Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2023_24

Subject

INFECTIOUS DISEASES I

Code

00106032

Study programme

0106 GRADO EN VETERINARIA

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

Fourth

First

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

SANIDAD ANIMAL

Coordinador

RUBIO NISTAL , PEDRO MIGUEL

E-mail

pmrubn@unileon.es
amcaru@unileon.es
jmfreg@unileon.es
hargr@unileon.es
sgomm@unileon.es
lperp@unileon.es

Lecturers

CARVAJAL URUEÑA , ANA MARÍA

FREGENEDA GRANDES , JUAN MIGUEL

RUBIO NISTAL , PEDRO MIGUEL

ARGÜELLO RODRÍGUEZ , HÉCTOR

GOMEZ MARTINEZ , SAMUEL

PEREZ PEREZ , LUCIA

Web

http://

General description

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	SANIDAD ANIMAL	GUTIERREZ MARTIN , CESAR BERNARDO
Secretario	SANIDAD ANIMAL	MARTINEZ MARTINEZ , SONIA
Vocal	SANIDAD ANIMAL	DIEZ BAÑOS , MARIA NATIVIDAD

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente		MARTINEZ VALLADARES , MARIA
Secretario	SANIDAD ANIMAL	BALSEIRO MORALES , ANA MARIA
Vocal	SANIDAD ANIMAL	FERRERAS ESTRADA , CARMEN

Competencias

Code
A19612	106P10 Assess and interpret the productive and health parameters of an animal group, considering the economic and welfare aspects.
A19615	106P13 Minimise the risks of contamination and cross-infection in animal facilities and in the field.
A19622	106P2 Collect and send all types of samples with their corresponding report.
A19624	106P4 Diagnose the most common diseases, through the use of different general and instrumental techniques, including necropsy, respecting current safety measures.
A19625	106P5 Identify, control and eradicate animal diseases, with special attention to notifiable diseases and zoonoses, following, in this case, the corresponding procedures in accordance with current regulations.
A19651	106S29 Diagnosis.
A19660	106S37 Ichthyopathology.
A19661	106S38 Transmission and maintenance of diseases and methods of studying diseases in populations.
A19662	106S39 Infectious and parasitic diseases of veterinary interest including their diagnosis and control.
A19665	106S41 Promotion of health in animal groups, including wild animals, in order to obtain maximum economic performance in a socially, ethically and health-acceptable way.
A19666	106S42 Technical measures and regulations for the prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases.
B6471	106G1 Analyse, synthesise, solve problems and make decisions in the professional fields of the veterinarian.
B6472	106G2 Work as a team, single or multidisciplinary, and show respect, appreciation and sensitivity to the work of others.
B6473	106G3 Maintain ethical behavior in the exercise of their responsibilities towards the profession and society.
B6474	106G4 Communicate the information obtained during the veterinarians professional practice fluently, orally and in writing, with other colleagues, authorities and society in general.
B6476	106G6 Search and manage information related to the veterinarians activity.
B6477	106G7 Apply the scientific method to professional practice including evidence-based medicine.
B6481	106G11 Keep the knowledge, skills and attitudes of professional competencies updated through a continuing education process.
C1	CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study
C2	CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C3	CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C4	CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience
C5	CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims

