MEDICAL CLINIC, PROPHYLAXIS AND AVIAN PATHOLOGY TRAINING
cod. 15642

Academic year 2012/13
5° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie infettive degli animali domestici (VET/05)
Field
Discipline della morfologia e funzione degli organismi animali e malattie infettive ed infestive
Type of training activity
Characterising
25 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The students will be able to carry out the direct and indirect tecniques for the diagnosis of the infectious diseases of the animals and they will be able to provide adequate interpretation of the data obtained.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Students will attend the Division of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology of the Department of Medical-Veterinary Sciences. During this period their activity will concern the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases of animals, in particular: isolation and identification of pathogenic bacteria; antibiotic susceptibility test; virological diagnostic; indirect diagnosis by serological testing; interpretation of data obtained from the applied techniques. In addition, it is planned to carry out practical activity on cattle: milk sampling, performance and interpretation of the California Mastitis Test, bacteriological examination on sampled milk in the laboratory.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Didactic material will be provided during the stage

Teaching methods

Laboratory

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluations in Itinere

Other information

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