52432 - Infectious Diseases, Prophylaxis and Police Employed in Veterinary Health and Hygiene Surveillance

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. Students are able to identify factors that influence the health and well-being and socio-political and economic dimensions of the transmissible diseases of animals and humans.

 

Course contents

At the end of the course the students are able to interpret the role of international and national institutions for the protection of the welfare and health of animals and humans. They are also able to define the sequence and hierarchy of actions aimed at implementing health plans in ordinary or emergency situations. With regard to epidemic diseases, students will learn to evaluate the most appropriate preventive measures to avoid the emergence of outbreaks in a herd or in a territory. With regard to endemic diseases, students are able to identify and discuss the most appropriate control and prophylaxis measures to limit their economic impact. The practical exercises are aimed at solving a concrete problem of health risk, resulting in the trade of animals and their products, by developing the analysis of import risk according to the method described by the OIE and quantitatively estimating the risk. Students get to know the organization and role of national and international animal health institutions: International Governance, National Governance, National Emergency Plan.They know the role and interactions of organizations that, in different ways, deal with animal and human health: OIE, WHO, EFSA and FAO. The latter also for aspects related to the role of the veterinary profession in reducing hunger and promoting sustainable production. The students understand the importance of  multistakeholders partnerships and shared responsibilities to promote health and sustainable development. They know some examples of global partnerships made by international organizations working together to reduce the economic and social impact of diffusive diseases. They understand the importance of global cooperation in the scientific field for the dissemination and sharing of health data and to promote capacity building in the field of prevention and control of communicable diseases in developing countries.The students get to know the etiopathogenesis, the symptomatology and the diagnosis; epidemiology and are able discuss the principles of biosecurity;  the national and European legislation, define and motivate the actions to be taken in case of outbreak of the following contagious and diffusive diseases: Foot and mouth disease, vesicular disease, Classical swine fever, African swine fever. The students get to know the etiopathogenesis, the symptomatology and the diagnosis, epidemiology and are able to discuss the principles of biosecurity; they know the national and European legislation and define and motivate the actions to be taken in case of an outbreak of the following emerging diseases: Rift Valley, FeverLumpy skin disease and ovi-goat smallpox, Peste dei piccoli. ruminants. Students get to  know the etiopathogenesis, the symptomatology and the diagnosis of the following diseases transmissible to humans (zoonoses):  Rabies, Zoonotic Poxvirus Infections, Brucellosis, Tuberculosis, Carbonchio, .

Readings/Bibliography

Material provided by the teacher and available on Moodle at the link https://iol.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=12924

Teaching methods

individual study, frontal lessons with active discussions of  video and real-life cases and exercises.

Assessment methods

Written examination including 6 open questions lasting 2 hours. The exam aims at  evaluating the critical and methodological skills acquired by the student during the course. Each answer will be scored with a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 5 on the basis of the following criteria:

1) Students who acquired skills to identify and handle the core ideas and cultural areas of the discipline will be acknowledged with a high positive marks.

2)Students achieving an organic view of the issues addressed during lectures and discussion, demonstrating a mastery with specific terminology and conceptual framework of the discipline,  will be assessed with marks of excellence.

3) Lack of concision and the usage of inappropriate language and terminology will lead to a fair evaluation; knowledge gaps and inappropriate language - although in a context of acceptable knowledge - will not go beyond the grade threshold".

4) Knowledge gaps, inappropriate language, and lack of any overall view of the basic issues discussed during the course that will lead to an insufficient assessment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching tools

For each topic discussed, online verification activities (QUIZLET and similar), e-learing modle platform https://iol.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=12924, film presentations and case studies with discussion are planned.

Links to further information

https://elearning-cds.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Scagliarini