Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Veterinary Science (Volume 4 page 251)
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Year 4 Veterinary Science.
Coordinator: Mr K E Harrigan.
Contact: 53 hours of lectures.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
At the end of this course students should:
- be aware of the management and welfare issues associated with the keeping of pigs, poultry and other birds;
- be aware of the variety of diseases affecting pigs, poultry and other birds;
- understand the factors influencing outbreaks of disease in herds/flocks and/or individual animals;
- be able to suggest a probable diagnosis/differential diagnosis from the history, epidemiology, clinical signs and gross post-mortem lesions;
- be able to recommend appropriate ancillary tests to facilitate a definitive diagnosis and prognosis;
- be able to specify appropriate therapy or other course of action for affected herds/flocks and/or individual animals;
- be able to recommend appropriate measures for disease control and/or prevention; and
- know the statutory regulations applicable to the husbandry, welfare, disease control and use of therapeutic substances/vaccines in these animals.
Content:
Clinical signs, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and epizootiology of diseases in individual animals as well as affected herds/flocks. Swine and poultry management; nutrition, preventive medicine. Swine and poultry industries. Cage and aviary birds.
Assessment:
A 3-hour written examination and two 20-minute oral examinations in the examination period of the final clinical year.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Veterinary Science (Volume 4 page 251)
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