	Competences
Learn the etiopathogenic and epidemiological characteristics of the main infectious diseases of pigs, horses, dogs and cats, fish, crustaceans, mollusks and amphibians, and bees.	A19624 A19625 A19660	B6476 B6477 B6481
Knowledge in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases in the animal species mentioned above. Being able to identify and describe the most important clinical and lesions associated to the infectious diseases in these species.	A19624 A19661	B6481
Knowledge in the diagnosis of the infectious diseases in the animal species mentioned above, using the appropriate methodology and techniques for each particular infectious microorganism.	A19612 A19622 A19651 A19662	B6471
Acquire knowledge in the treatment/s for the main infectious diseases of the animals mentioned above.
Know how to apply appropriate prophylaxis and control measures for infectious diseases of the animal species mentioned above, both on isolated individuals and on animal groups.	A19615 A19625 A19665 A19666
Acquire general and specific skills in veterinary medicine necessary for an adequate development of the skills in the main infectious diseases of the animal species mentioned above.		B6471 B6472 B6473 B6474 B6476 B6481	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
THEORETICAL PROGRAMME	I. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. GENERALITIES 1.- Historical development. Economic and health importance, future perspectives. Infection and disease. Pathogens and their pathogenicity mechanisms. Microbial interactions and mixed infections 2.- The host in the infection. Genetic resistance to infection. Non-specific and specific defense mechanisms. The environment in infection. 3.- Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. Presumptive field diagnosis, sample collection, direct and indirect diagnostic tests. II INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF DOGS & CATS Lecture 1.- Pyodermitis. Dermatophytosis. Systemic mycoses. Lecture 2.- Leptospirosis. Lyme's desease. Nocardiosis. Canine ehrlichiosis and other rickettsiosis. Lecture 3.- Canine parvovirus. Canine infectious hepatitis. Lecture 4.- Canine distemper. Other enteric and respiratory infections in the dog. Lecture 5.- Feline leukemia. Lecture 6.- Feline immunodeficiency syndrome. Feline panleukopenia. Lecture 7.- Feline rhinotracheitis. Feline calicivirosis. Feline infectious peritonitis. Other cat infections. III. INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF EQUINES Lecture 1.- Horsepox. Dermatophytosis. Epizootic lymphangitis. Equine Glanders. Lecture 2.- Actinobacillosis due to A. equuli. Contagious equine metritis. Parathymic abortion of the mare. Topic 3.- Equine diseases caused by herpesviruses: Equine genital exanthema, Equine rhinopneumonitis and viral abortion. Equine influenza. Equine viral arteritis. Chlamydiosis. Lecture 4.- African horse sickness. Equine infectious anemia. Lecture 5.- Tetanus. Botulism. Atrophic rhinitis. Pneumonic pasteurellosis IV. INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF PIG Lecture 1.- Exudative epidermitis. Dermatophytosis. Piobacillosis. Streptococci. Lecture 2.-Salmonellosis. Colibacillosis-edema disease. Lecture 3.- Swine dysentery. Diarrhea due to spirochetes. Porcine clostridiosis. Lecture 4.- Porcine proliferative enteropathy. Viral gastroenteritis: transmissible swine gastroenteritis, porcine epidemic diarrhea and rotavirus infections. Lecture 5.- Enzootic pneumonia and other mycoplasmosis. Eperithrozoonosis. Lecture 6.- Porcine pleuronemonia. Glässer's disease. Lecture 7.- Aujeszky's disease. Influenza. Bad red. Tuberculosis. Lecture 8.- Reproductive disorders of infectious etiology: due to enterovirus, parvovirus, leptospirosis, chlamydiosis, brucellosis, listeriosis. Lecture 9.- Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). Circovirus (Multisystemic porcine wasting syndrome). V. DISEASES OF FISHES, CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND AMPHIBIANS Lecture 1.- Saprolegniosis. Epizootic ulcerative syndrome. Branchiomycosis. Ichthyophonosis. Other mycoses of fish. Lecture 2.- Furunculosis. Vibriosis. Yersiniosis. Renibacteriosis. Other fishbacterioses. Lecture 3.- Viral hemorrhagic septicemia. Infectious hematopoietic necrosis. Spring carp viremia. Infectious pancreatic necrosis. Other fish viruses. Lecture 4.- Aphanomycosis (crab plague) and other crustacean diseases. Mollusk diseases. Amphibian diseases. VI. INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF BEES Lecture 1.- Ascospherosis. European foulbrood. American foulbrood. Sacciform breeding. Paralysis. Other diseases of bees.
PRACTICAL PROGRAMMING	SEMINARS Seminar 1: Rabies Seminar 2: West Nile disease. Other encephalomyelitis. Seminar 3: Swine pests Seminar 4: Foot and mouth disease and vesicular diseases in pigs Duration: 1.5 hours each seminar No. of practice groups: 2 Place of practice: classroom PROBLEM BASED LEARNING Problem based learning about infectious diseases in dogs and cats Problem based learning of infectious diseases in horses Problem based learning of infectious diseases in pigs Duration: 2 hours No. of practice groups: 2 Place of practice: classroomLaboratory LABORATORY PRACTICES Practice A: Direct diagnosis by molecular techniques (PCR) Practice B: Indirect diagnosis through serology: performance and interpretation of an ELISA test Duration: 2 hours each practice No. of practice groups: 6 Place of practice: laboratory CLINICAL PRACTICES Attendance at the Infectious Diseases clinical consultation Duration: 5 hours No. of practice groups: 12 Place of practice: Clinical Hospital CLINICAL FIELD PRACTICE One-day attendance at the Mobile Clinic for Infectious Diseases with Collaborating Professionals plus subsequent seminar. Duration: 5 hours Number of practice groups: undetermined Place of practice: Clinical Hospital

