Control of Infectious Diseases and Population Control

Code:

MAAC01

Acronym:

CDICP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Veterinary sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - A (of 18-09-2023 to 31-05-2024)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Imuno-Physiology and Pharmacology
Course/CS Responsible:	Specialization in Shelter Medicine and Companion Animals Welfare

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MABEAC	88	Oficial plan since 2023	1	-	23	168	621

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim is for trainees to develop critical thinking skills in the areas of shelter medicine and companion animals welfare.

The training sessions will focus on the development of knowledge, skills and competences related to animal welfare assessment, population control, sterilization and handling techniques for spayed/neutered dogs and cats, as well as strategies for civil society awareness for themes such as abandonment and mistreatment of companion animals.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the training, municipal veterinarians should know how to:

Manage infectious diseases, prophylaxis, outbreaks and appropriate treatment (nosocomial);

Understand and adapt anesthetic protocols to the animals to be treated.

Perform pre-surgical procedures (clinical assessment), surgical procedures (Ovariohysterectomy in dogs and cats and (Ovariohysterectomy in female dogs and cats and Orchiectomy in dogs and cats), and post-surgical procedures and monitoring, which are fundamental for abandoned animals population control;

Correctly approach trauma.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Infection prevention: The importance of biosafety in prophylaxis plans to prevent diseases and contain outbreaks;


• Infection control: Emerging infections;


• Clinical bacteriology;


• Empirical and precision antibiotic therapy;


• Investigation of clones in care centers.


• Prevention of antimicrobial resistance: From the discovery of antibiotics to the nightmare of resistance;


• Pharmacological classes of antimicrobials;


• Types of resistance;


• The ecological knowledge of resistance as a basis for the prudent prescription of antimicrobials;


• Resistance dissemination routes;


• The origin of resistance genes;


• Anti-biotherapy as a risk of infection;


• Judicious use of antimicrobials;


• Legal enforcement;


• EMA and WHO standards;


• Mechanisms of transmission;


• Canine infectious disease complex:
  
  
  
  • Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases (Parvovirosis, Coronavirus, Intestinal parasites);
  
  
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases (Canine Adenovirus, Parainfluenza Virus, Respiratory Coronavirus, Herpesvirus).
  
  
  
  


• Feline Infectious Diseases Complex:
  
  
  
  • Gastrointestinal Tract Diseases (Panleukopenia, Coronavirus and Intestinal Parasites);
  
  
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases (Herpesvirus and Calicivirus);
  
  
  • Skin Diseases.
  
  
  
  


• Pre-surgical assessment;


• Ovariohysterectomy (bitches and cats);


• Orchiectomy (dogs and cats);


• Pediatric sterilization (pros and cons);


• Surgical preparation of the veterinarian, patient and surgical instruments;


• Monitoring the patient under anesthesia;


• Anesthetic protocols;


• Anesthesia (induction of anesthesia, Fixed A. and Volatile A.);


• Postoperative period;


• Pain management;


• Ear cutting


• Proper use of antibiotic therapy;


• Protocols for:
  
  
  
  • savaged animals;
  
  
  • shelter medicine;
  
  
  • diseases
  
  
  • shelter medicine;
  
  
  • infectious diseases.
  
  
  
  

Correct approach when facing trauma

Mandatory literature

Theresa Welch Fossum; Small Animal Surgery 5th Edition

Complementary Bibliography

Douglas Slatter ; Textbook of Small Animal Surger 3rd Edition

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes will be taught in b-learning format and practical classes and anesthesia and surgery practical classes will be taught in face-to-face format. The latter will be used for training and perfecting techniques in a surgical operating room environment.

Evaluation Type

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	453,00
Frequência das aulas	168,00
Total:	621,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending a minimum of 2/3 of the practical classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification obtained in the final exam assessment. Passing the subject implies a classification equal to or greater than 9.5 points (out of 20 points) in the final exam.