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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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| Lecturer : | part 1 : Claude Saegerman
part 2 : Claude Saegerman
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| Coordinator : | Claude Saegerman |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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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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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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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 a 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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Recommended or required readings :
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- Notes available on line.
- Book of reference : Epidémiologie appliquée à la lutte collective contre les maladies animales transmissibles (3ème édition), par B. Toma, B. Dufour, J.J. Bénet, M. Sanaa, A. Shaw, F. Moutou. AEEMA, Paris, 2010.
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- Notes available on line.
- Books or booklets of reference :
- Epidémiologie appliquée à la lutte collective contre les maladies animales transmissibles majeures (3ème édition), par B. Toma, B. Dufour, J.J. Bénet, M. Sanaa, A. Shaw, F. Moutou. AEEMA, Paris, 2010.
- Terminologie en matière d'analyse des dangers et des risques selon le Codex alimentarius, booklet edited by the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, Brussels, Belgium, 2005 (free).
- Application de l'évaluation des risques dans la chaîne alimentaire, booklet edited by the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, Brussels, Belgium, 2007 (free).
- Applications of microbiological risk assessment in the food chain, booklet edited by the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, Brussels, Belgium, 2011 (free). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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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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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational 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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Contacts :
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| Items online : |
part 1
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| Veterinary epidemiology and risk analysis |
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. |
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part 2
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| Veterinary epidemiology and risk analysis |
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. |
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