Duration
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes : 160h Clin.
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire : 160h Clin.
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques : 200h Clin.
Clinique complémentaire : 40h Clin.
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 20 crédits |
Lecturer
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes : Calixte Bayrou, Hélène Casalta, Vincent Frisee, Hugues Guyot, Martine Laitat, Ludovic Martinelle, N...
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire : Calixte Bayrou, Jean-François Cabaraux, Hugues Guyot, Martine Laitat, Ludovic Martinelle, N...
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques : Calixte Bayrou, Hélène Casalta, Benjamin G. Dewals, Vincent Frisee, Hugues Guyot, Martine Laitat, Ludovic Martinelle, N...
Clinique complémentaire : Stéphanie Noël, Elodie Roels
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
If a student fails an examination during the first term:
- They are permitted to resit the assessed subject during the second term (May-June);
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
See specific part:- VETE2095-a : Clinic IN- VETE2095-b : Clinic OUT- VETE2095-c :programme activities
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
This activity, known as "IN" consists of
- 6 weeks of individual cases (five in the ruminant clinic and one in the Swine clinic)
- One complete week in imagery
- One week of autopsy
Students must take part in the management of cases referred to the clinic, particularly by taking the medical history, carrying out clinical/special/complementary exams, establishing differential diagnoses, definitive diagnosis and prognosis, and by taking part in establishing medical and/or surgical treatments. They must also actively participate in hospital rounds and on-call duties (nights/weekends/public holidays), manage treatment for hospitalised animals, complete daily patient records using the SAP software and perform on-call duties at night/weekends/public holidays according to a pre-established schedule approved by the activity manager.
In the Swine clinic
Students will take part in activities related to pig farm (B42): identifying heat, inseminations, monitoring births, care for piglets, castrations, other surgery, vaccinations and other treatments.
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
Six (6) weeks of clinical activities referred to as "OUT" in bovine and porcine medicine. Students will participate in activities organized and supervised by the RUPO team, either in:
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Herd medicine (VEB/VEP: visits to bovine/porcine farms; EVE: Farmer-Veterinarian-Student meetings focused on herd medicine issues or educational farm visits; FEPEX Audits: weekly audits on key herd medicine topics, including calves, transition cows, conventional and robotic milking related to udder health and production analysis, locomotion, and reproduction).
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Individual and/or herd medicine (CAB & EVE: monitoring first- and second-line cases in the field in collaboration with the farm veterinarian and supervised by professors, assistants, animal technicians, interns, and rural practitioners).
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CARE-Fepex: One week of immersion at CARE-Fepex to participate with the local team in farm management, including animal care, monitoring, feeding, calving, etc.
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
This consists of additional activities taught in the form of practical work (practical work on obstructed labour, sutures, hooves), exercises in clinical reasoning, and seminars.
Four additional weeks are also planned (one week/activity) for medical imaging, DAOA, autopsies and personal work to complete your case-log.
Clinique complémentaire
See Ecampus Vete-2095 part Cliniques complementaires AC
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
See specific part: - VETE2095-a : Clinic IN- VETE2095-b : Clinic OUT- VETE2095-c : programmed activities
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
At the end of the individual case clinic on ruminants, students will be able to carry out independent general/special/complementary examinations in ruminants, interpret them and deduce a differential diagnosis, definitive diagnosis and prognosis. They will be able to suggest and establish appropriate treatment, i.e. according to the illness and the related zootechnical and economic prognosis. Finally, they will be able to perform basic care on ruminants (see logbook M3 on eCampus).
At the end of the week in the Swine clinic, students will have participated to a batch management systems in a farrow-to-finish pig farm.
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
FEPEX Audits These weekly audits will enable students to master the key themes of herd medicine, including: Calves, Transition cows, Conventional and robotic milking in relation to udder health and production analysis, Locomotion, Reproduction.
Students will learn to observe, collect field data, review farm documents, and then synthesize relevant data to establish connections between their observations, ultimately solving clinical, zootechnical, health, and/or economic issues.
