VETERINARY MEDICAL CLINIC
cod. 03815

Academic year 2008/09
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
Paolo MARTELLI
integrated course unit
5 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

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Course unit content

<br />Sindromes of food animals (large animals) in intensive herds. Clinical examination of pig and cattle farms. Dairy Cattle internal medicine: Metabolic and nutritional disorders. Ruminal Acidosis, Indigestion, Abomasal disorders. Nervous system diseases. Mastitis and problems correlated with milking equipment. Laminitis. Metabolic profile and clinical pathology. <br />Pig internal medicine: Reproductive disorders (infectious and non infectious agents)- Porcine Parvovirus, leptospirosis. Respiratory diseases: PRDC, Enzootic pneumoniae, Atrofic rhinitis, Swine Influenza, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndorme (PRRS), Aujeszky's disease. Digestive disorders in suckling piglets, weaned pigs and fatteners - Swine disentery, Ileitis, Colitis. Neonatal diseases. Mastitis and PPDS in sow.

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Bibliography

 <br />BALLARINI G.: Malattie respiratorie dei bovini, Edagricole, Bologna, 1986.<br />BALLARINI G.: Malattie della vacca da latte ad alta produzione, Edagricole, Bologna, 1987.<br />BALLARINI G., MARTELLI P.: Clinica suina, Edagricole, Bologna, 1993.<br />MANUALE MERCK DI VETERINARIA - Edizione Italiana, Edizioni Agricole, Bologna, 1990.<br />RASSEGNE SCIENTIFICHE SU ARGOMENTI SPECIFICI<br /> 

Teaching methods

<br />Lectures and practicals. <br />Oral examination

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