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| VETE0031-1 | General pathology of domestic animals
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| Duration : | 60h Th, 6h Pcl Pr. |
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| Holder(s) : | Freddy Coignoul |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course is divided in 3 sections and 15 chapters. It begins with a brief historical prospective of veterinary medicine (chapter 1) followed by general concepts such as health and diseases (chapter 2), nosology (chapter 3), lesions and disease processes (chapter 4) that compose the first section. The second section deals more specifically with general pathologic anatomy and with lesions. It starts with death, necropsies and associated procedures (chapter 5), degenerations and necroses (chapter 6), circulatory disturbances (chapter 7), inflammation (chapter 8), disturbances of tissues growth and organization (chapter 9), neoplasms (chapter 10), and finally disturbances of pigments metabolism, concretions and calculi (chapter 11). The last section, up to chapter 15, is mostly devoted to physiopathology. Successively, it covers icterus (chapter 12), uremia (chapter 13), stress (chapter 14) and end up with thermopathology (chapter 15). |
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| Course objective : | The general objective of the course is to prepare the student to be intellectually autonomous in medical reasoning and thinking. It is also to provide him with a global understanding of the main pathological mechanisms occurring in animals of veterinary interest. Among specific objectives stand the appreciation of animal disease based on underlying causes, lesions and physiopathologic processes, covering successively regressive, proliferative and inflammatory conditions. The acquisition and adequate proficiency in using the medical vocabulary, the theoretical initiation to clinical thinking, from anamnesis to prognosis, necropsy techniques and reports, are also included in the course. |
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| Prerequisites : | To sign for this course, students must have a sufficient competency in the scientific fields that compose the 1st three years program of bachelor in veterinary medicine. In particular, adequate knowledge must be guaranteed in cell biology, anatomy - gross and microscopic - biochemistry, physiology, microbiology and parasitology. A good understanding of the clinical and paraclinical trainings provided during the 1st doctorate are a useful complement to progressively master the course contents. |
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| Workshops : | 6 hours of paraclinical training, at the necropsy floor are integrated in the program. |
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| Organization : | Theoretical training (80 h) is divided in 2 sections. The first one (60 h) is given at the first period of the academic year, at a rate of 4hrs/week. The second one (20 h) at the same rate during the second period. |
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| Written notes : | The book "Pathologie animale" by F. Coignoul (ULG publ. 2001) is being used as the main reference. Due to annual updating it is necessary to complete the information by written notes taken during the lectures. |
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| Assessment : | Evaluation on the first section takes place in January, the second one at the end of the academic year. The test is a multiple choice. Specific details are given at the end of the lectures. |
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| Contacts : | For the professor, the whole year, on appointment at the Departement Secretary's office (04/366.40.74 or 75). |
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| Remarks : | The course being constructed in a logical fashion and the logics that underlines it being apparently very simple, students might have the false impression of a straightforward course, easy to grasp with limited effort at the end of the year. Quite the opposite. The objective is to provide the student with a progressive know-how, a clear understanding of processes and a growing number of connections with related disciplines. This approach must convince the student to acquire a competency in the field in a step by step, coherent fashion, throughout the whole academic year. |
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