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Internal Medicine, Herd Health I

Course developers

Prior knowledge

Ķīmi3016, Organic Chemistry

Vete4105, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology I

VeteB004, Anatomy of the Domestic Animals III

VeteB006, Forage Production and Animal Nutrition III

VeteB010, Physiology II

VeteB014, Animal Welfare, Environment Hygiene II

VeteB029, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics II

VeteB034, Internal Medicine, Herd Health II

VeteB041, Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine II

Replaced course

Vete4078 [GVET4082] Internal Medicine, Herd Health I

Course abstract

In this course students learn classification and definitions of internal diseases, epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, and clinical signs of diseases, diagnosis principles, prognosis and disease treatment and prevention options. The context of animal species in this section is not highlighted.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Knowledge of diseases causes, pathogenesis, clinical findings, treatment and prophylaxis of diseases; knowledge of clinical examination methods; knowledge of collection of anamnesis data, about application of clinical symptoms and results of laboratory analyses in the differential diagnosis of disease and about limitations of application of treated animal products in human nutrition; Tests (5)
Skills to communicate effectively with clients, to collect anamnesis data, to interpret results of clinical and laboratory examination for differentiation diagnosis of diseases, to establish diagnosis, providing first aid. Skills to perform herd health control, to detect herd health problems and recognize causes of them in production animal unites; to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in animal production unit: Seminars.
Competent to explain the pathogenesis of diseases; to establish diagnosis; to create a treatment plan of different diseases: Seminars. Student’s presentations.

Course Content(Calendar)

1. Introduction. Classification of cardiovascular disease. Pathophysiology of circulatory failure. (4h)
2. Pericardial diseases. Myocardial diseases. (4h)
3. Diseases of endocardium. Inherited cardiac defects. (4h)
Test
4. Classification of respiratory diseases. Pathophysiology of respiratory insufficiency. (4h)
5. Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. (4h)
6. Lung Parenchymal Diseases. Pleuritis (4h)
Test
7. Classification of diseases of the digestive system. Pathogenesis of alimentary dysfunction. (4h)
8. Oral, throat and oesophagus diseases. Stomach disorders. (4h)
9. Gastrointestinal diseases. Ileus. Disease of Liver. Icterus. (4h)
10. Hepatic failure. Peritoneal diseases. (4h)
Test
11. Classification of urinary tract disorders. Kidney failure. Uraemia. (4h)
12. Diseases of kidney. Disorders of Urinary Tract. (4h)
Test
13. Classification of neurologic diseases. Epilepsy. (4h)
14. Encephalitis. Meningitis. (4h)
15. Classification of haemopoetic disorders. Pathophysiology of anaemia. Post-haemorrhagic anaemia. (4h)
16. Haemolytic anaemia. Deficiency-induced anaemia. Aplastic anaemia. (4h)
Test

Requirements for awarding credit points

Colloquiums must be passed with a successful grade in order to get the final grade of the study course "passed". Absence of practical work is not more than 30% of the total number of lessons. If missed practical works are more than 30% of the total number of lessons, then the course must be repeated.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Students are provided with access to e-learning materials. Throughout the semester, student practice is organized at the MPS “Vecauce” (Clinical practice I), thus ensuring the theoretical knowledge is strengthened in practice, ensuring the acquisition of practical clinical skills. During the study course, each student prepares a presentation on one of the current topics, optionally, which has not been widely discussed in the lectures and presents it during the seminar in front of the group. Assessment of the presentation is accepted as an equal mark for the current topic in the test.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

Students' knowledge and skills are assessed in accordance with the procedures specified in the tasks of the practical works. Tests is evaluated in accordance with the 10 points system scale criteria indicated in the LBTU Study Regulations

Compulsory reading

1. Radostits O.M. , Gay C.C., Hinchcliff K.W., Constable P.D. A text book of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats. 10nd ed. Edinburg: Saunders, Elsevier, 2008. 1548 p.
2. Radostitis O. M. Herd Health: Food Production Animal Medicine. 3rd Edition. Edinburg: Saunders, 2001. 885 p.
3. S. Reed, W. Bayly, D. Sellon. Saunders, Equine Internal Medicine. 4th edition, 2017.
4. Smith B.P. Large Animal Internal Medicine. 6h Edition. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. 2016
5.Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine, 2 Volume Set David Bruyette (Editor) ISBN: 978-1-118-49703-6 March 2020 Wiley-Blackwell 1712 Pages
6. Radositis O.M., Blood D.C., Gay C.C. Veterinary Medicine. 10-th edition. Bailliere Tindall, 2006. 1435 p.

Further reading

1. Kahn M.C., Line S. The Merck Veterinary Manual. 2010
2. Meyer D., Harvey J.W. Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Interpretation and Diagnosis. 3rd ed. 2004. 532 lpp
3. Helio Autran de Morais, Stephen P. DiBartol Advances in Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-base Disorders, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice. 2017,Elsevier, 364 p.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Wiley Blackwel. ISSN: 1939-1676
2. The Veterinary Journal. ISSN 1090-0233
3. LLU Fundamentālās bibliotēkas abonēto avotu adatu bāze

Notes

Compulsory course of second cycle professional study programme Veterinary medicine