Internal Medicine and Surgery of Farm Animals and Equines II

Code:

MV523

Acronym:

MCEPEII

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Clinical Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (of 17-02-2025 to 13-06-2025)

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	52	Official Study Plan	5	-	10	140	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objective of the discipline is to improve the student’s capacity to apply clinical procedures, as well as to develop clinical thinking and its application in real situations. The work with real cases in ambulatory clinics allows the development of clinical skills as well as communication skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student get to know diagnose, treat and prevent the major diseases affecting livestock species in Portugal. Should acquire even throughout the year the ability to relate the etiological factors of various pathologies individual and group in order to advise the producer to prevent and control or solve problems, seeking solutions to provide better cost benefit. The student should also strengthen and consolidate the knowledge aquiridos áreeas in public health and animal welfare.

Working method

Presencial

Program

CATTLE: Pathology related to feed, lameness, precision animal production. SMALL RUMINANTS: Lameness, pathology of the digestive system, metabolic diseases, pathology of the mammary gland and factors that affect the quality of milk, pathology of the respiratory system, dermatology. EQUINES: Lameness, pathology of the digestive system, pathology of the respiratory system.

Mandatory literature

Divers Thomas J.; Rebhun.s diseases of dairy cattle. ISBN: 978-1-4160-3137-6
Greenough Paul R. ed.; Lameness in cattle. ISBN: 0-7216-5205-0
Andrews A. H. 340; Bovine medicine. ISBN: 0-632-05596-0
Aitken I. D. 340; Diseases of sheep. ISBN: 978-14051-3414-9
Matthews John; Diseases of the goat. ISBN: 978-0-632-05167-0
Hinchcliff Kenneth W.; Equine sports medicine & surgery. ISBN: 978-0-7020-4771-8
Reed Stephen M.; Equine internal medicine. ISBN: 978-1-4610-5670-6
Orsini James A. 340; Equine emergencies. ISBN: 978-1-4557-0892-5
Sprayberry Kim A.; Robinson.s current therapy in equine medicine. ISBN: 978-1-4557-4555-5
Koterba Anne M. ed.; Equine clinical neonatology. ISBN: 0-8121-1184-2
Gilger Brian C.; Equine ophthalmology. ISBN: 0-7216-0522-2
Gary M Baxter; Adams' and Stashak lameness in horses, Willey, 2011. ISBN: 000-0813815495

Complementary Bibliography

Rose Reuben J.; Manual of equine practice. ISBN: 0-7216-3739-6

Comments from the literature

The bibliography is comprised of booksand scientific articles.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, discussion of real clinical cases, hands-on clinical training.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	85,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	5,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	82,00
Frequência das aulas	140,00
Trabalho de campo	24,00
Trabalho escrito	24,00
Total:	270,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance at least 75% of practical classes and in the ambulatory clinics

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation by final exam.
The exam will have a theoretical part (10 values) and a pratical component (7 values), plus 2 values to the field work evaluation.  Serpa visit has 1 value of classification. Both parts are eleminatory