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| VETE0086-2

 | Cattle farms visits

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| Duration : | 52,5h Clin. | |
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| Holder(s) : | Christian Hanzen, Frédéric Rollin | |
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| Course contents :
| Visits of dairy and beef farms of cattle due to :
- reproduction troubles;
- mastitis;
- neonatalogy troubles;
- nutritionnal troubles;
- metabolic troubles;
- pneumonia;
- lameness;
- insufficient production.
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| Course objective :
| To familiarize the students with the functioning of dairy and beef cattle farms.
To familiarize the students with the herd health management : production, reproduction and health.
Clinical examination of the herd.
Data collection and introduction in the software Gardian. | |
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| Prerequisites :
| Nearly all theoretical courses given in the Bachelor's degree and during the 1st and 2d years of Master are necessary prerequisites for this clinic. | |
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| Workshops :
| Without object. | |
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| Organization :
| Cattle farms visits : reproduction follow-up, problems resolution, scientific collaborators.
A supervised exercise will be given concerning the resolution of a problem of infecondity or udder health. | |
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| Written notes :
| A notebook "Herd Health Management" is available at the "Office des Cours" of the faculty of Veterinary medicine (B42). | |
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| Assessment :
| The evaluation of the students is organised as a written examination with multiple choice questions in connection with herd cases eventually illustrated by slides or short videos, together with the clinic for pigs and the clinic for ruminants, giving 2 different marks at the end of the year. | |
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| Contacts :
| Ch. Hanzen, (coordinator). E-mail : Christian.Hanzen@ulg.ac.be, Tel. 04/366.41.60, URL : http://www.fmv.ulg.ac.be/oga/
Frédéric Rollin (frollin@ulg.ac.be) Kamal Touati (kamal.touati@ulg.ac.be)
Secretary : Marie Delacroix, Tel. : 04/366 40 20. | |
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| Remarks :
| The attendance to this clinic is systematically verified. The cause of any absence must be communicated by phone before the beginning of the clinical activity. Otherwise, the absence will be considered as not justified. Not justified absences will be taken into account by the jury at the time of deliberation. | |
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