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Presentation
Presentation
This discipline is the culprit of many of the prior clinical and production disciplines studied throughout the studies, where students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills acquired, to prepare for a professional life in farm animal practice. It has a strong population medicine component in swine, avian, ruminant species, and rabbits, and animal welfare across these farmed species, with special consideration to rational use of antimicrobials.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor; Master Degree | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
5 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT478-24707
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Group medicine for pigs, poultry, small and large ruminants, rabbits and game species: Clinical and production problems associated with livestock and infectious, parasitic and metabolic diseases. Problems with zootechnical management and genetic management of livestock. Animal welfare issues.
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Objectives
Objectives
Apply knowledge about the most common diseases studied in previous years that affect the health and production of ruminants, pigs, poultry and game species, particularly in terms of infectious, parasitic, metabolic and management issues. Understand the meaning of production medicine and population medicine. Know how to identify herd problems based on clinical examinations, monitoring of clinical parameters and farm data, and evaluation of facilities. Design preventive programmes for herd diseases, with an emphasis on the rational use of antimicrobials. Be able to establish prognoses for the future productive life of the animal and the herd and apply corrective measures, with special attention to animal welfare. Develop the ability to communicate and critically assess the available information.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Learning based on solving problems commonly encountered in clinical practice and consulting with various livestock species. Use of computer programmes for herd data management to analyse clinical and production problems. Use of search engines to create technical, medical, and scientific questions related to medicine and production of livestock species. Writing of veterinary consultancy reports.
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References
References
Constable, P.D. et. al., (2017) Veterinary Medicine: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats (11th ed.). Edinburgh; London; New York; Oxford; Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier Boulianne, M. et al. (2020). Diseases of Poultry. 14th ed. Wiley Simões, J., Monteiro, J.M. (2024). Veterinary Care of Farm Rabbits - A Complete Practice Guide to Rabbit Medicine and Production. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44542-2
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Assessment
Assessment
Descrição dos instrumentos de avaliação (individuais e de grupo) ¿ testes, trabalhos práticos, relatórios, projetos... respetivas datas de entrega/apresentação... e ponderação na nota final.
Exemplo:
Descrição
Data limite
Ponderação
Avaliação Teórica:
Testes de avaliação contínua no moodle
Frequência
em aula
época de avaliação
10%
90%
Avaliação prática:
Análise de dados de exploração
Participação e demonstração prática de competências em aula
Relatório de consultoria (em grupo)
em aula
em aula
7 dias pós última saída de campo da respetiva turma
40%
40%
20%
(...)
Adicionalmente poderão ser incluídas informações gerais, como por exemplo, referência ao tipo de acompanhamento a prestar ao estudante na realização dos trabalhos; referências bibliográficas e websites úteis; indicações para a redação de trabalho escrito...
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Mobility
Mobility
No