VEB (including EVE) Component Students will learn the fundamentals of herd medicine through a farm- and herd-oriented clinical approach, including the analysis, synthesis, and interpretation of farm data, such as economic performance. The topics covered will depend on the organized visits (requested by farmers and/or referring veterinarians) and may include: Reproduction, Nutrition, Udder health, Locomotion, Environment & housing, Infectious diseases (including emerging ones), Biosecurity, Animal welfare, etc.
CAB (including certain EVE visits) Component The goal is to expose students to rural first-line practice, both at the individual and herd levels. Students will also be required to perform a complete first-line clinical approach (from anamnesis to treatment and prognosis).
VEP Component These consist of either Sanitel visits or first- or second-line clinical cases.
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
The aim of the additional activities is to complete student's training by enabling them, depending on the type of activity: to perfect their overall clinical approach (clinical reasoning), to revise the approach to take to complex clinical situations (obstructed labours,...), the familiarise themselves with most of the different actors involved and the challenges they are likely to face in their future careers (seminars), and by enabling them to address and revise theoretical content in another form.
Clinique complémentaire
See Ecampus Vete2095 part cliniques complémentaires AC
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
See specific part:- VETE2095-a : Clinic IN- VETE2095-b : Clinic OUT- VETE2095-c : programmed activities
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
The VETE2061, VETE2078 and VETE2083-1 courses are prerequisites as well as all courses relating to infectious diseases. The same holds for the VETE2085 and VETE2059 courses (veterinary epidemiology, risk analysis, biosecurity and good veterinary practices).
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
The prerequisite courses are:
- VETE-2061: Semiology of Production Animals
- VETE-2078: Health and Production Management of Ruminants
- VETE2083: Health Management of Monogastric Production Animals
- VETE-2059: Veterinary Epidemiology, Risk Analysis, Biosecurity, and Veterinary Best Practices
- VETE2085: Clinic of Production Animals
- VETE2059: Veterinary Epidemiology, Risk Analysis, Biosecurity, and Veterinary Best Practices
- As well as all courses related to infectious diseases.
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
See Individual, Herd, and Mobile Clinics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
See specific part: VET2095-a: CLINIC IN - VETE2095-b: CLINIC OUT - VETE2095-c: Programmed activities. And take into account the notes below.
Regards, VETE000-4 "Master Logbook" and faculty clinical case book (Part 2 of the Master Logbook: book listing the clinical cases the student has followed during the Master under the supervision of a teacher from the Faculty): see French part
Although the daily activities of the clinical module on production animals are essentially focused on practice, throughout this period, students must:
- Revise the theory taught during their studies (for cases seen in the clinic, and to prepare for the ARC, the seminars, the VEB/VEP/CAB, etc.).
- Actively participate in clinical lessons, debriefings, ARCs (etc.) given by the teaching staff of the DCP and their collaborators.
- Improve their learning and approach notably through researching scientific literature.
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
During the ruminant individual case clinic, the porcine clinic and the CARE-Fepex, students will be supervised on a daily basis by the DCP team (teaching staff, assistants, animal care technician and interns) and the experimental farm for the various activities (see "Contents of the learning unit").
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
FEPEX Audits The FEPEX audits are mandatory and must be completed:
- At least once for the following audits: calf, transition, lameness, and milking.
- At least twice for the reproduction audit.
CAB and VEB The ambulatory clinic and bovine farm visits will be supervised by at least one member of the DCP team. For CAB, a collaborating rural veterinarian from the FMV will also be present.
For VEB participation: Students are required to write a report within two weeks of the visit, have it corrected by the supervisor present during the visit, and submit the corrected version on SAP.
For CAB participation: For each animal encountered, students must:
- Take the medical history and perform clinical and specialized examinations,
- Propose and conduct additional tests,
- Establish a differential diagnosis, definitive diagnosis, and prognosis,
- Propose a treatment plan and participate in implementing the necessary medical and/or surgical treatments.
VEP
The porcine farm visits consist of either Sanitel visits or first- or second-line clinical cases.
