Learning objectives
The Avian Pathology course aims at providing Students with: <br /><br /><br />knowledge of the etiopathogenesis, symptomatology and lesions associated with the main infectious, parasitic and mycotic diseases of both productive and domestic fowl <br />Ability to draw up a diagnostic scheme for the main bacterial, parasitic and mycotic diseases of fowl<br /><br />Ability to draw up vaccine protocols for the main infectious diseases of both productive and domestic fowl<br />Knowledge of the main Veterinary Monitoring measures for diseases subject to health provisions <br />
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<br /> <br />Poultry raising and poultry diseases<br />Diagnostic method: semiological pattern for the diagnosis of poultry diseases; Necroscopic technique applied to diagnosis of avian diseases, main laboratory tests in diagnosing diseases in poultry.<br /><br />Special study: <br />Bacterial diseases (salmonellosis, pullorum disease/typhoid, colibacillosis, mycoplasmosis, pasteurellosis /moraxella infections, tuberculosis, staphylococcosis, chlamydiosis, diamond-skin disease, clostridium infections, contagious coryza)<br />Viral diseases (bird flu, Newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, infectious bronchitis, diphtheria/cowpox, Gumboro¿s disease, Marek¿s disease, leukosis-sarcoma complex, encephalomyelitis, arthritis/tenosynovitis, adenovirus infections, chicken infectious anemia) <br />Parasitic and mycotic diseases<br />Unknown etiology diseases<br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
ASDRUBALI G.<br />Patologia Aviare, II edizione, Ed. Pitagora, Bologna, 1986<br /><br />CALNEK B.W.<br />Diseases of poultry, IX edition, Wolfe Publishing Ltd, Iowa, 1991<br /><br />Jordan F.T.W.<br />Patologia Aviare, Ed. Ital a cura di G. De Luca e S. Bertuzzi. SGV- Edagricole, Bologna, 1995<br /><br />Farina R., Scatozza F.<br />Trattato di malattie infettive degli animali, UTET, Torino, 1999<br />
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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