection to a bovine animal; <br />
5- administer an intravenous injection to a dog; <br />
6- administer an intravenous injection to a cat; <br />
7- administer an intravenous injection to a horse; <br />
8- administer an intravenous injection to bovines; <br />
9- take a blood sample from a dog; <br />
10- take a blood sample from a cat; <br />
11- take a blood sample from a horse; <br />
12- take a blood sample from a bovine animal; <br />
13- catheterise the bladder of a male or female dog; <br />
14- catheterise the bladder of a male cat; <br />
15- catheterise the bladder of a male or female horse; <br />
16- catheterise the bladder of a male or female bovine animal; <br />
17- take the body temperature of a dog; <br />
18- take the body temperature of a cat; <br />
19- take the body temperature of a horse; <br />
20- take the body temperature of a bovine animal; <br />
21- perform orotracheal intubation on a dog using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
22- perform orotracheal intubation on a cat using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
23- perform orotracheal intubation on a horse (if possible) using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
24- perform orotracheal intubation on a bovine animal (if possible) using an appropriate McGill tube; <br />
25- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a dog; <br />
26- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a cat; <br />
27- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a horse; <br />
28- administer initial treatment for an accidental wound, before stitches are applied if necessary, in a bovine animal; <br />
29- medicate wounds in dogs; <br />
30- medicate wounds in cats; <br />
31- medicate wounds in horses; <br />
32- medicate wounds in bovine animals; <br />
33- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a dog; <br />
34- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a cat; <br />
35- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a horse; <br />
36- apply a protective bandage to the leg of a bovine animal; <br />
37- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a dog; <br />
38- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a cat; <br />
39- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a horse; <br />
40- apply an external fixation device to the leg of a bovine animal; <br />
41- medicate the “foot” of a dog; <br />
42- medicate the “foot” of a cat; <br />
43- medicate the “foot” of a horse; <br />
44- medicate the “foot” of a bovine animal; <br />
45- prepare themselves following sterile procedure for an operation; <br />
46- prepare the patient for an operation (trichotomy and shaving); <br />
47- preparation of a sterile operative field (preoperative asepsis); <br />
48- assist the surgeon during an operation; <br />
49- correctly tie surgical sutures; <br />
50- create an inverting suture for hollow organs; <br />
51- create a fascial suture; <br />
52- create a capsular suture; <br />
53- create a cutaneous suture; <br />
54- create a tendon suture; <br />
55- perform preoperative haemostasis (white field); <br />
56- perform intraoperative haemostasis. <br />
 </p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

Recommended readings: AUER J.: Chirurgia del cavallo, Essegivi-Edagricole, 1995. <br />
BOJRAB M.J.: Le basi patogenetiche delle malattie chirurgiche nei piccoli animali, Giraldi editore, 2001. <br />
BRAUND K.G.: Manuale di neurologia dei piccoli animali, Giraldi editore, 2002. <br />
CHELI R.: Clinica Chirurgica Veterinaria, UTET, 1988. <br />
DENNY H.R.: Compendio di chirurgia ortopedica del cane e del gatto, Giraldi editore, 1998. <br />
FACKELMAN G.E., NUNAMAKER D.M.: Manual of Internal Fixation in the Horse, Springer-Verlag, 1982. <br />
FOSSUM T.W.: Chirurgia dei piccoli animali, Masson editrice, 2004. <br />
GELATT N.: Small Animal Ophthalmic Surgery, Butterworth- Heinemann, 2001. <br />
GIBBONS W.J., CATCOTT, E.J., SMITHCORS J.F.: Bovine Medicine and Surgery, American Veterinary Publications, 1970. <br />
GOURLEY I.M., GREGORY C.R.: Testo atlante di chirurgia dei piccoli animali, UTET, 1995. <br />
GUANDALINI A., PERUCCIO C., PIZZIRANI S.: Oftalmologia, Poletto editore, 2006. <br />
MENSA A.: Patologia chirurgica veterinaria, UTET, 1947. <br />
PIERMATTEI D.L., GREELEY R.G.: An Atlas of Surgical Approaches to the Bones of the Dog and Cat, W.B. Saunders <br />
Company, 1979. <br />
ROSENBERGER G.: Malattie del bovino, Essegivi, 1975. <br />
STASHAK T.S.: Adams’: la zoppicatura nei cavalli, SBM edizioni, 1990. <br />

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