Planning

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Seminars	8	8	16

PBL (Problem Based Learning)	6	11	17
Laboratory practicals	4	2	6
Clinical practicums	5	2	7
Field work/trips	5	2	7

Lecture	30	36	66

Objective short-answer tests	4	12	16
	4	11	15

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies ::

	Description
Seminars	Exposition and discussion of the main characteristics of some of the infectious diseases that are of special importance. Classroom practice Duration of practice: 1.5 h Number of groups: 2 Location: Faculty classroom Number of teachers per group: 1
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	Practical sessions in which we will try to solve practical cases of some of the main infectious diseases on the subject's syllabus. PBL (Practical self-learning assumptions): Classroom practice Duration of practice: 2 h No. of groups: 4 Location: Faculty classroom No. of teachers per group: 1
Laboratory practicals	Carrying out laboratory practices. Duration of the practice: 2 h (x 2 sessions) No. of groups: 6 Location: infectious disease laboratory, Animal Health Department No. teachers per group: 1
Clinical practicums	Students will attend the clinical consultation on contagious diseases (infectious and parasitic) to work on clinical cases that come to the hospital. clinical practice Duration of practice: 5 h No. of groups: 12 Place: Hospital of the University of León No. teachers per group: 1
Field work/trips	The students will attend the mobile clinic for one day. Students tackle infectious diseases cases with collaborating professionals and will carry out a report on the activity carried out. Clinical practice Duration of the practice: 5 h No. of groups: individually, all enrolled students Location: livestock farms No. teachers per group: 1
Lecture	Theoretical classes, exhibition with the help of visual presentations. The students support material will be available on the institutional Moodle educational platform.

Personalized attention

PBL (Problem Based Learning)

Lecture

Seminars

Description

Tutoring.
Resolution of doubts of any type that may arise.
Advice on searching for information for the
learning or problem solving.

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Clinical practicums	Assistance, predisposition to handling animals, as well as their ability to perform examinations, vaccinations and sample processing with basic small animal clinical techniques will be evaluated.	5%
PBL (Problem Based Learning)	Evaluation cases presented for the main diseases of the different types of animals will be valued. The presentation of this report will be mandatory. Both the presentation and the quality of a reasoned report on the practical PBL approach will be evaluated	10 %
Laboratory practicals	A final questionnaire will be carried out to evaluate the skills acquired in the session.	5%
Lecture	Control of assistence and participation in lectures.	5 %
Seminars	Control of assistence and participation in seminars is positively granted	5 %
Objective short-answer tests	Global evaluation exercise that will combine theoretical knowledge and practical cases. The exercise will consist of 10-12 questions that will be graded with a grade of 0 to 10 points. Obtaining a grade of less than 3 in three or more questions will mean that the exercise will not be graded.	70 %

Other comments and second call
A maximum of non-attendance (unjustified for unforeseen reasons) to one of the activities is allowed. programmed in the subject (a seminar, practical, clinical or PBL session), the penalty being the loss of the % corresponding to the grade for that activity. Failure to attend two or more activities entails non-evaluation in the corresponding course. A theoretical exam will be carried out. The grade for this theoretical exam must be 4.5 or higher to be able to compensate with the rest of the qualifications. A score of 0 in three or more questions (out of 10) means that the exam is failed, regardless of the grade obtained. For the second call, the final written exam will be short questions and will account for 85% of the final grade. being the rest of the activities (weighted 15% of the final grade). In accordance with what was approved by the Permanent Commission of the Governing Council of the University of León (29 January 2015), in the document referring to "Recommended guidelines for action in cases of plagiarism, copying or fraud in exams or evaluation tests" it is indicated that: During the written exam of the subject, it will be strictly prohibited to use any electronic device (computer, tablet, mobile phone or digital watch with memory, etc.) that can help the student solve the questions without relying exclusively on the knowledge acquired during the study. These devices must be kept out of reach of the student during the test. If this indication is not met, the exam will be immediately withdrawn and expelled. Furthermore, if the student were found cheating, the subject would be graded as "failed" in both annual exams. The second call will have the same criteria and system as the first call.