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
The description and location of the various activities is set out in the student timetables on eCampus in the VETE2095-c, programme activities tab.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
See specific part: VET2095-a: CLINIC IN - VETE2095-b: CLINIC OUT - VETE2095-c: Programmed activities
And for all activities in this module, also see the chapters "Evaluation methods and criteria" for the steps to take in the event of a justified absence and sanctions in the event of an unjustified absence, as well as "Organisational remarks" for sanctions in the event of being late.
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Ruminant clinic
Clinical teaching is given on a face-to-face basis. Attendance at the clinic is, therefore, compulsory.
From Monday to Friday: from 30am to 5pm for all students (including those who were on-call the night before)
- From 5pm to 8.30am for the two students on-call at night.
- From 8.30am to 5pm for the four students during the day
- From 5pm to 8.30am for the two students on call at night
In the swine clinic
Clinical teaching takes place on a face-to-face basis. Attendance at the clinic is therefore compulsory from Monday to Friday: from 8.30am to 5pm for all students (including those who were on-call the night before) and from 5pm to 8.30am for students on-call at night. Weekend and public holiday on-calls shifts are from 8.30am to 5pm for students during the day and 5pm to 8.30am for students on-call at night. Under no circumstances can students leave their on-call post until the students who are taking over have arrived. The group of student attending the Swine clinic during a week has to be present from 8.30 to 5 pm during the next week end.
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Course delivered exclusively in person, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, according to the established schedule, plus on-call hours (nights, weekends, and public holidays).
For VEB, EVE, CAB, FEPEX Audits, and VEP: Registration for visits is mandatory based on the minimum number of participants required (see the "Organizational Remarks" section).
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
Face-to-face course
Further information:
The presence at the various activities is compulsory. The times to be followed are given in the schedule at the start of the term. Depending on the activities of the DCP teaching staff, certain times may change. In this case, students will be advised in due course and must take into account the new times.
Recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
- Microsoft Teams
Further information:
- See specific part: VET2095-a: CLINIC IN - VETE2095-b: CLINIC OUT - VETE2095-c: Programmed activities
- See eCampus VETE2095
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
See VETE2095 on eCampus and the site https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- Microsoft Teams
Other site(s) used for course materials
- Biosécurité à la FMV (https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be)
Further information:
English
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
See eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
Oral examination of 45 minutes in Ruminants and writed examination of 60 minutes in swine medicine.
Continuous assessment
Students will be assessed throughout the 16 weeks of the "Production Animal Clinic" module.
WARNING: see French part
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Further information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Ruminants clinic
In addition to continuous assessment as described above, during the IN rotation, a certification round will be organised every two weeks (date and time to be confirmed by the clinical assistant at the start of the week). All students must present at least two cases seen during the IN rotation (15 minutes per case).
See VETE2095 Assessment methods and criteria
In Swine clinic
See VETE 2095 Assessment methods and criteria
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Further information:
Continuous Evaluation Every Friday between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM, an assistant and/or a senior will conduct a knowledge assessment in the form of a Q&A session and/or herd visit (presentation of a clinical herd case based on a VEB/EVE/Fepex audit) to evaluate the learning acquired during the week from the visits (VEB, EVE, CAB, FEPEX Audits).
At the end of the program, all assistants and seniors will meet to assess the student's involvement and progress during their internal internship, including knowledge, skills, and professional conduct.
Lateness & Absences
For students registered for a visit (VEB, VEP, CAB, EVE):
No lateness will be tolerated; if the student is not present on time, the vehicle will depart without them, and the lateness will be treated as an unjustified absence, affecting the final grade for their internal clinical rotation:
-1 point (a one-point deduction) from the final clinical grade (VETE2095) for each unjustified absence.
Any absence must be justified by a medical certificate.
An unjustified absence will result in an automatic deferral to the second exam session.
Days without off-site clinical visits:
Students not registered for visits (whether because no visits are scheduled or because they were unable to register for a scheduled visit due to limited capacity) are expected to report to the library room on the first floor of the Production Animal Clinical Department by 8:30 AM (mandatory attendance from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM).
