Study Programmes 2016-2017
VETE0470-1  
Legal provisions in the practice of veterinary medicine
Duration :
13h Th
Number of credits :
Master in veterinary medicine (60 ECTS)1
Lecturer :
Hugues Guyot, Claude Saegerman
Coordinator :
Claude Saegerman
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
Learning unit contents :
In the part dedicated to the Legal regulations in the practice of veterinary medicine (Prof. C. Saegerman; 8 h), the following chapters are presented:
  · Introduction  · Legislative framework  · Identification, registration, tracing, mandatory notification and sector guides of control  · Laboratory information management system, LIMS  · Epidemiosurveillance in veterinary public health  · (re)-emerging zoonoses: challenges and opportunities  · Enzootic diseases  · Epizootic diseases
In the part dedicated to the veterinary guidance (H. Guyot - 5h), the contents of the Royal Decree of 10 April 2000 concerning the veterinary guidance and the content of laws and other associate degrees as the law the practice of veterinary medicine are presented. Other important subjects will also be covered (use of medicines, health status, latent defects, etc.).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
To aware third master degree of veterinary medicine to their future role in veterinary public health.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
General formation in veterinary medicine, immunology and pathology of viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
· 13 hours course in lecture room.
· Interactive courses are widely illustrated by a computer-helped presentation.
· The teacher is available to answer questions at the end of the course.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Written notes are available at eCampus. Reference books: no book is recommended but the list of internet websites where useful information is available are in the support notes.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Two written exams are organized: the first one was dedicated to the Legal regulations in the practice of veterinary medicine and the second one concerning the veterinary guidance. One global quotation will be established on the basis of the following level-headedness: first (60%) and second (40%). However, if one of 2 quotations is lower than 10/20, this last one will be only taken into account so that a very bad result in a part of the course cannot be compensated with a better result in the other one.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
  • Prof. Hugues Guyot
University of Liege
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Management of ruminants health
Quartier Vallée 2, avenue de Cureghem 7A-7D, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège
Phone: +32 4 366-40-20
E-mail: Hugues.Guyot@ulg.ac.be
  • Prof. Claude Saegerman
University of Liege
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Epidemiology and risk analysis applied to veterinary sciences
Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 7A, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège
Phone: +32 4 366-45-79
E-mail: claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Legal regulations in the practice of veterinary medicine
Legal regulations in the practice of veterinary médicine