Unit ADE-Health management of diffusive and zoonotic diseases of wildlife
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- A003636
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Fabrizia Veronesi
- Teachers
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- Fabrizia Veronesi
- Hours
- 25 ore - Fabrizia Veronesi
- CFU
- 1
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2023/24
- 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
- The training activity will improve the knowledge related to the main diffusive and zoonotic diseases occurring in wildlife (mainly carnivores, ungulates, porcupines, small mammals, birds of prey) in the wild or kept in confined spaces (i.e. wildlife parks, game farms, recovery centers , veterinary hospitals), framing them from an epidemiological point of view and will allow to acquire more practice in their diagnosis and management. Particular emphasis will be given to public health issues related to the handling of these animals by veterinarians and any wildlife and hunting operators and to the risks associated with the sharing of habitats (synanthropic species) with domestic species.
- Reference texts
- Scientific articles (mainly reviews in English) and pp presentations prepared by the Professor or by further experts in the field, which provide the main principles on the dynamics of transmission and diffusion of infectious diseases of the most common wild species and prevention strategies. This material will be collected in a dedicated folder entitled "HEALTH MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICABLE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES OF WILDLIFE, and uploaded to the Unistudium platform; textbook entitled "Fauna management. The management of animal populations in natural, agricultural and urbanized environments Author Francesco Petretti, Ed. Edagricole Bologna (2003). Manuale di gestione della fauna urbana. Approccio alla biodiversità e all'ecologia in città". Author Stefano Ferretti, Ed. Feltrinelli (2023).
- Educational objectives
D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - The knowledge that constitutes the educational objective of this teaching module is related to:
a) epidemiology and transmission circuits for transmissible and zoonotic diseases of wildlife, living free or in confined enviroments;
b) sampling and diagnostic procedures c) main principles of treatment and prophylaxis.
D2 - ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - At the end of the training activity, the student will be able to recognize the main infectious/infestive diseases affecting wildlife and will have the ability to assess the risk and suggest interventions to protect their health, thot of human beings and domestic animals living in sympatry.
D3 - MAKING JUDGMENTS - At the end of the training activity the student will be able to interpret and consult both scientific and popular texts on wildlife health, and will be able to recognize the most widespread infectious/infestive diseases of wild species, understanding their dynamics transmission and applying protocols for their treatment and prevention.
D4 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS - At the end of the training activity, the student must have acquired the skills and correct scientific terminology in order to be able to discuss concerns about infectious/infestive diseaeses of wildlife, specific for each species and according to the context of life, to an audience consisting of the same level of preparation, or to wildlife and hunting technicians.
D5 - LEARNING SKILLS - By relying on the baggage of knowledge acquired during the training activity, the student will participate in a more aware way to the treatment and management of wild animals hospitalized in OVUD, morover in the post-degree career will be more motivated to choose professional education related to wildlife.- Prerequisites
In order to understand and be able to better follow the training activity, it is mandatory to have successfully passed the exams of "Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases of Domestic Animals", "Infectious diseases of large animals" and "Infectious diseases of small animals ” ; moreover it should be desiderable to have
passed also the exam of “Pathological Anatomy”, for a more constructive participation to the anatomopathological activities .- Teaching methods
- The training activity includes: a) practical lessons focused on the collection and identification of parasites sampled at the necropsy and analysis of biological samples collected during the daily clinical activity on wildlife recovered in OVUD; b) presentations and collegial discussion suggested around case studies derived from the clinical and necropsy activities carried out in the Department or at the IZS Umbria and Marche; c) visits to wildlife parks, game farms and recovery centers, useful for the identification of the dynamics of transmission and diffusion of infectious diseases and the elaboration of management protocols based on the different life contexts of the animals. The practical activities will be preceded daily by short introductory seminars, in which the problems that will be taken into consideration during the laboratory and field exercises will be framed, dividing them by groups of animals of interest (i.e. mesocarnivores, ungulates, birds and small mammals) and for contexts (i.e. wild animals in the wild and in confined spaces).
- Other information
The ADE titled "BIOLOGY, BREEDING AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE" is recommended as formative option.- Learning verification modality
The method of evaluation does not include a final test, however there will be a suitability coming from the interesting in the attendance at the training activity and from the debate during the activities that will take place in the laboratory and in the external visits.
For information on support services dedicated to students with disabilities and/or DSA, visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.- Extended program
- Wildlife in Veterinary Medicine: reality and work and training prospects - Co-teaching Prof. Stefania Zaneth (2.5 h); Wild animals as epidemiological sentinels of infectious and infestive diseases and examples of health surveillance systems - Codocenza Dr. Marco Gobbi;
Anatomopathological pictures of wild transmissible and zoonotic diseases (mammals and wild birds) and activities in the necropsy room - Co-teaching Prof. Elvio Lepri, Dr. Giuseppe Giglia, (5 h);
Food-borne pathogens transmitted by game and use of hunting lodges as epidemiological observatories - Co-teaching Prof. David Ranucci (2.5 h); Management of health risks associated with wildlife: experiences of the Campania Wildlife Observatory - Co-teaching Prof. Vincenzo Veneziano (2.5 h);
Mesocarnivores and zoonoses, small animals as bringing hosts for pet parasites (2 h) + OVUD activities on wild animals and parasitic disease control plans in OVUD (3 h);
Visit to WildUmbria (5 h) - Dr. Co-teaching Leonardo Brustenga