They must divide their time between Fepex audits, participate in activities originally scheduled in their timetable (such as practical sessions, ARC, seminars, or presentations), or study for their Friday assessment, while remaining available if needed (as ad-hoc, unforeseen activities may be scheduled at the last minute).
If the student is not present on time, the following penalties will apply to their final internal clinical rotation grade:
-1 point (a one-point deduction) from the final clinical grade (VETE2095) for each instance of lateness.
Any absence must be justified by a medical certificate. If the student cannot be located or contacted, their absence will be considered unjustified and will affect the final grade for their internship:
An unjustified absence will result in an automatic deferral to the second session.
Equipment
During visits (VEB/CAB/EVE/VEP/Fepex audits):
- The use of mobile phones for personal purposes is strictly prohibited (including for reasons of biosecurity).
- For reasons of biosecurity and out of respect for the facility being visited, any equipment brought by the student must be clean and disinfected.
Logbook Competencies and Clinical Cases
Each competency must be validated as soon as possible by the supervisor responsible for the activity (the assistant who supervised and/or graded the activity).
Caselog Exam
The entire program will be evaluated during the last week of the internal internship through an oral exam conducted by two seniors. The exam will be in the form of a Q&A session based on a collection of clinical cases chosen by the student.
This grade will be adjusted based on:
- Any unjustified lateness and/or absences recorded during the internship,
- The continuous evaluation (knowledge, skills, and professional conduct).
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
See VETE2095 above.
Work placement(s)
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
Not relevant
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
Not relevant
Organizational remarks
See specific part: - VETE2095-a: Clinic IN - VETE2095-b: Clinic OUT - VETE2095-c: Program Activities
However, for each activity, during the whole period of the "production animal clinic" module, students must be ready at the times and places provided (Cfr "Teaching mode"), unless otherwise advised by the supervisor responsible for the activity considered. Any delay will be taken into account in the following way: the student will have to apologize and justify himself to the senior responsible for the activity and the final grade of the module "clinic of production animals" may be adjusted with each delay (up to obtain an exclusion score of 5/20 for the complete module in the event of recurrence and / or depending on the behavior of the student)
For all of the activities, students must all be in adequate attire (overalls and boots clean, without jewelry, the nails will be cut and long hair will be tied) and must have their own surgical attire with them. Likewise, everyone will systematically have their own clinical equipment, that is to say: stethoscope, thermometer, plessimetric plate, hammer with percussion, watch / stopwatch, a pen, a notepad, a functional flashlight and a name badge attached to the overalls. During clinic hours, no mobile phone or smartphone will be allowed for students, including to use the stopwatch. Any failure to comply with these instructions may be penalized in the same way as an unjustified absence, that is to say, obtaining a final score of 5/20 for the clinical module of production animals (Cfr: "Assessment method and criteria "). Students who are not in possession of their equipment (or whose overalls and / or boots are not clean) will be refused for the activity concerned and considered to be in unjustified absence (Cfr. Assessment method and criteria) .
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
In the ruminant clinic
See general "Organisational remarks" in VETE2095 above.
Swine clinic
Attendance at the Swine clinic is compulsory.
A rollcall will take place systematically. To be valid, a justification of absence from a clinic must be sent by email (porcine.fmv@uliege.be) and backed up by a medical certificate. The original of the medical certificate must be submitted to the Student Secretariat; a copy will be sent by email to the address above. All absences from the Swine clinic must be caught up. The ways this can be done will be communicated by email. Passing the class will be conditional upon having the caught-up sessions validated. For sanitary reasons, overalls will be provided to all students visiting the pig farms. Do not bring your own boots: a pair of boots and "oversocks" will be provided on site. The biosecurity regulations can be found on https:www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be and those specified by the members of the Swine clinic team on a daily basis must be strictly respected.
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
For Visits (VEB, VEP, CAB, EVE): The schedule, type of visit, and planning will be posted weekly on the whiteboard at the entrance of the Department of Clinical Production Animals.
