Duration
82h Th
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 9 crédits |
Lecturer
Frédéric Billen, Géraldine Bolen, Valeria Busoni, Cécile Clercx, Johann Detilleux, Marianne Diez, Kris Gommeren, Didier Marlier, Anne-Christine Merveille, N..., Dominique Peeters
Substitute(s)
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This teaching unit iis related to teaching in internal medicine (different areas-including emergency medicine and hospitalization), diagnostic imaging and nutrition of companion animals, and zoological medicine
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Exotic animal section: at the end of the course students will be able - to make a differential diagnosis, to determine complementary examinations and to set up a treatment for common diseases of companion rabbits, guinea-pigs, rats and ferrets - to make a differential diagnosis, to determine complementary examinations and to set up a treatment for common diseases of birds of the orders psittaciformes, passeriformes, collumbiformes and galliformes. - to determine how and when to refer complex cases
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Exotic animal section: notions dedicated to birds, rabbits and new companion animals that are developed during the previous years (anatomy, physiology, propaedeutics, parasitology, bacteriology, virology, ...) are of the uppermost importance.
Good kowledge of semiology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
LEctures, images, videofilms
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
in theater and/or on line
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Whenever possible, written exams will be organized in theater, with adapted modalities according to the sanitary conditions
Recommended or required readings
Powerpoints presentations
Suggested references iin canine and feline in the power point
Further reading (zoological medicine):
Multispecies
- BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, Fifth revised edition, 2010, ISBN: 978 1 905319 16 9
- Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Fourth edition, 2020, ISBN: 9780323484350
- BSAVA Manual of backyard poultry medicine and surgery, 2016, ISBN: 9781905319435
- Avian Medicine, 3rd edition, 2016, ISBN: 0-7234-3955-9
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written exam in first and second session. Detailed modalities might however differ between both sessions, as well as in relation wiht the sanitary conditions (yellow or orange codes).
Exam modalities may also be different for students in a pecular situation or involved in a transitory programme,
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Students must use their official email address of the ULg to contact the service.
Contacts
- Prof Bolen
- Prof Busoni
- Prof Clercx (coordinatrice) (cclercx@ulg.ac.be)
- Prof Marlier
- Prof Peeters