- Docente: Alessandra Scagliarini
- Credits: 5
- SSD: VET/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8617)
Learning outcomes
The course aims at giving an in-depth knowledge on contagious exotic and enzootic diseases, with particular enphasis to those included in the OIE list with higher risk of introduction in the country. Principles of Veterinarian Public Health, epidemiology and control of zoonosis.
Course contents
The course will regard the most important exotic and enzootic disease of farm animals including zoonoses.
Course contents
- Footh and mouth disease
- Vesicular disease
- Blue tongue
- Classical swine fever
- African swine fever
- BVD-MD
- Ruminant mastitis
- Rabies
- Brucellosis
- Tubercolosis
- Anthrax
- Tetanus
- notifiable fish diseases
- Poxvirus infections
- Rift Valley Fever
- foodborne zoonosis
- viral respiratory diseases
- viral enteric diseases
- Rift Valley Fever
- PPRS
- Small ruminant lentivirus infection
Readings/Bibliography
- Farina R., Scatozza F., Malattie Infettive degli animali, UTET, Torino 1998.
- Gillespie J.H., Timoney J.F., Malattie infettive degli animali domestici, Editoriale Grasso, Bologna 1992.
- suggested readings
Teaching methods
individual study, frontal lessons with active discussions video and discussion of real-life cases and exercises
Assessment methods
written test
Teaching tools
For each disease, film and case studies will be discussed use of moodle e-learning platform, online exercise
Links to further information
https://elearning-cds.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Alessandra Scagliarini