2018-2019 / VETE2066-1

Toxicology of pets

Duration

10h Th, 9h Pcl Pr.

Number of credits

 Veterinary surgeon2 crédits 

Lecturer

Pascal Gustin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Veterinary toxicology
The course is mainly about the Clinical toxicology. It gives to the student the keys to make toxicological diagnosis and treatment.

The course also addresses some notions of Environmental veterinary toxicology. Some chapters are based on the investigation of the major environnemental pollutants on the animal health.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

to be able to make a toxicological diagnosis and treatment

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic sciences and clinical sciences and pharmacokinetics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

10h+10h

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

courses 10h practical works: 10h (solving problems of toxicology)

Recommended or required readings

Book in french available: Office des cours
On line (e.campus)
Toxic plants : on line ("Base de données des plantes toxiques", onglet "impératif") http://www.fmv-multimedia.ulg.ac.be/db_plantes/pt_index.php Reference book:
Veterinary Toxicology, Ramesh C. Gupta, ed. Academic Press, 2007.
Small Animal Toxicology, Ed Wiley Blackwell, 2016 ISBN: 9781119036548

Assessment methods and criteria

written examination,

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Attendance at seminars is compulsory and essential for admission to examinations. No seminars are held between the two sessions. A refusal of admission to the first session automatically implies the refusal to the second session.

Contacts

P. Gustin, E-mail : p.gustin@ulg.ac.be Tél. : 04/ 366 41 75