Unit AVIAN PATHOLOGY TRAINEESHIP
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- 85106975
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Maria Pia Franciosini
- Teachers
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- Maria Pia Franciosini
- Hours
- 63 ore - Maria Pia Franciosini
- CFU
- 2.5
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2013
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Learning activities
- Altro
- Area
- Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
- Academic discipline
- VET/05
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Visit in industrial farms (meat chickens, hatchery, hens, hatchery, game birds)
Execution of necropsy of birds for diagnostic purposes
Collection of samples (blood,excretions and secretions)
Microscopical examination of histology slides
Revision by slides of gross lesions related to infectious and not infectious diseases in order to test the student ability in following the diagnostic scheme and in application of vaccine or therapeutic programs. - Reference texts
- A consultation of the books cited for the avian pathology teaching or bibliography research in web, is possible
- Educational objectives
- The student must be able to carry on practical activities related to Avian Pathology as :
behavior in avian farm (evaluation of animal health status and environment ), collection of animal samples (blood, secreta and excreta)
autopsy con organ sample collection for (bacteriological and/or histological and/or molecular analyses)
Laboratory Diagnostic "lecture" of bacteriological examinations and susceptibility antibiotic tests. Lecture of histological slides - Prerequisites
- Scientific background related to microbiology, infectious diseases, and gross pathology
Basic knowledge of poultry technology - Teaching methods
- The traineeship is organised in 2,5 credits and it is continuous for all year. It is organised in 15 days for each group of students. It consists of:
Necropsy of birds
Visits to industrial poultry farm
Use of the light microscope for coprological and histological diagnosis
Carrying out bacteriological examination and antibiotic susceptibility test
Use of slides with typical gross lesions - Learning verification modality
- talk in progress aimed at verifying the student's ability to undertake activities related to the discipline practices (behavior of the veterinarian on the farm, ability in evaluation of poultry farm biosafety, in necropsy and diagnostic laboratory activity). The evaluation is expressed as judgment of capability of the student in carrying out the traineeship activities
- Extended program
- During the traineeship usually:
5 days are addressed to autopsies on birds (Chicken, hen, turkeys, pigeons and game birds). The student should focus on the presence of any gross lesions suggestive of diagnosis. He must be able to properly apply a diagnostic scheme. In this contest collection of samples is provided for coprological, parasitological, bacteriological and histological examinations to diagnostic purposes
3 days are addressed to farm visits (laying hens, broilers and hatchery ). The student must be able to evaluate the health status and well-being of the animals and the degree of environmental biosafety. In this context, students can collect samples (Blood, excreta and secreta)
Two days are addressed to the bacteriology laboratory. The student must be able to read microbiological preparation from plates or slides obtained from microbiological cultures , submitted to routine (gram) or specially staining (Giemsa, Ziehl-Neelsen) for diagnostic purposes,
1 day is addressed to histopathological diagnosis. The student should be able to identify peculiar histological changes under standard hematoxylin-eosin or particular (PAS, Grocott) staining and link them to an etiological diagnosis
1 day is addressed to bio molecular diagnosis
Three days are scheduled for the review of slides reporting gross lesions highly suggestive for specific diseases. This type of activity allows the teacher to verify the student's ability to apply a diagnostic procedure from the gross findings in order to apply a therapeutic or vaccine protocol, depending on the case