Learning objectives
The course is structured in ex cathedra lectures and practicals to enable students to acquire basic knowledge of pathology and simultaneously achieve professional independence. The qualifying time is the interpretation of the macro and microscopic disease patterns from his own knowledge gained during the lectures and individual study
Course unit content
MALE GENITAL SYSTEM
FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
ALIMENTARY SYSTEM INCLUDED LIVER AND PANCREAS
URINARY SYTEM
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Full programme
Scrotum and tunica vaginalis pathologies, circulatory and nutritiona disorders of testes, testicular degenerations, orchitis, epidedimitis, neoplasia of testes, diseases of glands (seminal vescicles, prostate, bulbo-urethral), pathologies of penis and prepuce.
Ovary cists, hydrosalpinx, salpingitis, pyosalpinx, circulatory and nutritional disases of the uterus, hydrometra, mucometra, endometritis, pathologies of cervix, vagina and vulva, diseases of Bartolini’s gland, diseases of pregnant uterus.
Nasal cavities and Sinuses: Ontogenetic diseases. Circulatory and metabolic disturbances. Inflammation. Neoplasia.
Pharynx, Larynx and Trachea: Metabolic and circulatory disturbances. Inflammations. Neoplasia
Lungs: Atelectasia, Emphysema. Circulatory disturbances. Pneumonitis. Neoplasia.
Pleura: Circulatory disturbances. Pleuritis. Neoplasia
Oral cavity diseases, salivary gland diseases, esophagus diseases, forestomach diseases (rumen dilation, traumatic reticuloperitonitis, viral, bacterial, mycosis, parasistic diseases, neoplasia).
Stomach circulatory disturbancies, gastritis and abomasitis, neoplasia.
Intestinal obstruction, nutritional and circulation disturbancies of intestine, viral enteritis, bacterial enteritis, parasitic enteritis, colitis.
Hyperplastic and neoplastic diseases of intestine.
LIVER AND BILIARY SYSTEM
Principles of liver histopathology (hepatocellular degenerations, pigmentations, necrosis), nutritional and circulatory disturbances, viral hepatitis, bacterial hepatitis, parasitic hepatitis, biliary system inflammation, cirrhosis and sclerosis, hyperplastic and neoplastic diseases of liver and biliary system.
PANCREAS
Regressive changes, pancreatitis, neoplasia. Diabetes.
PERITONEUM AND RETROPERITONEUM
Traumatic lesions of peritoneum and retroperitoneum, abnormal contents in the peritoneal cavitiy
Circulatory disturbancies, glomerular and tubular diseases, tubulo-interstitial diseases, neoplasia
Anomalies and inflammation of lower urinary tract diseases (ureters, urinary bladder, urethra), urolithiasis, neoplasia
Pitiuary and parathyroid diseases, circulatory and inflammation of thyroid, goiter and thyroid neoplasia, Adrenal cortex and medulla diseases. Diabetes mellitus.
Circulatory and traumatic diseases, anoxia, encephalomalacia, viral encephalitis, bacterial encephalitis, parasistic encephalitis, TSE, neoplasia.
Bibliography
MARCATO P.S.: Patologia sistematica veterinaria, Edagricole, Bologna, 2002
GUARDA F., MANDELLI G.: Trattato di anatomia patologica veterinaria, UTET, Torino
TACCINI E. Tecnica autoptica e diagnostica cadaverica, Poletto Editore, Marzo 2006
THOMSON’S Special Veterinari Pathology, Mosby Editor, 2001
Patologia veterinaria sistemica
McGavin M.D., Zachary J.F.
Elsevier Masson, 2010
Teaching methods
Lectures using videobeam.
Practicals on cadavers, pathological organs in necropsy room. Histopathology in multifunctional lab 1 using conventional didactic microscope.
Assessment methods and criteria
The final exam comprises:
a) Practicals on cadaver or pathological organs;
b) Histopathology exam
c) Oral exam