Course: Clinical Propaedeutics of Farm Animals

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Course title Clinical Propaedeutics of Farm Animals
Course code 1680/VAKPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Pleško Martin, MVDr.
  • Gricová Jana, MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Čech Svatopluk, doc. MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Doležel Radovan, doc. MVDr. CSc.
  • Vaňhara Jonáš, MVDr. Bc. Ph.D.
  • Svoboda Martin, doc. MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Šimková Ivana, MVDr.
  • Vašek Jan, MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Páleník Tomáš, MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Fajt Zdeněk, MVDr. Ph.D.
  • Bezděková Zdenka, MVDr.
  • Kadek Romana, MVDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Safety of work with animals, anamnesis, fixation. General clinical examination of ruminants. 2. Examination of the respirátory, circulatory and urinary tract. 3. Examination of the digestive tract and liver. 4. Examination of the mammary gland and milk. 5. Examination of the reproductive tract in ruminants and pigs 6. Clinical examination in pigs. Basic preventive-medical procedures in pigs. 7. Clinical examination in calves, young cattle and small ruminants. Practical exercices: 1. Safety of work with animals, fixation of individual animal groups. Anamnesis, examination of general health status. Evaluation of condition, trias, examination of lyph nodes. 2. Examination of the respirátory, circulatory and urinary tract (auscultation, percussion, palpation, catetherisation). 3. Examination of the oral cavity, abdominal cavity and liver. Examination of the stomach and abomasum. Sampling and examination of ruminal fluid. 4. Examination of the mammary gland. Collection and examination of milk samples (cow side tests, microbiological examination). 5. Gynecological examination of ruminants and pigs. Demonstration of common examinations. External examination - visual control. Internal examination - rectal palpation, vaginal examination, transrectal ultrasonography in cattle, transabdominal ultrasonography in pigs and small ruminants 6. Clinical examination in pigs. Veterinary medical procedures in pigs. Collection of biological tissues and fluids in pigs. 7. Clinical examination in calves, young cattle and small ruminants.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Extramural practical training, External Practical Training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the discipline is to teach graduates the clinical examination of ruminants as from the point of view of an individual pacient. Students can handle animal manipulation, fixation, examination of individual organ systems and developing a final diagnosis. This discipline is followed by other disciplines, in particular internal ruminant diseases, surgery, orthopedics, obstetrix, gynaecology, andrology and artificial insemination.
Theoretical knowledge The student can describe and explain the procedure of clinical examination of farm animals. Practical skills The student can obtain an anamnesis of an individual animal or a group of animals. The student knows how to handle animals safely, masters methods of fixation. The student can examine individual organ systems of farm animals. Competence The student can perform a complete clinical examination of farm animals.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written credit test

Specification for credit of clinical propaedeutic of farm animals - participation in practical exercises is obligatory - credit test on the last practical exercise
Recommended literature
  • Constable P.D., Hinchcliff K.W., Done S.H., Grünberg W. Veterinary Medicine. A Textbook of the disases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats. Edition 11, Vol. 1.. Elsevier, 2017. ISBN 978-0-7020-7057-0.
  • Constable P.D., Hinchcliff K.W., Done S.H., Grünberg W. Veterinary Medicine. A Textbook of the disases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats. Edition 11, Vol. 2.. Elsevier, 2017. ISBN 978-0-7020-7057-3.
  • Peek, S., Divers T. J. Rebhun's Diseases of Dairy Cattle. Elsevier, 2018. ISBN 978-0-323-39055-2.
  • Pugh D.G., Baird N. Sheep and Goat Medicine. Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-1-437-72353-3.
  • Smith B.P. Large Animal Internal Medicine. Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-0-323-08839-8.


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