Learning objectives
To provide fundamental knowledge on animal physiology
Course unit content
THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Major aspects. The pumping function of the heart. Cardiac output Blood vessels and pressure.
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
Major aspects. The airways. The lungs. Ventilation. Gas Exchange. Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. Regulation of respiration.
PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE .Structures of skeletal muscles and skeletal muscle cells.Motor unit.Contraction mechanism. Isotonic and isometric contraction. Control of contraction. Mechanical properties of skeletal muscles. Smooth muscle: major aspects.
PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE: major aspects.
THE KIDNEYS AND URINARY TRACT: regulation of volume and osmolarity of body fluids, regulation of acid-base balance
PRINCIPLES OF ENDOCRINOLOGY: hormones and endocrine glands.
THE BONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM: bone physiology and regulation of calcium and phosphate
REPRODUCTION:Physiology of the male and female genital tracts and endocrine regulation of reproductive events
PHYSIOLOGY OF LACTATION
Bibliography
• "Fisiologia degli animali domestici",Sjaastad, Sand, Hove, Edizione italiana,Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
• J.G. CUNNINGHAM "MANUALE DI FISIOLOGIA VETERINARIA" , ANTONIO DELFINO EDITORE;
• GUYTON AND HALL "FISIOLOGIA MEDICA", PICCIN, PADOVA;
• M.J. SWENSON, W.O. REECE "DUKE'S FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI DOMESTICI", IDELSON-GNOCCHI, NAPOLI;
• G. AGUGGINI, V. BEGHELLI, L.F. GIULIO " FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI DOMESTICI CON ELEMENTI DI ETOLOGIA", UTET,TORINO;
• SHERWOOD, ANDORF, YANCEY "FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI- DAI GENI AGLI ORGANISMI.
Teaching methods
theorical and practical lecture
