20091 - Veterinary Hygiene

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student acquires basic notions relating to the most important infectious diseases for animal production, and in particular with reference to the interaction between the etiological agent, host and environment, to the immune response developed by the host, to the environmental risk and control and eradication plans. In particular, the student is able to collaborate with public and private veterinarians regarding: - the sanitary management of animal populations; - the control of agents transmissible from animals to humans; - to prevent the spread of infections in populations

Course contents

Infection, disease, zoonosis. Determinants of disease: host, agent, environment and their interaction. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of pathogen agents. Bacteria and viruses as pathogens. Antigen and antibody. Innate and adaptive immunity. Humoral and cell-mediated immune response. Natural and artificial, active and passive immunization. Vaccines. Direct and indirect prophylaxis. Control and elimination programs. Diseases and veterinary legislation. Vesicular Diseases. Paratubercolosis. Brucellosis. Mastitis. Respiratory infections. Aujeszky Disease. Blue Tongue. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. Rabbit diseases. Welfare of pig breeding.

Readings/Bibliography

Slides uploaded by the teacher on the Virtuale platform.

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson.

Assessment methods

Oral exam, aimed at evaluating the acquired knowledge. The exam topics will be specified to the students at the beginning of the course and will exclusively concern the didactic material uploaded on Virtual. The test involves a vote.

 

Evaluation criteria:

A very thorough knowledge of the topics addressed in the course, together with high skills of critical analysis, connection and a sure command of specific terminology will be evaluated with the maximum score (30-30L).

 

A thorough knowledge of the topics addressed in the course, together with good analytical and critical skills and the possession of a sure command of specific terminology will be evaluated with good marks (27-29).

 

A technically adequate preparation and a sufficient analytical capacity, even if not particularly articulated, expressed in a correct language, will produce fair evaluations (23-26).

 

Sufficient preparation and analytical skills, expressed in a language that is barely formally correct, will determine the sufficiency (18-22).

 

The final grade of the I.C. represents the weighted average of the final assessments of the two courses that make it up, taking into account the number of credits for each course. The assessments obtained in the various tests have no expiry date.

 

Students with DISABILITY or SLD who require adaptations to teaching during the lesson phase or in the final assessment phase, must contact the teacher by email, entering the reference staff of the appropriate DISABILITY or SLD service from which they followed.

Teaching tools

Audiovisival aids.

Office hours

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