250-411 Clinical Sciences 11: Diseases of Pigs and Birds

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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.

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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.

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