To pass the course, the student must actively participate in lectures and exercises. The condition for passing the exam is the preparation and defense of a seminar paper on a topic specified by the guarantor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The exam is awarded based on the evaluation of acquired knowledge (in the range A-E).

The results of the education are verified by the preparation of the seminar work, its defense and the final exam.

The subject outline was developed with the aim of mastering the basics of the etiology of the occurrence of internal diseases of individual organ systems and the locomotor apparatus of animals, their diagnosis, therapy and prevention:

Skin diseases

Diseases of the respiratory system

Diseases of the circulatory system

Diseases of the gastrointestinal system, liver and pancreas

Diseases of the urinary system

Diseases of the reproductive system and mammary gland

Diseases of blood, hematopoietic and lymphatic system and spleen

Diseases of the nervous system and intoxication

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

Breeding management and environment in relation to animal health

Preventive health check

Kováč G. a kol.: Choroby hovädzieho dobytka. M+M vydavateľstvo Prešov, 2001, 874 s.

Kováč G. a kol.: Choroby ošípaných M+M vydavateľstvo Prešov, 2011, 980 s.

Smith B.P.: Large animal internal medicine, Mosby Elsevier, 2009

Constable, P0 D., Hinchcliff, K. W., Done, S. H., Grunberg, W.: Veterinary Medicine, 11th edition, Elsevier, St. Louis, 2017,

Conditions for completion of course:

To pass the course, the student must actively participate in lectures and exercises. The condition for passing the exam is the preparation and defense of a seminar paper on a topic specified by the guarantor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The exam is awarded based on the evaluation of acquired knowledge (in the range A-E).

Lecture / Exercise

2 hours of lectures / 8 hours of exercises / per week - 80% of which is self-study

Attendance method