In order to pass the course, the student must have active participation in lectures and practical training. The prerequisite for passing the examination is the preparation and defence of a seminar paper on a topic assigned by the supervisor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The examination is awarded on the basis of an assessment of the knowledge acquired (in the A-E range).

By completing the course the student will gain knowledge at the molecular level in relation to the topic of his/her dissertation in the field of veterinary obstetrics and gynaecology.

Disorders of carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism in pregnant and lactating females (hypoglycaemia, pregnancy toxaemia, lactational ketosis, A/G quotient) and their clinical and biochemical diagnosis; disorders of carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism in newborn pups (hypoglycaemia in piglets, postnatal anaemia) and their clinical and biochemical diagnosis; disorders of mineral metabolism in pregnant and lactating females (milk fever) and their clinical and biochemical diagnosis; hormones of hypothalamic-pituitary origin (gonadoliberin, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, oxytocin) and their relation to the function of the reproductive apparatus of males and females at the molecular level; the influence of thyroid hormones on reproductive indices - fertility, pregnancy, ovulation; clinical reproductive endocrinology - proteohormones (GnRH, FSH, LH, oxytocin, PMSG, eCG), steroid hormones (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone), prostaglandins and the possibilities of their determination; clinical and biochemical diagnostics of tumour diseases of the male and female reproductive apparatus (oncomarkers).

Freeman, K.P, Klenner S.: Veterinary Clinical Pathology. A Case-Based Approach, CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, New York, 2015.

Kaneko J.J. et al.: Clinical biochemistry of domestic animals, 1997.

Conditions for completion of course:

In order to pass the course, the student must have active participation in lectures and practical training. The prerequisite for passing the examination is the preparation and defence of a seminar paper on a topic assigned by the supervisor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The examination is awarded on the basis of an assessment of the knowledge acquired (in the A-E range).