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| VETE0454-1 | Veterinary epidemiology and risks analysis
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- part 2
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| Duration : | part 1 : 4h Th, 4h Mon. WS
part 2 : 9h Th
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| Holder(s) : | part 1 : Claude Saegerman
part 2 : Claude Saegerman
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| Coordinator : | Claude Saegerman |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : |
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| Epidemiology is a science that studies the distribution of diseases and health indicators within populations as well as the factors influencing this distribution.
It essentially differs by the population aspect.
His importance for veterinarians is crucial as confirmed by his utilization in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code and the Aquatic Animal Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
The chapters of the course are:
- Chapter 1. Basics in Epidemiology
- Chapter 2. The detection of animal infectious diseases
- Chapter 3. The types of investigations in veterinary epidemiology
- Chapter 4. Habitat and transmission of pathogens
- Chapter 5. The cause-effect relationship
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| Epidemiology is a science that studies the distribution of diseases and health indicators within populations as well as the factors influencing this distribution.
Risk Analysis is a way to organize information available on a given potential event, to traduce them in probabilities considering hypothesis, variability and uncertainty, and to logically make decisions.
Both disciplines are closely related in veterinary sciences. They essentially differ, for the first one, by the population aspect, and for the second one, by its interdisciplinary aspect.
Their importance for veterinarians is crucial as confirmed by their utilization in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code and the Aquatic Animal Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
The chapters of the course are:
- Chapter 6. The sampling techniques
- Chapter 7. Random errors and bias
- Chapter 8. Epidemiological surveillance and vigilance
- Chapter 9. The tools available including biosecurity
- Chapter 10. Conception and organization of the collective fight
- Chapter 11. Basics in Risk Analysis
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| Course objective : |
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| Epidemiology is invaluable tool for each veterinarian involved in the control, prevention and sanitary management of farms. Basics taught in this course allow the student to understand the different facets of veterinary epidemiology, especially the steps specific to the discipline. |
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| Epidemiology and risk analysis applied to veterinary sciences are invaluable tools for each veterinarian involved in the control, prevention and sanitary management of farms. Basics taught in this course allow the student to understand the different facets of veterinary epidemiology and risk analysis, especially the steps specific to both disciplines. |
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| Prerequisites : |
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| General formation in veterinary medicine (1st and 2nd years of bachelor's degree ) |
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| General formation in veterinary medicine (1st and 2nd years of bachelor's degree ) |
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| Organization : |
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| Course: 4 hours of course in amphitheatre.
- The interactive lectures are widely illustrated by a computer- assisted presentation
- Interactions between teacher and students occur during the course.
- The teacher is at the disposal of the students to answer questions at the end of the lecture
Workshops : 4 hours of workshops (TD): the student will be confronted with real situations
- The student will bring a scientific calculator and the book of applied epidemiology (see course notes).
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| Course: 9 hours of course in amphitheatre.
- The interactive lectures are widely illustrated by a computer- assisted presentation
- Interactions between teacher and students occur during the course.
- The teacher is at the disposal of the students to answer questions at the end of the lecture
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| Written notes : |
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- Available on line.
- Books or booklets of reference : Epidémiologie appliquée à la lutte collective contre les maladies animales transmissibles (2ème édition), par B. Toma, B. Dufour, M. Sanaa, J.J. Bénet, A. Shaw, F. Moutou, A. Louzã, AEEMA, Paris, 2001.
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- Available on line.
- Books or booklets of reference :
- Epidémiologie appliquée à la lutte collective contre les maladies animales transmissibles (2ème édition), par B. Toma, B. Dufour, M. Sanaa, J.J. Bénet, A. Shaw, F. Moutou, A. Louzã, AEEMA, Paris, 2001
- Terminologie en matière d'analyse des dangers et des risques selon le Codex alimentarius, brochure éditée par l'Agence Fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire, Bruxelles, Belgique, 2005 (Free)
- Application de l'évaluation des risques dans la chaîne alimentaire, brochure éditée par l'Agence Fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire, Bruxelles, Belgique, 2007 (Free) |
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| Assessment : |
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| The written examination comprises questions and sub-questions related to the course (the number of points per question is specified)
The student will bring a scientific calculator. |
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| The written examination comprises questions and sub-questions related to the course (the number of points per question is specified)
The student will bring a scientific calculator. |
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| Remarks : |
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| As the presence at the TD is obligatory, the unjustified absence of a student can involve his inadmissibility to the examination at the end of the year, according to article 7 of the regulation on the organization of examinations. |
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