Learning objectives
The teaching of "Clinical Equine Semeiotics" has as its primary purpose that of providing students with the necessary knowledge in the evaluation of equids to evaluate the physiological state of the animal and to identify a possible pathological situation with a view to helping the Veterinary Doctor in issue a correct diagnosis. In particular, the student should be able to:
1) Know how to restrain equidae, understand and develop a general and particular objective examination. Be able to understand and use the scientific terminology of the discipline (knowledge and understanding).
2) To be able to use the knowledge acquired in normal horse rearing and athletic training situations as well as in emergency situations, in subjects of different age groups (ability to apply knowledge and understanding).
3) At the end of the lessons, the student will have to demonstrate that he is able to perform a correct semeiological examination on the equine. Not only that, to have understood the knowledge relating to the various topics covered during the theoretical and theoretical-practical lessons, and to know how to correlate them at the various organizational levels and to know how to integrate and manage them in interdisciplinary areas (autonomy of judgment).
4) The student must demonstrate the ability to clearly communicate the knowledge learned using a language that is always appropriate to the interlocutors (communication).
5) In addition to demonstrating the ability to correlate, integrate and manage the knowledge imparted in interdisciplinary areas, the student must demonstrate that he has developed skills that make him autonomous in the self-management of knowledge (learning ability).
Course unit content
Signalling, medical history, equine registry, horse biosecurity and restraint, physical exam (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation), general physical examination (vital signs – body temperature, pulse and breathing, mental status and behavior, attitudes, distinctive signs and facies , Skeletal constitution and development, Nutritional status, weight, tone and muscular trophism, Explorable mucous membranes, Skin, subcutaneous tissue and hydration status, Explorable lymph nodes, General organic functions and animal well-being), particular objective examination (cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system examination, visual system, integumentary system, locomotor system, evaluation of the newborn and foal, administration of drugs, evaluation of the hemogram and biochemical-clinical tests
Bibliography
Lais R. R. Costa, Mary Rose Paradis. Manual of Clinical Procedures in the Horse. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017
Teaching methods
The teacher expects to carry out frontal lessons both theoretical and directly on the animal, summarized by practical exercises where the learner will implement the notions previously acquired
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment of the achievement of the objectives set by the course involves a single exam consisting of a practical test with the animal followed by an oral exam. The aim of the exam is to ascertain whether the student has achieved the objective of knowledge, understanding of the contents, the ability to apply the knowledge acquired, to know how to communicate it adequately and to know how to use it extensively independently.
The result of the exam is associated with the global evaluation of the answers given by the students to the proposed topics; a single seriously insufficient answer invalidates the exam. The final mark, the result of the average of the evaluations, is expressed in thirtieths.
Students diagnosed with specific learning disabilities (DSA), certified in accordance with law n° 170/2010 will be granted the concessions provided for by law.
