VETE2086-1 : Clinic for pets 6 weeks.

Study Programmes 2015-2016

VETE2086-1

Clinic for pets 6 weeks.

Internal medicine of pets
Internal medicine and pet surgery
Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets
Pets surgery
Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards
Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

Duration :

Internal medicine of pets : 17,5h Clin.
Internal medicine and pet surgery : 17,5h Clin.
Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets : 17,5h Clin.
Pets surgery : 17,5h Clin.
Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards : 17,5h Clin.
Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents : 17,5h Clin.

Number of credits :

Master in veterinary medicine (60 ECTS)		4
Master in veterinary medicine (60 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Internal medicine of pets : Frédéric Billen, Cécile Clercx, Dominique Peeters
Internal medicine and pet surgery : Frédéric Billen, Cécile Clercx, Annick Hamaide, Dominique Peeters
Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets : Stefan Deleuze, Charlotte Sandersen
Pets surgery : Marc Balligand, Stéphanie Claeys, Annick Hamaide
Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards : Marc Balligand, Frédéric Billen, Stéphanie Claeys, Cécile Clercx, Stefan Deleuze, Marianne Diez, Annick Hamaide, Dominique Peeters, Charlotte Sandersen
Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents : Didier Marlier

Coordinator :

Didier Marlier

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Internal medicine of pets

Students are trained through clinical rounds, practical seminars (practical cases), realisation of clinical examinations and problem-based learning. Learning how to take a history and how to make a clinical examination will also be provided (on healthy dogs and clinical patients). Students wil have to visualize mulitmedia documents. They will join GMV3 students for consultations at the Small Animal clinic as well as in a first line community clinic.

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

Students are trained through clinical rounds and participation to wetlabs.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

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Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

Basic practical clinical course for all vet students on clinical examinations and diagnosis of main diseases of poultry, rabbits (production and pets) and rodents (pets).
This is a basic course for all vet students not a specialisation course
Course is partly based on watching films (commented by staff members or as a stand-alone viewing) describing post-mortem examinations (poultry, rabbit and pigeon) and specific clinical examination (birds, rabbits).
Then students mainly make necropsies and whenever possible clinical examinations of animal species described above either sent directly by owners or by veterinarians for specialized examinations .

Learning outcomes of the course :

Internal medicine of pets

The objectives of the clinical activities are:

be able to take a thorough history and complete clinical examination in dogs and cats
understand and know the content of the practical seminars provided during the week
make the transition between theoratical knowledge and real clinical cases
get familiar with first line consultations and practice

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

The objectives of the clinical activities are:

- Get familiar with surgical procedures in basic soft tissue, oncologic surgery, and orthopedics in the dog and cat.
- Learn how to perform an orthopedic examination in the dog

- Develop clinical judgement through participation to clinical rounds

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

The objectives of the clinical activities are:

be able to take a thorough history and complete clinical examination in dogs and cats
understand and know the content of the practical seminars provided during the week
make the transition between theoratical knowledge and real clinical cases
get familiar with first line consultations and practice

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

At the end of the course students will be able

to make a post-mortem examination of poultry, rabbit and pigeon and to apply these skills to other bird species
to determine significant gross lesions
to analyses clinical data and to make a differential diagnosis
to propose complementary examinations and to suggest a treatment
to establish an economic, sporting or zootechnical prognosis
to settle preventive measures

for main common diseases of poultry, rabbits (production and pets) and rodents

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Internal medicine of pets

course of general seimiology
course of companion animal propedeutics
courses of companion animal surgery
canine and feline anatomy and physiology

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

Propedeutique
Anatomy and physiology
General surgery course
Notes on reconstructive surgery, mammary tumor resection, digit amputation, centro-medullary pinning, temporary tracheotomy, chest tube, digestive surgery available on the CVU website.
Vidéos on reconstructive surgery, mammary tumor resection, digit amputation, centro-medullary pinning, temporary tracheotomy, chest tube, digestive surgery available on the CVU website.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

course of general seimiology
course of companion animal propedeutics
courses of companion animal surgery
canine and feline anatomy and physiology

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

Notions dedicated to birds, rabbits, and new companion animals that are developed during the theoretical courses from previous years (anatomy, physiology, propaedeutics, parasitology, bacteriology, virology, ...) are of the uppermost importance. A thorough knowledge of the courses " Pets Medicine" partim new companion animals (VETE2077-1) and "Monogastric animal health management, partim poultry (VETE2083-1) is mandatory.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Internal medicine of pets

The student will learn during interactive seminars and rounds.
In clinic (CVU or community clinic) the srudent will lear during th ewhole consultation (observation, manipulation, reflexion on the case, communication with the owners, ...)

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

On Mon from 8:30 till 9:00, a written evaluation will take place. Then, students will perform the techniques of temporary tracheotomy, chest tube placement, and digit amputation, under the supervision of a collaborator, on dog cadavers.
On Tuesday from 8:30 till 12:00, the students participate to a wetlab based on lameness propedeutics On Wednesday, the students participate to soft tissue surgery clinical rounds.
On Thurs. from 8.30 till 12.00, students will perform techniques of reconstructive surgery and mammary tumor excision, under the supervision of a collaborator, on dog cadavers.
On Friday from 8.30 till 12.00, students will perform the techniques of medullary pinning, under the supervision of a collaborator, on dog cadavers.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

Students are in group during clinical activities. To get practical skills a thorough knowledge of the theoretical data as given in the prerequisites is mandatory. Clinical examinations and practical work on animals will first be given to students having good theoretical knowledge

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

Internal medicine of pets

From 8h30 to 12h, on site (CVU) or at the community clinic (dispensaire Fondation Prince Laurent) in Seraing, according to a detailed schedule, available on the web site of the FMV. All multi-media documents can be consulted at distance.

