Unit VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY
- Course
- Biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- 55046906
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Olimpia Barbato
- Teachers
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- Olimpia Barbato
- Hours
- 42 ore - Olimpia Barbato
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- VET/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Overview of the electrophysiology and physiology of muscle contraction and notes on the organization of the CNS. Functions of the digestive system of monogastrics and polygastrics. Principles of general endocrinology. Organization of the endocrine system. Overview of the functions and mechanisms of action of the main endocrine glands: Physiology of reproduction and lactation.
- Reference texts
- Fisiologia degli animali domestici. O.V. Sjaastad, O. Sand, K. Hove. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- Educational objectives
- D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student must demonstrate that he/she possesses:
- basic knowledge of the course topics
- understand how these physiological functions are involved in the social life and cognitive processes of adaptation of animal species.
D2 - ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the training activity the student must demonstrate that:
- know how to approach the treatment of application problems in the field of general veterinary physiology;
- know how to establish connections between the various topics covered, in order to be able to deal with subsequent studies in a manner
D3-AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
The student must have acquired knowledge that allows him to:
- evaluate the mechanisms underlying the topics covered;
- evaluate in an autonomous and motivated manner any different opinions on problematic aspects of general veterinary physiology.
D4-COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- appropriately organize one's own thoughts around the different topics of the course;
- know how to present the topics in an organic form and with a scientific language with which to adequately express the knowledge acquired
- know how to use sufficiently appropriate terminology for a correct approach to the profession, also important for the purposes of job interviews.
D5-LEARNING ABILITY
The student must be able to:
- examine and understand scientific texts, sector and scientific dissemination magazines, in such a way as to use them in everyday contexts in the continuation of his training path and his working career;
- possess a sufficiently broad mastery of the subject to guarantee an acceptable basis for continuing professional development during their future profession - Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the topics of General Physiology, Principles of Anatomy and Biochemistry
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical activity:
The course is organized as follows:
- classroom lessons on all course topics. - Learning verification modality
- Oral exam
- Extended program
- Introduction to the course. Physiology of the cell: Principles of general physiology of the cell, water compartments and forces that regulate the passage of substances through membranes. Electrophysiology: Excitable tissues: nerve cells, striated and smooth muscle fibrocells, myocardium; resting and action potential. (2 hours). Synapse: Synaptic and junctional transmission. Neurotransmitters. (2 hours). Physiology of excitable tissues: striated muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue and myocardial muscle tissue. (2 hours). Physiology of the nervous system (2 hours). Digestive physiology: digestive activity functions, mastication, salivation (2 hours); monogastric stomach (2 hours), liver and pancreas (2 hours), monogastric small intestine (2 hours), monogastric large intestine and introduction of digestion in polygastrics (2 hours), the ruminal environment. Saliva (2 hours), AGV, Ruminal cycles, Belching, Rumination (2 hours), omasum, abomasum (2 hours). General endocrinology. Hormones: chemical aspects, synthesis, secretion, transport and metabolism (4 hours). Organization of the endocrine system and relationships with the CNS. (3 hours). Epiphysis. Hypothalamus. hormones that regulate calcium homeostasis (2 hours) and hormones that regulate glucose homeostasis (4 hours). Reproduction physiology: puberty, estrous cycle: general aspects and species-specific characteristics (3 hours). Seasonal reproductive activity. Endocrinology of pregnancy and childbirth (2 hours). Physiology of lactation: breast development and growth, lactogenesis and galactopoiesis. Milky ejection. Endocrine control of lactation. (3 hours). Male reproductive system: male gonadal hormones (2 hours).
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