Unit SMALL ANIMAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP005420
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Fabrizio Passamonti
- Teachers
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- Fabrizio Passamonti
- Hours
- 26 ore - Fabrizio Passamonti
- CFU
- 2
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2024/25
- 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
- The course takes into consideration the main infectious diseases of dogs and cats, underlining the peculiar etiological, epidemiological, diagnostic and prophylactic aspects.
- Reference texts
- -Malattie infettive degli animali Point Veterinaire Italie (2023)
-Sykes J.E., Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. Elsevier Saunders 2022
-Benazzi P., Animal Health Law . Il nuovo regolamento di Polizia Veterinaria 2024
-Manuale OIE (Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals) https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/terrestrial-manual-online-access/
-Dall'Ara P. Vaccini e vaccinazione degli animali da compagnia Edra 2020
- WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2024 https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WSAVA-Vaccination-guidelines-2024.pdf
- ABCD guidelines https://www.abcdcatsvets.org/guideline-for-good-vaccination-practices/
Oltre ai testi consigliati altro materiale didattico consultabile è quello utilizzato dal docente durante le lezioni. - Educational objectives
- The main objective of the course is to provide the student with the basis for dealing with the study of infectious diseases, the knowledge relating to the diagnostic methods to be used to reach a diagnosis and which prophylactic measures to adopt to limit their spread.
Specifically, the student will have to:
D1- KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
- Improve basic knowledge relating to the relationships between hosts, pathogens and the environment
- Know the etio-pathogenetic and epidemiological aspects of diseases affecting companion animals
- 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 infectious diseases and factors
that determine them
- Know the main clinical signs and lesions that characterize the infectious diseases under study
- Know the main diagnostic methods applied and their limits
- Know the direct and indirect prophylaxis plans to be applied to individual infectious diseases
- Know the vaccines and the main vaccination protocols in the animal species treated
- Know any therapeutic protocols
- Know the fundamentals of applying biosafety measures.
- Know the national and international legislation relating to prevention and control.
D2- ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student will have to:
- Know how to recognize the main clinical signs that characterize infectious diseases on the basis of which to formulate a diagnostic suspicion taking into consideration 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 laboratory results relating to the infectious diseases addressed
- Know how to set up preventive interventions based on the application of direct and indirect prophylactic measures and surveillance plans against
infectious animal diseases and zoonoses.
- Know how to identify the most appropriate vaccination protocol taking into consideration the risk/benefit ratio analysis.
- Know how to approach a reportable infectious disease.
D3- INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT
The student must be able to recognize and manage the main infectious diseases addressed during the course, taking into consideration the knowledge acquired on:
- Etio-pathogenetic aspects of the treated microorganisms
- Clinical signs and lesions
- Diagnosis with reference to laboratory tests
- Prophylactic measures and vaccination protocols.
D4- COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The student will have to:
- Demonstrate language skills and use appropriate terminology
- Know how to organize and present a coherent discussion, using technical terminology, on the various aspects relating to infectious diseases of companion animals
- Know how to communicate to larger groups with the aid of Power Point
D5- LEARNING ABILITY
At the end of the course the student should:
- Possess sufficient mastery of the subject matter in order to have sufficient knowledge useful for continuing the course of study and for
future professional life
- Possess diagnostic skills based on appropriate use of the laboratory and critical interpretation of the results obtained
- Know how to consult and understand scientific texts and other bibliographical sources - Prerequisites
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
18 hours of classroom lectures on all course topics relating to the etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis and prophylaxis of infectious diseases of small animals;
6 hours of practical lessons (for 4 groups) which are carried out partly in the Department's teaching laboratories and partly at external structures such as farms, kennels and catteries.
The field exercises involve the identification and evaluation of the main risk factors relating to infectious diseases (acquisition of professional skills). What emerged during the visits will be integrated by the analysis of the prophylaxis protocols used and the identification of any possibilities for improvement (acquisition of processing and synthesis skills; acquisition of communication and teamwork skills).
2 hours of Clinical rotation (groups of 5/6 students max) where students work alongside the teacher in the diagnostic microbiology laboratory starting from samples of clinical cases received from the veterinary teaching hospital and external structures. Putting into practice the methods acquired during the course of study. - Other information
- Learning verification modality
- Extended program
- Theoretical Lessons:
Introduction to the course, organization and evaluation methods. Infectious animal diseases and relevant legislation (1.5 hours)
Anger (1.5 hours)
Canine Parvovirus and Feline Panleukopenia (1.5 hours)
Distemper (1.5 hours)
Canine infectious hepatitis (1.5 hours)
Canine Herpesvirus and Canine Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRD) (1.5 hours)
Feline Herpesvirus and Feline Respiratory Disease (1.5 hours)
Leptospirosis (1.5 hours)
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) (1.5 hours)
FIV and FeLV (1.5 hours)
Tick-borne diseases: Ehrlichiosis, Rickettsiosis, Lyme Disease (1.5 hours)
Feline infectious anemia; Bartonella infection (1.5 hours)
Practical Lessons:
Diagnostic protocols during infectious disease (2 hours)
Vaccination protocols in companion animals (2 hours)
Kennel/cat shelter visit (2 hours)
Clinical Rotations (2 hours): participation in the activities of the microbiological diagnostic laboratory of the Department's Teaching Veterinary Hospital. Acceptance of biological samples and recording of medical history. Carrying out bacteriological and serological tests, bacterial typing and diagnostic staining. Setting up and interpretation of antibiograms. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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