Course: Forensic Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Public Health

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Course title Forensic Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Public Health
Course code 2410/VAVV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jozefová Jana, MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Chloupek Petr, doc. MVDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Public veterinary medicine (definition, meaning, content). Legal rules, legal regulations (constitutional laws, laws, legal measures, government regulations, decrees, and other generally binding legal regulations), publication of legal rules, their validity, effectiveness, and legal force. Organization of legislative, executive, and judicial power in relation to veterinary care 2. The EU - EU institutions, EU primary and secondary law 3. Act on veterinary care, its content, definitions, obligations of keepers, animal transport, and animal diseases 4. Act on veterinary care - the safety of animal products 5. Registration and approval of food business operators. Certifications, audits and controls of food businesses 6. Act on veterinary care - performance of professional veterinary activities, veterinary sanitation 7. Act on foodstuff and tobacco products. Regulations regarding the control of food of animal origin 8. Act on the protection of animals against cruelty and other legislation for the protection of animals. Decrees implementing the Act on the protection of animals against cruelty. 9. Public Health Protection Act and decrees related to public health protection. Act on pharmaceuticals and other legislation related to pharmaceuticals. Act on addictive substances and other legislation related to the addictive substances. Act on chemical substances and other legislation related to the chemical substances 10. Act on feedstuff and other legislation related to feedstuff. Act on waste and other legislation concerning waste management. Act on the breeding and registration of farm animals and other legislation concerning animal breeding. Act on handling genetically modified organisms and their products 11. Act on the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of the Czech Republic, regulations and activities of the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons, international veterinary organizations 12. Act on organic farming. Act on the protection of nature and landscape and other legislation on protection of nature and landscape. Act on game management. Act on fisheries. Act on the conditions of import and export of endangered species of wild animals. Act on plant health service and decree on the protection of bees, game and fish 13. Administrative Code. Misdemeanour law. Criminal law, regulations relating to criminal proceedings 14. Civil Code contracts, defects, liability for damage Practical lessons: 1. Normative legal acts, publications and working with them. Individual legal acts, requirements for a resolution 2. Audit protocol and its requisites. Binding instructions and drawing up of binding instruction. Administrative proceeding. Misdemeanour proceeding. Drawing up a decision on the imposition of a fine 3. Solving practical cases from animal husbandry and veterinary care 4. International and national transport. Conditions for transportation, veterinary certificate, health attestation, requirements for the issuance of veterinary certificate and health attestation 5. Solving practical cases from the area of animal diseases and their control 6. Production of food of animal origin and its marketing, solving practical cases 7. Food surveillance 8. Solving model cases regarding animal protection against cruelty 9. Solving model cases regarding handling and the use of pharmaceuticals and addictive substances 10. Solving model cases regarding animal identification and registration 11. Solving model cases regarding indirect animal protection 12. The Act on experts and advisors, expert activities, forensic experts, expert opinion, elaboration of expert opinion. 13. Civil code, contracts, liability for damage, liability for defects 14. Practical criminal cases from veterinary medicine and their solutions. Credit awarding

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course embraces mainly the field of public law interest within the frame of veterinary care covered by veterinary legislation. The field of private law relating to implemention of veterinary care completes the scope of this course. Knowledge and experience obtained during the study of Veterinary Public Health is essential for the function of either official veterinarian or private veterinarian.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit requirements: - active participation in seminars (max. 2 excused absences) - preparation of required papers Exam requirements: - practical knowledge of Public Veterinary Medicine - practical exam - theoretical knowledge of Public Veterinary Medicine - multiple-choice test
Recommended literature
  • CHLOUPEK, P., VEČEREK, V. www.vfu.cz/vetleg/.


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