Infectious and parasitic diseases of small animals

Study programme: general veterinary medicine full-time form of study
Teaching language:   english
Subject code: KaEaP/SSE-InPDSA/18    Short: SSE-InPDSA
  •  Credits: 0
  •  Completion method: Credit
  •   Lectures: 2 / Practice: 2
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Form, course-load and method od study:
Form of study: Lecture / Practical
Course-load: Per week: 2 / 2   -   Per study period: 26 / 26 (recommended, in hours)
Method of study: prezenčná
 
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CONDITIONS FOR COMPLETION OF COURSE
Participation on lectures75% and on practical lessons 100%,
Learning outcomes
Complex knowledge on infectious and parasitic diseases of dogs and cats, ability to diagnose, treat and prevent them. Differential diagnosis, results interpretation.
Brief outline of the course
The most important infectious and parasitic diseases of dogs and cats affecting skin, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, nervous system, clinical and laboratory diagnostics, therapy, prevention, vaccination programmes, registration, pet pass.
Course syllabus
Lectures
1. Infectious and parasitic skin inflammation in dogs and cats. Otitis externa. Mycotic diseases of small animals.
2. Kennel cough and other respiratory infections of dogs and cats. Chlamydial infections of cats
3. Parvoviral infections and other GIT infections of dogs and cats.
4. Infectious diseases of dogs and cats affecting urinary and reproduction system
5. Canine distemper, rabies and other diseases affecting nervous system of small animals.
6. Feline leukaemia, feline immunodeficiency, infectious peritonitis and pleuritis.
7. Infectious diseases of dogs and cats characterised by natural focality (leptospirosis, lyme boreliosis, tick encephalitis, ehrlichiosis, ....)
8. Preventive, control and eradication measures at infectious diseases of dogs and cats. Principles of specific immunoprophylaxis.
9. Protozooses of GIT (giardiosis, cryptosporidiosis, izosporosis, sarcocystosis, toxoplasmosis, neosporosis). Systemic protozooses (toxoplasmosis, neosporosis, leishmaniosis, encephalitozoonoses).
10. Vector borne blood protozooses (babesioses, hepatozoonoses, cytauxzoonosis). Vector transmitted helmintoses (spirocercosis, dirofilariosis, thelaziosis).
11. Cestodoses, trematodoses of dogs and cats.
12. Nematodoses of small and large intestine (toxocarosis, strongyloidosis, toxascariosis, ancylostomosis , uncinariosis, trichurosis). Nematodoses of respiratory system of dogs and cats.
13. Ectoparasitoses (Ticks, sarcoptic mange, demodicosis, louse and fleas infestation of dogs and cats, and other enthomoses)
Practical lessons
1. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of skin infections. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control
2. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of respiratory infections. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
3. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of GIT infections. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
4. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of urinary and reproduction infections. Sampling. Results interpretation. Leptospirosis diagnostics. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
5. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of CNS infections. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control. Control of rabies in field.
6. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of cat infectious, serological tests ( FeLV, FIV a FIP). Interpretation of results
7. Vaccination of dogs and cats and actual legislation. Principles of infectious diseases prevention in young animlas.
8. Epizootological and epidemiological activities in disease reporting and protection of state territory and transport of animals. Registration of companion animals. Pet passports.
9. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of GIT and systemic protozooses. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control
10. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of blood parasitoses. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
11. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of cestodoses and trematodoses. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
12. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of nematodoses. Coproculture. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
13. Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of ticks and mites. Sampling. Results interpretation. Differential diagnostics. Therapy, prevention and control.
Recommended literature
Sykes, J.E. (2014) Canine and feline infectious diseases. Elsevier Saunders, pp915, ISBN 978-1-4377-0795-3
Greene, C.E. ( 2012) Infectious diseases of dog and cat , fourth edition,Saunders, Elsevier Inc., pp1354, ISBN978-1-4160-6130-4
Conditions for completion of course
Conditions for completion of course:
Participation on lectures75% and on practical lessons 100%,
 
Evaluation of the course
Total number of evaluated students: 476
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Date of last modification: 12.04.2023
Approved by: Tutot Dr. h. c. Prof. MVDr. Jana Mojžišová, PhD.
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