Farm Animal and Equine Internal Medicine II

Code:

MV428

Acronym:

MIEPE II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Clinical Sciences

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Veterinary Clinics
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Masters Degree in Veterinary Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMV	65	Official Study Plan	4	-	5	70	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Objectives:

- To provide students information about etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of farm animals diseases

- To inform students about the impact of these diseases in the farm economy and how appropriate measures can reduce or eliminate that impact

Learning outcomes and competences

Skills:

- To identify the main diseases that affect farm animals

- To detect farm management errors that can originate disease and economical losses

- Guidelines to effectively elucidate the farmer about these diseases and their consequences

 

Attitude:

- Understand the role of a Veterinary Doctor in the food animal business
- Use of team work to solve problems and to protect animal welfare.

Working method

À distância

Program

Dairy cow comfort
Dry cow management
Transition cows management
Post-partum uterine infections
Mastitis in dairy herds
Sub-acute ruminal acidosis in cattle
Diseases of the digestive tract in ruminants
Mycotoxicosis in ruminants
Lameness in cattle
Metabolic diseases in ruminants
Respiratory diseases in ruminants
Urinary diseases in ruminants
Skin diseases in ruminants
Cardiovascular diseases in ruminants
Neurological disorders in ruminants
Colostrum management in dairy farms

Mandatory literature

Simon F. Peek & Thomas J. Divers; Rebhun’s Diseases of Dairy Cattle, Saunders- ELSEVIER, 2018. ISBN: 9780323390552
David E. Anderson, Michael Rings; Current Veterinary Therapy: Food Animal Practice, 5e, David E. Anderson, Michael Rings, 2008. ISBN: 978-1416035916
Cockcroft Peter D. 340; Bovine medicine. ISBN: 978-1-4443-3643-6
Roger Blowey, Peter Edmondson; Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds, Cabi, 2010. ISBN: 978-1845935504
Radostits Otto M.; Herd health. ISBN: 0-7216-7694-4
Youngquist Robert S.; Current therapy in large animal theriogenology. ISBN: 978-0-7216-9323-1
Naylor Jonathan M.; Large animal clinical nutrition. ISBN: 0-8016-2902-0
Rosenberger, G. Dirksen, G., Grunder,H.D., Stober, M.; Medicina Interna y Cirurgia del Bovino 4ª edição, INTER-MEDICA, 2005
Paul R. Greenough; Bovine Laminitis and Lameness: A Hands on Approach, Elsevier Limited, 2007. ISBN: 978 0 7020 2780 2
Sarel van Amstel & Jan Shearer; Manual for Treatment and Control of Lameness in Cattle, Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-8138-1418-6
Victoria L. Cooper & Bruce W. Brodersen; Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice - Bovine Respiratory Disease, Elsevier Saunders, 2010. ISBN: 9781437725049
Herdt, T. H.; Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice - Metabolic Disorders of Ruminants, Elsevier, 2000
Graham R. Duncanson; Veterinary Treatment of Sheep and Goats, CABI, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-78064-003-7
Nigel B. Cook & Kenneth V. Nordlund; Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice - Managing the Transition Cow to Optimize Health and Productivity, Elsevier Saunders, 2004
Sandra Godden & Sheila M. McGuirk ; Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice - Dairy Heifer Management, Elsevier Inc. , 2008

Comments from the literature

The bibliography consists in book and scientific papers, all of which will be provided by the teaching staff

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures:

Used mainly to support the independent study of students. Main subjects of course will be presented and discussed with the help of Power Point presentations and videos.

Practical lectures:

These classes will consist in the simulation of clinical cases in farms. The objective is to provide students with the ability to perform a diagnosis, to choose an adequate therapy and to suggest control measures.

keywords

Health sciences > Medical sciences > Veterinary medicine > Viral pathogens of animals
Health sciences > Medical sciences > Veterinary medicine > Fungal pathogens of animals
Natural sciences > Agrarian Sciences > Zootechnics > Meat producing animals
Natural sciences > Agrarian Sciences > Zootechnics > Wool producing animals
Natural sciences > Agrarian Sciences > Zootechnics > Dairy animals
Health sciences > Medical sciences > Veterinary medicine > Animal health
Health sciences > Medical sciences > Veterinary medicine > Bacterial pathogens of animals

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	35,00
Frequência das aulas	70,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend, at least, 9 of the presented practical classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

PARTIAL EXAM:

All students are given the opportunity to attend a theoretical partial exam (written) in the week of mid-term evaluations (intercalary evaluations).

This partial exam will be worth 8 points. In the final theoretical exam, and if a minimum score of 3.8 is obtained in the partial exam, the student will be granted the choice to perform a partial exam comprising only the remaining theoretical contents. In this case, the contents to be evaluated in the final exam will be worth 12 points, with 5.7 as the minimum approval grade. These conditions apply to both first and second exam seasons.


FINAL THEORETICAL EXAM:

All students, who attended at least 9 of the presented practical classes, can perform the final theoretical exam, which will be worth 20 points, 100% of the final grade.

If the student wants to perform the entire final exam (worth 20 points), even having previously obtained a minimum grade (3.8 points) in the mid-term evaluation, the Teacher must be informed, at least, one week before the final exam. If not, only the remaining (not yet assessed) theoretical component (worth 12 points, ​​with 5.7 as the minimum grade) will be performed.

Regardless of the exam season (Mid-term, First or Second), the student will only obtain approval for each of the parts with the respective minimum grades, 3.8 ​​in the first and 5.7 ​​in the second. Therefore, matching or exceeding the minimum grades for both parts is mandatory in order to obtain approval in the Curricular Unit.

Examinations or Special Assignments

There will be 8 queries and students must answer at least 6. If they do not reach this number of queries, they will not be entitled to the 2 points ​​of the final grade reserved for this purpose. If they deliver 6 or more, they must indicate to the teacher which 4 they want to be evaluated. Each evaluated query will contribute up to 0.5 points of the final grade, in a total of 2 possible points ​​for the 4 selected.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with special needs should contact the Teacher in order to solve these types of situations

Classification improvement

In both exam seasons, First and Second, the improvement of the classification can be carried out in both parts or only in one of the two parts of the exam.

If the student wants to perform the entire final exam (worth 20 points), even having previously obtained a minimum grade (3.8 points) in the mid-term evaluation, the Teacher must be informed, at least, one week before the final exam.

Observations

During the period of prophylactic isolation, classes will be throughat distance learning using the Zoom platform. The group queries planned for the face-to-face classes were replaced by individual queries.

The previous distribution for the calculation of the final classification has been changed to the following format:

- Exam by Prof. Carla Mendonça - 8 out of 20 points (3.8 points will allow the exemption of evaluation of this theoretical component)

- Exam by Prof. Paulo Cortez - 10 out of 20 points (4.75 points will allow the exemption of evaluation of this theoretical component)

- Queries related to 8 theoretical-practical classes by Paulo Cortez - 2 out of 20 points (if the student does not deliver at least 6 queries, he/she will not be entitled to these 2 points; each query of the 4 chosen by the student, will be rated from 0-0.5 values ​​for a possible total of 2 points)