Learning objectives
The goal of the course is to provide students with:<br /><br /><br />knowledge of the etiopathogenesis, symptomatology and lesions of the main viral diseases of domestic animals <br />ability to identify the correct diagnostic pathway and interpret the data obtained through laboratory diagnostics<br />ability to draw up direct and indirect control measures, with particular reference to vaccine prophylaxis<br />critical assessment of national and international legislation on the management of viral diseases
Prerequisites
Microbiology and immunology - Veterinary epidemiology
Course unit content
<br /> <br />Introduction to the study of viral diseases in domestic animals: basic concepts relating to the nature and classification of viruses, their pathogenic attitude and the main investigation methods used in virology are presented.<br /><br />Special study: study of the main virus-related diseases in domestic animals<br /> (swine fevers, poxvirus diseases, herpesvirus diseases, adenovirus diseases, coronavirus diseases, orbivirus infections in sheep and horses, picornavirus infections, rhabdovirus infections, togavirus infections, meaning of the so-called “non-conventional agents” or prions in domestic animal diseases)
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Bibliography
Benazzi P. : Il regolamento di Polizia Sanitaria. Ed.Esculapio. Bologna<br /><br />Castrucci C. : Monografie sulle malattie da virus. Ed. Esculapio, Bologna<br /><br />Scatozza F.: Compendio dell malattie dei mammiferi domestici, Fondazione iniziative Zooprofilattiche e Zootecniche, Brescia<br /><br />Scatozza F. e Farina R. : Trattato di malattie infettive degli animali . UTET, Torino, 1999.<br /><br />Timoney J.F. e coll.: Microbiologia e malattie infettive degli animali domestici. 3? Italian Ed., 1995.
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