- Docente: Elena Catelli
- Credits: 3
- SSD: VET/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8617)
Learning outcomes
After completing of the course the student knows the main poultry diseases, biosecurity measures and vaccination plans applied to poultry. He will be able: to make diagnosis of the major poultry diseases, to set up biosecurity program and define specific vaccination programs for poultry.
Course contents
Biosecurity. Vaccines and vaccination in poultry. Viral
diseases: Paramyxovirus infections (Newcastle Disease), Avian
influenza, Infectious bronchitis, infectious laringotracheitis,
Avian metapneumovirus infections, Gumboro disease, Avian poxvirus
infections, Marek disease and retrovirus infections, avian
encefalomielitis, Infectious anemia, Adenovirus infections.
Outlines of other virsl diseases. Bacterial diseases:
Salmonellosis, Colibacillosis, Fowl Colera and other diseases
caused by pasteurellaceae; Infectious Coryza; Avian Tubercolosis,
Mycoplasmosis, Clostridiosis. Outlines of other bacterial
diseases. Parasitic diseases: Coccidiosis, Histomoniasis,
Trichomoniasis; Ectoparasites, Worms. Outlines of fungal diseases
and micotoxicosis.
Outlines of vitamin deficincy and noninfectious diseses.
Readings/Bibliography
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Power Point files https://campus.cib.unibo.it/
- Asdrubali G e Fioretti A. - Manuale di Patologia Aviare- Le Point Veterinaire Italie - Milano, 2009.
- Diseases of Poultry, 13th Edition- David E. Swayne (Editor-in-Chief), J. R. Glisson (Associate Editor), L. R. McDougald (Associate Editor), L. K. Nolan (Associate Editor), D. L. Suarez (Associate Editor), V. L. Nair (Associate Editor) Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
- Diseases of Poultry, 12th Edition - Saif Y.M. (Editor-in-Chief), Fadly A.M., Glisson J. R. , McDougald L.R., Nolan L.K., Swyne D.E. (Associate Editors), Wiley-Blackwell, June 2008.
- Pattison M., McMullin P., Bradbury J., Alexander D., Poultry Diseases, 6th Edition.,Saunders Ltd, 2007.
- Calnek B.W, Barnes H.J., Beard C.W., Mc Dougald L.R. and Saif Y.M. Patologia Aviare, 10a edizione. Ed. italiana a cura di Quaglio G., Gallazzi D., Cerruti Sola S., Tacconi G., Camarda A. Capua I., Franciosi C. Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p.A., Padova, 2001.
- Randall C.J. A Cololour Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Domestic fowls and Turkeys. Mosby, 1990.
Link utili
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http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/#/
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http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/
Teaching methods
For each disease the aetiological, epidemiological , diagnostic and prophylactic aspects will be considered. The lectures will be supported by pictures of microcopic and macroscopic lesions, obtained from field outbreaks or experimental infections.
Assessment methods
Test by multiple-choice quizs + oral exam.
Teaching tools
Personal computer and projector
Office hours
See the website of Elena Catelli