Unit VETERINARY TROPICAL PATHOLOGY
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP005419
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Fabrizio Passamonti
- Teachers
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- Fabrizio Passamonti
- Hours
- 26 ore - Fabrizio Passamonti
- CFU
- 2
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline delle malattie infettive ed infestive
- Academic discipline
- VET/05
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Emphasize the importance in terms of economic and social impact of tropical diseases in the twenty-first century, deepening the aspects related to the mode of diffusion diagnostics and preventive measures.
- Reference texts
- Farina-Scatozza :Malattie infettive degli animali UTET II° edizione
O.M. Radostits, J.H. Arundel, Clive C. Gay: Veterinary Medicine: a textbook of the diseases of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses, Ed. Saunders, 2007, 10 edizione.
Benazzi P., Il Regolamento di Polizia veterinaria Esculapio 2011.
OIE Manual (Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2012) http://www.oie.int/international-standard-setting/terrestrial-manual/access-online/)
Teaching material used by the lecturer during the lesson and available in Unistudium
https://www.unistudium.unipg.it - Educational objectives
- The main main objective of this teaching is to provide the student with the basics to tackle the study of some of the main tropical diseases with the aim of providing useful information for the knowledge of these diseases, inserting them among the possible differential diagnoses, and arriving quickly at a diagnosis in order to limit its spread. Knowledge of direct and indirect prophylaxis measures in relation to the provisions of the Veterinary Police Regulations and the OIE Manual are also fundamental.
Specifically, the studende must:
D1- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
- To improve the basic knowledge concerning the relations between guests, pathogens and the environment
- Know the etiology-pathogenetic and epidemiological aspects of tropical diseases
- Know the main zoonotic agents, underlining their socio-economic significance
- Know how diseases spread in animal and human populations by emphasizing the importance of emerging diseases and factors
that determine them
- Know the main clinical signs and lesions that characterize the diseases addressed
- Know the main diagnostic methods applied and their limits
- Know the direct and indirect prophylaxis plans to be applied to individual diseases
- Know the vaccines and the main vaccination protocols in the different animal species treated
- Know any therapeutic protocols
- Know the basics of the application of biosecurity measures and the hygienic-health management of farms.
- Know the national and international legislation concerning prevention and control.
D2- ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student will:
- Know how to recognize the main clinical signs that characterize diseases on the basis of which to formulate a suspicious diagnosis taking into account the possible differential diagnoses
- Know how to identify and apply the most appropriate diagnostic protocol taking into consideration the clinical picture and the epidemiological situation
- Know how to interpret the laboratory results related to the diseases addressed
- Know how to set up preventive interventions based on the application of direct and indirect prophylaxis measures and surveillance plans against
infectious diseases of animals and zoonoses.
- Know how to identify the most appropriate vaccination protocol taking into consideration the risk / benefit analysis
D3- AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
The student must be able to recognize and manage the main infectious diseases faced during the course taking into consideration the knowledge acquired on:
- Aetiopathetic aspects of the treated microorganisms
- Clinical signs and injuries
- Diagnosis with reference to laboratory tests
- Measures of prophylaxis and vaccination protocols
D4 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The student will:
- Demonstrate language properties and use appropriate terminology
- Know how to organize and present a coherent discourse, using technical terminology, on the various aspects concerning tropical diseases
- Know how to communicate to larger forums with the help of power point
D5- LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the course the student should:
- Possess a sufficient mastery of the subject matter in order to have sufficient knowledge useful for the continuation of the course of study and for the
future professional life
- Possess diagnostic skills based on an appropriate appeal to the laboratory and a critical interpretation of the results obtained
- Know how to consult and understand scientific texts and other bibliographic sources - Prerequisites
- Teaching methods
- The main objective of this teaching is to provide the student with the basics to tackle the study of some of the main tropical diseases with the aim of providing useful information for the knowledge of these diseases, inserting them among the possible differential diagnoses, and arriving quickly at a diagnosis in order to limit its spread. Knowledge of direct and indirect prophylaxis measures in relation to the provisions of the Veterinary Police Regulations and the OIE Manual are also fundamental.
