Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502445 Veterinary Medicine | OB | 3 | 2 |
There are no official prerequisites, but having sufficient knowledge of anatomy (morphology), physiology, ethology, protection and animal management, pathology, nutrition, reproduction, pharmacology, production, health and animal welfare is recommended.
The ability to observe and relate to the acquired knowledge in other subjects is very important.
Located in the second semester of the third year, it is an obligatory subject that introduces student into diseases of ruminants, pigs and rabbits. The different nutritional and management causes that can affect health negatively are individually and collectively studied. The methods of diagnosis, prevention, medical, surgical, dietary management that are necessary to solve problems will be determined.
Formative objectives:
- Understanding the basic concepts and methodology used in the study of the most frequent diseases of medical, food, environmental or management origin
- Understanding the pathogenic mechanisms, which will be the basis for the correct understanding and interpretation of different diseases
- Making a differential diagnosis based on the signs and injuries observed in animals.
- Developing a prevention and treatment program
In this subject, it will be studied the main diseases which origin can be of food, environment, facilities and management that affect the correct hormonal and functional activity of ruminants, pigs and rabbits, from the point of view of collectivity and with productive purpose.
Theory (29 hours)
Bovine (50%):
- Digestive diseases
- Reproductive pathology
- Pathology of the mammary gland
- Neonatal problems
- Metabolic and nutritional diseases
- Foot pathology. Lameness
- Other diseases of clinical interest and derivatives of management
Sheep and goats (10%):
- Digestive, metabolic and nutrition diseases
- Reproductive and mammary pathology
- Neonatal pathology
- Other diseases of clinical interest and derivatives of management
Porcine (30%):
- Digestive, metabolic and nutrition diseases
- Reproductive and mammary pathology
- Pathology of the neonate piglet and
-Other diseases of clinical interest and derivatives of management
Rabbits (10%):
- Digestive, metabolic and nutrition diseases
- Reproductive and mammary pathology
- Other diseases of clinical interest and derivatives of management
PRACTICE: 35.5h
1- Ruminants (29h):
A) Clinical cases - Simulations in the classroom: 5.5h
B) Obstetrics practices with mannequins: 2h, T. Rigau
C) Clinical practice: 21.5h
2- Rabbits (3,5h):
A) Clinical practice:
3- Porcine (3h):
A) Seminars:
B) Laboratory practice :
The course is composed of the following activities:
1. Lectures:
The student acquires the knowledge of the subject by attending the theoretical classes and complementing them with self-study of the exposed subjects. Although the theoretical classes are conceived as a unidirectional method of transmitting the teacher's knowledge to the student, it allows to establish direct questions for the students and create discussion.
2. Classroom practices and Seminars:
Classroom practices and seminars are sessions with a dual purpose. It allows deeply work with more knowledge exposed in the lectures and possibility to discuss the results obtained in the requested works, in small groups.
3. Tutorials:
The tutorials allow establishing a direct dialogue between student and teacher in which the orientation and motivation to self-study are emphasized.
4. Clinical practices, necropsies and farm assistance:
The pedagogical proposal consists in creating the atmosphere and experience that is motivating and interesting for learning. The student will develop the ability to observe and to integrate their knowledge. The practical sessions serve to apply and remember the knowledge acquired through the theoretical classes, practices and seminars. In necropsy lectures, the correct and systematic autopsy of animal, sample collection and ability to issue relevant reports will be taught. The ambulatory clinics and farm assistance with the professor provides students with a real and direct vision of the livestock in the farms and the role of veterinarian in the real environment.
5. Self-study:
Theoretical contents are exposed through the resolution of problems or clinical cases ("problem based learning") that the student has to develop. The objectives and methodology that have to be achieved by students are presented to them. The achievement of the proposed objectives depends on ability of each student, who establishes their rhythm of learning in the resolution of problems and clinical cases.
The study material used for the subject will be available in the Virtual Campus. This platform will be also used as a mechanism for documents and information exchange between teachers and students.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Bovine ambulatory clinics, farm assistance and intramural clinical practices | 25 | 1 | 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, 22, 23, 4, 26 |
Laboratory and Classrooms practices | 7 | 0.28 | 10, 18, 15, 16, 22, 23 |
Lectures | 29 | 1.16 | 2, 27, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 21, 15, 16, 19, 17, 25, 22, 24, 23, 28 |
Seminars and presentation of clinical cases | 3.5 | 0.14 | 27, 5, 6, 9, 13, 21, 15, 16, 17, 23 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 7, 4, 26, 14 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Self-learning cases | 32.5 | 1.3 | 1, 27, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 21, 15, 22, 23, 26, 14 |
Study time | 45 | 1.8 | 27, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 21, 15, 16, 19, 17, 20, 25, 22, 24, 23 |
Videos | 4 | 0.16 | 6, 12, 22 |
1- Two written partial exams:
- Evaluation of theoretical and practical knowledge
- Four options multiple choice test, incorrect answered questions subtract 0.33 each
- Overall exam score (75%) = 45% of the first partial and 30% of the second partial
- Grade to pass a partial and the final exam is 5, that has to be able to compensate between two partials, the grade of the suspended partial exam must be equal or higher than 4.75.
- Students who will absent exam will be considered as not submitted.
2- Ambulatory clinics and intramural practices, continuous evaluation will be performed by
- Evaluation based on the student's attitude and participation
- Percentage of the qualification = 5%
- The absence not justified the practices subtracts 0.25 of the final grade.
- The absence not justified to ambulatory clinics subtracts 0.5 from the final grade.
3- Evaluation of clinical cases and self-study:
- Evaluation of clinical problems resolution, both oral and written communication
- Percentage of the qualification = 20%
- If there is not presentation of self-study or clinical cases adds 0 in the calculation of the average grade of the works and calculation of the percentage
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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2 partial exams | 45% 1st partial and 30% 2nd partial | 2 | 0.08 | 27, 5, 6, 10, 9, 11, 12, 13, 21, 18, 15, 16, 19, 17, 20, 25, 22, 24, 23 |
Attitude during practices, ambulatory clínics and presentation of clinical cases | 5% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 14 |
Self-study cases and clinical cases presentation | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 15, 16, 19, 17, 22, 24, 23, 4, 26, 28, 14 |
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