03816 - Veterinary Surgery

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Luciano Pisoni (Modulo 1) Alessandro Spadari (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8617)

Learning outcomes

knowledge on surgical clinical methodology by means of direct observation of clinical cases involving all the aspects necessary to reacha dignosis and treatment.

At the end the student is able to recongnize the most common pathologies of surgical interest, give proper diagnosis prognosis and therapy

 

Course contents

CLINICA CHIRURGICA 2

presentation of specific surgical clinical cases in large animals or new more complex clinical situation not described in the previuos courses of pathology.

Readings/Bibliography

Equine clinic:

•Auer & Stick, Equine Surgery.

•Ross & Dyson, Diagnosis and management of Lameness in horse 2°ed.

•Adams & Stashak, Lameness in horse 6°ed.

•Mc Ilwraith &Turner. Equine surgery – Advanced techniques 2°ed.

Bovine clinic:

•Fubini Ducharme, Farm Animal Surgery

•Dirksen, Medicina interna e chirurgia del bovino

Teaching methods

- Lectures 15 hours (presentation and discussion of clinical cases)

- Practical teaching for 4 groups – 8 hours (2hx4 days):

    Bovine podology

    Horse castration

    Limb surgeries

    Head surgery

Assessment methods

Oral exam with calendarization on Almaesami website

Teaching tools

PDF of lectures and practical teaching on the website Virtuale Unibo

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Spadari

See the website of Luciano Pisoni