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Brown L, Acuicultura para veterinarios. Producción y clínica de peces, Ed Acribia. Zaragoza, 2000 AITKEN, I.D. , Diseases of sheep. 4th ed. , Blackwell Publishing Professional, Ames, Iowa, 2007 Zimmermann JJ, Karriker LA, Ramírez A, Schwartz KJ, Stevenson GW, Diseases of swine, Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing, 2012 Ritter W, Enfermedades de las abejas, Ed. Acribia. Zaragoza, 2001 PRIETO SUÁREZ , C.; MARTÍNEZ LOBO, F.J.; SEGALÉS i COMA, J; CARVAJAL URUEÑA, A.M, Enfermedades infecciosas del ganado porcino, Grupo Asís Biomédica, Zaragoza, 2017 Equine infectious diseases, Equine infectious diseases 2nd Ed., Elsevier. St. Louis, Missouri. USA., 2013 Noga EJ, Fish diseases: diagnosis and treatment, Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 NOGA E.J. , Fish diseases: diagnosis and treatment. , Wiley-Blackwell. Ames, Iowa. , 2013 GREENE, C.E., Infectious diseases of the dog and cat. 4th ed, W. B. Saunders. Philadelphia, EE. UU, 2011 Van Der Kolk JH, Veldhuis Kroeze EJB, Infectious Diseases of the Horse, Manson Publishing, 2013 Radostits OM, Gay CC, Hinchcliff KW, Constable PD, Veterinary Medicine. A text book of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2007

Complementary	Greene CE , Enfermedades infecciosas del perro y del gato , St. Louis (Missouri): Saunders Elsevier, 2000 Radostits OM, Leslie KE, Fetrow J , Herd Health , Philadelphia: WB Saunders, Cop, 1994 Williams ES, Barker IK , Infectious diseases of wild mammals , London: Manson, The Veterinary Press, 2001 Muirhead MR, Alexander TJL , Managing pig health and the treatment of disease , Sheffield: 5M Enterprises Ltd, 1997 Muirhead MR, Alexander TJL , Manejo sanitario y tratamiento de las enfermedades del cerdo , Buenos Aires: Inter-Médica, 2001 BLANCO, M; ORDEN J.A. et al., Manual gráfico. Inmunología y enfermedades infecciosas del perro y el gato, Editorial Servet, Zaragoza, 2013 Blanco M, Orden JA, Cutili MT, Doménech A, Domínguez G, Gibello A, Gómerz-Lucía E, Miró G, Simarro I, Manual gráfico. Inmunología y enfermedades infecciosas del perro y el gato, Zaragoza: Servet, 2013 Radostits OM, Gay CC, Blood DC, Hinchcliff KW , Medicina veterinaria. Tratado de las enfermedades del ganado bovino, ovino, porcino, caprino y equino , Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 1999 Jungerman PF, Schwartzman RM, Micología Médica Veterinaria , méxico: Continental , 1977 Ainsworth GC, Austwick PKC, Micosis de los animales , Zaragoza: Academia , 1975 Taylor, DJ , Pig diseases , Glasgow: DJ Taylor, 1999 Radostits OM, Blood DC , Sanidad del ganado , Montevideo: Hemisferio Sur , 1993 Radostitis OM, Gay CC, Hinchcliff KW, Constable PD, Veterinary Medicine. A text book of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats. 10th ed., Londos: WB Saunders Company Ltd, 2007 Acha PN, Szyfres B , Zoonosis y enfermedades transmisibles comunes al hombre y a los animales , Washington : Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana, 1986

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

PHYSIOLOGY I / 00106003

CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY / 00106005

PHYSIOLOGY II / 00106007

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ENGLISH / 00106011

MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY / 00106012

BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY / 00106015

GENERAL PATHOLOGY / 00106016

VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY / 00106019

RURAL ECONOMICS AND VETERINARY BUSINESS_MANAGEMENT / 00106026

ANIMAL NUTRITION / 00106027

ANIMAL BREEDING_AND IMPROVEMENT / 00106028

ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HYGIENE / 00106029

MEDICAL PATHOLOGY I / 00106030

MEDICAL PATHOLOGY II / 00106034

PHARMACY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY / 00106038