VETE2080-1 : Equine Medicine

Study Programmes 2015-2016

VETE2080-1

Equine Medicine

Duration :

66h Th

Number of credits :

Master in veterinary medicine (60 ECTS)		8

Lecturer :

Hélène Amory, Valeria Busoni, Stefan Deleuze, Johann Detilleux, Sigrid Grulke, N..., Didier Serteyn

Coordinator :

Hélène Amory

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course includes 7 main parts, all of them including the equine species:

Orthopaedics
Diseases of the digestive and hepato-biliary system
Diseases of the respiratory system
Diseases of the nervous system
Cardiology
Dermatology and wounds management
Reproduction and neonatalogy

Learning outcomes of the course :

This course describes the internal medicine diseases most frequently encountered in equids. Using a problem-based approach, a differential diagnosis of the problem will be given. Therefore, the diseases will be described, with a special emphasis on the clinical signs, the risk factors, the diagnostic methods, the prognosis, and the treatment. A specific chapter will be devoted to medical imaging of the locomotor system, abdomen, thorax and head.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

VETE2062-1 - Anatomie clinique et radio-anatomie des animaux domestiques
VETE2064-1 - Pathologie générale des animaux domestiques
VETE2068-1 - Médecine, dentisterie et chirurgie générales des animaux de compagnie et des équidés, y compris principes d'EBM
VETE2070-1 - Maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (MIP) des équidés, y compris les zoonoses
VETE2073-1 - Nutrition et alimentation spéciales des animaux domestiques
VETE2074-1 - Génétique quantitative : Sélection des animaux domestiques

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

N/A

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

This theoretical course does not contain seminars or workshops but is largely illustrated by slides and videos of clinical cases and by the participation, during the block 2, to the equine clinic.