Specifically, the studende must:
D1- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
- To improve the basic knowledge concerning the relations between guests, pathogens and the environment
- Know the etiology-pathogenetic and epidemiological aspects of tropical diseases
- Know the main zoonotic agents, underlining their socio-economic significance
- Know how diseases spread in animal and human populations by emphasizing the importance of emerging diseases and factors
that determine them
- Know the main clinical signs and lesions that characterize the diseases addressed
- Know the main diagnostic methods applied and their limits
- Know the direct and indirect prophylaxis plans to be applied to individual diseases
- Know the vaccines and the main vaccination protocols in the different animal species treated
- Know any therapeutic protocols
- Know the basics of the application of biosecurity measures and the hygienic-health management of farms.
- Know the national and international legislation concerning prevention and control.
D2- ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student will:
- Know how to recognize the main clinical signs that characterize diseases on the basis of which to formulate a suspicious diagnosis taking into account the possible differential diagnoses
- Know how to identify and apply the most appropriate diagnostic protocol taking into consideration the clinical picture and the epidemiological situation
- Know how to interpret the laboratory results related to the diseases addressed
- Know how to set up preventive interventions based on the application of direct and indirect prophylaxis measures and surveillance plans against
infectious diseases of animals and zoonoses.
- Know how to identify the most appropriate vaccination protocol taking into consideration the risk / benefit analysis
D3- AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
The student must be able to recognize and manage the main infectious diseases faced during the course taking into consideration the knowledge acquired on:
- Aetiopathetic aspects of the treated microorganisms
- Clinical signs and injuries
- Diagnosis with reference to laboratory tests
- Measures of prophylaxis and vaccination protocols
D4 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The student will:
- Demonstrate language properties and use appropriate terminology
- Know how to organize and present a coherent discourse, using technical terminology, on the various aspects concerning tropical diseases
- Know how to communicate to larger forums with the help of power point
D5- LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the course the student should:
- Possess a sufficient mastery of the subject matter in order to have sufficient knowledge useful for the continuation of the course of study and for the
future professional life
- Possess diagnostic skills based on an appropriate appeal to the laboratory and a critical interpretation of the results obtained
- Know how to consult and understand scientific texts and other bibliographic sources - Other information
- Learning verification modality
- Extended program
- Definition of tropical desease; listing of tropical diseases according to their spreading capability and possibility (1 hour)
Diseases caused by viruses :
Family Flaviviridae: Japanese encephalitis complex:Usutu virus West Nile Disease
Fam. Togaviride: Estern equine encephalitis; Western equine encephalitis; Venezuelan equine encephalitis (3 hours)
Fam. Paramyxoviridae:goat plague, Virus Hendra, Virus Nipah (1 hour)
Fam. Reoviridae: African horse sickness, Blue tongue (3 hours)
Fam. Asfarviridae: African swine fever (1,5 hours)
Fam. Bunyaviridae: Schmallenberg disease, Rift valley fever, Nairobi sheep disease (1 hour)
Fam. Herpesviridae: Malignant catarrhal fever (1 hour)
Fam. Poxviridae: Lumpy skin disease (1 hour).
Diseases caused by bacteria:
Family Mycoplasmataceae: Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Fam. Anaplasmataceae: Heartwater; (1,5 hours)
Fam. Burkholderiaceae: Glanders, Melioidosis (1,5 hours)
Fam. Bacillaceae: Antrax (1,5 hours)
Cross-border interventions,interventions at a contry's border, inland interventions (1 hour)
Isolation and typing techniques of bacterial and viral agents (3 hours practical lesson)
Serological tests (3 hours practical lesson)
Clinical rotation (2 hours)