Every Friday evening and Monday morning, students must proactively and independently check the schedule and register for the planned visits based on the minimum number of participants required.
Since modifications and/or new visits may be added during the week, students are advised to check the whiteboard regularly (at least once a day) to account for any changes or additions made during the week.
Students must distribute themselves evenly across the visits so that everyone completes approximately the same number of visits by the end of the internship. Students who have no scheduled activities for their OUT Clinic week(such as practical sessions, ARCs, seminars, or lectures) must prioritize registering for visits, unless there is an imbalance among students regarding visit participation. In such cases, visits remain the priority over any other initially planned activity (such as practical sessions, ARCs, seminars, or lectures).
Important: The times listed on the board correspond to the departure time for the respective visit (CAB, VEB, or VEP). On the day of the visit, registered students are expected to arrive early to help prepare and load the necessary equipment (clinical materials, clothing, forms, farm documents, etc.) to ensure an on-time departure.
Depending on the visits, students should bring food and drinks for the day.
Visit Preparation:
- For VEB: Students must review the theory associated with each type of visit (reproduction, nutrition, neonatal mortality, production drop, etc.).
- For CAB: Students must review the PowerPoint on additional examinations available on eCampus (VETE2095 OUT - Herd), as well as the Ruminant Health Management course, to be able to propose a differential diagnosis, additional tests, and a therapeutic plan.
- For VEP: For pig farm visits, overalls, overshoes, gloves, and hairnets will be provided.
Each student must individually have the following required equipment:
- Clean overalls
- Clean boots
- Clinical examination equipment: thermometer, watch with a second hand, stethoscope, penlight,
reflex hammer + pleximeter. - Writing materials (notebook + pen)
- Any useful documents provided to you (templates, farm records).
- The use of a mobile phone to take photographs for the audit report (site visit report) will be permitted, subject to approval by the director or manager of the facility being visited.
- Work on FEPEX Audits,
- Participate in previously scheduled activities (such as practical sessions, ARCs, seminars, or lectures),
- OR be present in the library room on the first floor of the Department of Clinical Production Animals(mandatory presence from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM) to review their material in preparation for the Friday evaluation and to be available for any last-minute activities.
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
See "Teaching methods" and "Organisational remarks" for VETE2095.
Contacts
Coordnateur de l'unité d'enseignement VETE2095-1: Dr C. Bayrou : Calixte.bayrou@uliege.be
And see specific part :- VETE2095-a : Clinique IN- VETE2095-b : Clinique OUT- VETE2095-c : programmed activities
Clinique de cas individuels de ruminants et monogastriques et gardes
Individual case clinic:
- Coordinator and Head: Dr C. Bayrou : calixte.bayrou@uliege.be
- Contact: Dr. Vincent Frisée : vfrisee@uliege.be
Swine clinic:
- Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Martine Laitat (mlaitat@uliege.be)
Médecine de troupeaux des ruminants et monogastriques et clinique ambulatoire
Assistante pédagogique :
- Dr. Freyia Popovic-Sindberg : fpopovicsindberg@uliege.be
- Dre Lauralie Bauler : Lauralie.Bauler@uliege.be
- VEB : Prof. Dr Calixte Bayrou : Calixte.Bayrou@uliege.be
- CAB: Prof. Dr Hugues Guyot : hugues.guyot@uliege.be
- VEP: Prof. Dre Martine Laitat : porcine.fmv@uliege.be (Tél. 04/366.40.63)
- Téléphone: 04/366.40.20
- Adresse: pedagogie.dcp@uliege.be
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Martine Laitat: porcine.fmv@uliege.be
Person responsible:
Prof. Dr. Martine Laitat (Swine clinic) porcine.fmv@uliege.be
Prof. Dr. Vincent Frisée (Ruminants) vfrisee@uliege.be
Clinique complémentaire
Coordinator :
Pr D. Peeters
Contact :
Audrey Depas : audrey.depas@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Activités multidisciplinaires des ruminants et monogastriques
There is no MOOC associated with this course.