Unit ADE - MANAGEMENT OF THE PARASITIC DISEASES OF PETS AND HORSES
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- A000667
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Fabrizia Veronesi
- Teachers
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- Fabrizia Veronesi
- Hours
- 25 ore - Fabrizia Veronesi
- CFU
- 1
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2018/19
- Learning activities
- A scelta dello studente
- Area
- A scelta dello studente
- Academic discipline
- VET/06
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Attending the ADE, it will be made a focus on the main control measures for the major parasitic diseases of dog, cat and horse caused by ectoparasites (mainly ticks and fleas), protozoan agents (e.g. Leishmania, Coccidia, Giardia, Tritrichomonas, Piroplasms) and intestinal (ascaridiosis, cyathostomiasis, cestodes, oxyuriasis and habronemosis) and cardio- pulmonary helminths (mainly cardiopulmonary filariosis, angiostrongilosis, aelurtostrongilosis, capillariosis).
- Reference texts
- Scientific articles (mainly English reviews) and selected presentations concerning the major control measures against endo and ectoparasites of dog, cat and horses, will be collected in a dedicated folder titled " ADE Parasitic Disease Management ", which can be viewed and downloaded by the students from the" Unistudium "platform at the link" https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/login/index.php;
ESCAPP (European Scientific Counsel for Companion Animal Parasites), available and downloadable from www.esccap.it;
WAAVP Guidelines (World Association for Advancement in Veterinary Parasitology), available and downloadable from www.waavp.com. - Educational objectives
- Learn to the students to develop prophylactic and therapeutic plans for controlling some of the major parasitic diseases affecting dog, cat and horse by acquiring advanced knowledges compared to those given during the Teaching Course of "Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases of Domestic Animals".
- Prerequisites
- The students need to have already attended and received the frequency signature of the course of "Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases of Domestic Animals". Moreover it could be useful for a better understanding of the contents of the present course to have obtained the frequency signature also for the Teaching Course of "Pharmacology and Toxicology"
- Teaching methods
- ntroductive lessons of about one hour for each on the 8 main topics of the course; seminars will be hold by the Professor at the Didactic Laboratory of the Ex-Section of Parasitology. At the end of each introductive lesson it will be given to homogeneous groups of students, a variable number of case studies (from 1 to 4 depending on the subject). Students will have between 1 and 3 hours of time to study and develop the therapeutic and prophylaxis protocols most suitable for their case study; at the end of the time required the cases will be illustrated during collegial presentations.
- Other information
- Recommended Optional Training Units: -ADE of "Diagnosis of parasitic diseases"
- Learning verification modality
- Written test with open (n. 4) and closed answers (n. 20) will be administrated in the last hour of the course.
The suitability of the student will be achieved by demonstrating the ability to adequately respond to open questions that test the ability to develop suitable treatment protocols for parasitic interest cases (at least 2 out of the 4 cases administered) and at least 50% of the multiple- choice closed questions on the topics discussed in the lessons.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or DSA visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- -Seminar on therapeutic and prophylactic measures against fleas and ticks infestations in dog and cat (1 h);
-N. 4 case studies administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the cases, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (3 h).
- Seminar on therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of protozoan
¿enteritis caused by Giardia Tritrichomonas and coccidia (1 h);
- N. 4 case studies administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the cases, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (3 h).
- Seminar on therapeutic and prophylactic treatment against ascarids, trichurids, anchylostomiasis of cats and dogs (1 h);
- N. 2 case studies administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the cases, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (2 h).
- Seminar on therapeutic and environmental prophylaxis against lungworms parasites (e.g capillariosis, metastrongylosis) of dog and cat (1 h);
-N. 4 case studies administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the cases, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (3 h).
- Seminar on the therapeutic and prophylactic measures and vaccine treatment of canine leishmaniasis (1 h)
-N. 1 case study administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the case, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (1 h)
- Seminar on therapeutic and prophylactic measures against cardiopulmonary and subcutaneous filariasis of the dog (1 h) - N. 1 case study administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the case, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (1 h)
- Seminar on therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of the main helmintic infestations (ascaridiosis, cyatostomiasis, cestodosis, oxyuriasis, habronemosis) of the horse (1 h);
-N. 4 case studies administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the cases, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (3 h).
- Seminar on therapeutic and prophylactic measures against infections transmitted by ticks in the horse (1 h);
- N. 1 case studies administrated to homogeneous groups of students, study of the case, development of suitable protocols of treatment and prophylaxis, collegial presentations (1 h).