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

From 8h30 to 12h, on site (CVU) according to a detailed schedule, available on the web site of the CVU. All multi-media documents can be consulted at distance.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

17.5 hours clinical activities.

Recommended or required readings :

Internal medicine of pets

No notes.

Pets surgery

Notes are available on the website of the CVU.
The notes of the lectures in small animal surgery (GMV1 and GMV2), clinical anatomy (GMV1), and clinical oncology (GMV2) are suggested readings.
Videos are available on the CVU website.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

No notes.

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

See ref. VETE2077-1 et VETE2083-1
Further readings :

Disease of Poultry, 12th Ed., Saif, Y.M. (Ed.) , Blackwell Publishing , 2008
Manual of Poultry Diseases, 2015, Jeanne Brugère-Picoux, EAN :9782908014020
Recent advances in rabbit sciences, 2006, Maertens L. and Coudert, P. ed., COST 848 publication
Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Quesenberry K.E. et Carpenter J.W. 3rd Edition, Elsevier Health Science (Ed.), 2012
Clinical Avian Medicine (2-volume set), Harrison G.J., Lightfoot T.L. 2006, Spix Publishing, ISBN: 00-9754994-0-8
BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, Fifth edition, ISBN 978 1 905319 16 9

During the week spent in the Clinic, students are strongly advised to read articles or book chapters linked with the clinical cases on an evidenced-based vet medicine choice framework.

Assessment methods and criteria :

Internal medicine of pets

This note in Companion Animal Internal Medicine Clinic will constitute 1/7 of the global note of Companion Animal Clinics.

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

The evaluation of the student's performance during the clinic will be based on the written tests and his/her participation in the clinics.
Any unjustified absence during the week of clinical course will mean a general mark of 0/20 for the subject:"Small Animal Clinic" regardless the marks obtained in the other constitutive topics. Examination in september will be similar to that of june. However, if number of students allow students would be informed on the day of 1st session results that an oral exam might be replacing the originally planned written exam.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

This note in Companion Animal Internal Medicine Clinic will constitute 1/7 of the global note of Companion Animal Clinics.

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

Written work in group with continuous evaluation by the staff during the week and possibility of test at the end of the week. This mark account for 2/9 of the final mark for the clinic of small animals. Unjustified absence will lead to a "A" (absence) mark for the course but also for all courses under ref. VETE0450-1 whatever were the marks in the other courses Students in September retakes will have to spend a week in the clinic at a moment determined by the incumbent (Associated Prof. Dr D. Marlier), possibly during holiday. During this week, the staff will continuously evaluate them. During medical consultation or visit of farms and/or bird and small mammals rehabilitation centres students must have an irreproachable attitude and behaviour. Failure to respect these indications is enough to get a serious insufficiency (7/20) as final note.

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

Internal medicine of pets

Attendance to the companion animal internal medicine clinic is compulsory. Any absence should be justified and communicated on the same day.
Medical certifications are required to justify an absence for medical reason and have to be transmitted to Nadine Dumont (nadine.dumont@ulg.ac.be(nadine.fis@ulg.ac.be) within a week of the absence. )
Any unjustified absence will be sanctionned through the evaluation (see the evaluation section in this document).
Any absence will have to be regained.

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

...

Pets surgery

Attendance to the clinic is compulsory. Any absence should be justified and communicated on the same day.
Medical certifications are required to justify an absence for medical reason and have to be transmitted to Nadine Dumont (nadine.dumont@ulg.ac.be(nadine.fis@ulg.ac.be) within a week of the absence. )
Any unjustified absence will be sanctionned through the evaluation (see the evaluation section in this document).
Any absence will have to be regained.

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

The attendence at the clinic is compulsory. Absences have to be justified by phone at the service and confirmed by an official certificate. Making up of all the absences is compulsory at a moment determined by the incumbent, possibly during holiday.

The unjustified absences will be taken into account as explained above.

Administrative rules of the clinic are available on the CVU website .
Students must use their official email address of the ULg to contact the service.

Contacts :

Internal medicine of pets

Dr Frédéric Billen, fbillen@ulg.ac.be
Dr Dominique Peeters, Associate Professor; dpeeters@ulg.ac.be
Professor (full) Cécile Clercx; cclercx@ulg.ac.be

Obstetrics and anesthesiology of pets

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Pets surgery

Prof. Annick Hamaide, Annick.Hamaide@ulg.ac.be

Emergencies, hospitalizations, intensive care and guards

Dr Frédéric Billen, fbillen@ulg.ac.be
Dr Dominique Peeters, Associate Professor; dpeeters@ulg.ac.be
Professor (full) Cécile Clercx; cclercx@ulg.ac.be

Medicine of birds, lagomorphs and rodents

Chairman
Professor Dr (DVSc, DVM) D. Marlier, Dip. ECZM (small mammals), Clinic for Birds, Rodents and Rabbits, B42, Sart-Tilman, B4000 Liège, dmarlier@ulg.ac.be

Assistants Dr (DMV) F. Gandar, fgandar@ulg.ac.be
Dr (DMV) H. Deflers, hdeflers@ulg.ac.be