Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject INFECTIOUS DISEASES II Code 00106037
Study programme
0106 GRADO EN VETERINARIA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Fourth Second
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department SANIDAD ANIMAL
Coordinador
ARGÜELLO RODRÍGUEZ , HÉCTOR
E-mail hargr@unileon.es
amcaru@unileon.es
jmfreg@unileon.es
pmrubn@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 Study of the major infectious diseases affecting ruminants, lagomorphs, rodents and birds, with special consideration of its etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical as well as the means of their diagnosis, prevention, control and erradication.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente SANIDAD ANIMAL GUTIERREZ MARTIN , CESAR BERNARDO
Secretario SANIDAD ANIMAL MARTINEZ MARTINEZ , SONIA
Vocal SANIDAD ANIMAL GARCIA IGLESIAS , MARIA JOSE
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente SANIDAD ANIMAL PEREZ MARTINEZ , CLAUDIA
Secretario SANIDAD ANIMAL BALSEIRO MORALES , ANA MARIA
Vocal SANIDAD ANIMAL DIEZ BAÑOS , MARIA NATIVIDAD

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.
A19623 106P3 Use basic analytical techniques and interpret their clinical, biological and chemical results.
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.
A19645 106S23 Clinical examination methods and procedures, complementary diagnostic techniques and their interpretation.
A19651 106S29 Diagnosis.
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.
B6475 106G5 Write and present professional reports correctly, always maintaining the necessary confidentiality.
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
Evaluate the international, national, regional and herd economic and health importance of infectious diseases A19612
A19625
A19662
B6481
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Be able to learly point out and do a differential diagnosis among the main infectious diseases that affect ruminants, lagomorphs, rodents and birds. A19625
A19651
A19662
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Identify and analyse the main factors wchich contribute in the infectious disease presence/ourcome, spread and maintenance in the population. A19615
A19625
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Implement a plan for the disease identification and measures to control an or erradicate an infectious disease considering the current legislation A19615
A19622
A19624
A19625
A19661
A19666
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Design measures to prevent the presentation and spread of diseases in the population. A19615
A19662
A19665
A19666
B6476
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Interpret herd and individual clinical analyses. A19623
A19624
A19645
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Write and explain reports on clinical cases. A19651
B6471
B6475
B6477
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I.THEORETICAL LESSONS DISEASES OF RUMINANTS
1.- Introduction to problems of reproduction of infectious ethology. Chlamydiosis: ovine enzootic abortion. Fever Q. Ovine paratific abortion. Ovinecampylobacterial abortion.

2.- Brucellosis. Schmallenberg virus.
3.- Bovine genital campylobacteriosis.
Leptospirosis. Mycotic abortion.
4.- Bovine infectious rhinotracheitis (IBR). Bovine ulcerative mammillitis.
5.- Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). Border disease.
6.- Mamitis: Introduction. Staphylococcal and streptococcal bovine mamitis.
7. Colibacillary mamitis. Summer mammoths.
Other mamitis.
8.- Mamitis of sheep and goats. Contagious agalaxy of the sheep and goat.
9. Bovine respiratory syndrome. Pasteurelosis.
10. Neonatal diarrhea of ruminants. Colibacillosis.
Viral gastroenteritis. Salmonellosis.
11. Paratuberculosis. Enzootic bovine leukosis.
Anaplasmosis.
12. Tuberculosis.
13. Malignant catarrhal fever. Bovine infectious keratoconjunctivitis. Actinomycosis. Actinobacillosis.
Papillomatosis.
14.- Blue tongue. Ovine and caprine infectious lymphadenitis. Listeriosis.
15. Contagious ecthyma. Footrot. Bovine contagious perineumonia.Contagious pleuropneumonia of the goat.
16.- Dermatophytosis. Dermatophyllosis. Mycotoxicosis.
17. Anthrax. Black leg disease. Enterotoxemia by C. perfringens type D. Other clostridiosis.
18.- Maedi-Visna. Arthritis/Caprine encephalitis. Ovine pulmonaryadenomatosis. Acute viral encephalitis of the sheep (loupingill).
19.- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.Lumbar pruritus (Scrapie).
20. Exotic diseases. Main professional zoonoses of ruminants..
DISEASES OF LAGOMORPHS AND RODENTS
21.- Dermatophytosis. Staphylococci. Digestive syndrome. ColibacillosisEnterotoxemia. Epizootic enteropathy of the rabbit. Tyzzer's disease.
22. Pasteurelosis. Hemorrhagic disease of the rabbit.
23. Myxomatosis. Yersiniosis. Tularemia: Other diseases of health importance.
DISEASES OF BIRD
24.- Chronic respiratory disease. Avian infectious synovitis. Avian reoviruses.Staphylococci Colibacillosis. Avian coryza.
25.- Infectious Bursitis (Gumboro Disease). Avian adenoviruses. Avianencephalomyelitis. Avian infectious anemia.
26.- Avian retrovirosis: Avian leukosis. Marek's disease.
27.- Swollen head syndrome. Avian cholera. Duck viral enteritis. Other diseasesof birds.
28.- Salmonellosis. Campylobacteriosis. Candidiasis. Aspergillosis.Mycotoxicosis.
29.- Newcastle disease. Bird flu.
30.- Avian infectious bronchitis. Avian infectious laryngotracheitis. Avian pox.
II. LABORATORY PRACTICES Practice 1.- Diagnosis of mastitis.
Practice 2.- Diagnosis of Newcastle disease.
Practice 3.- Diagnosis of mycosis.

Duration: 2 h (x 4 sessions)
No. of groups: 6
Location: infectious disease laboratory, Animal Health Department No. of teachers: 1









III. DISCUSSION GROUPS












IV. SEMINARS

1. Problem based learning of ruminants 1.
2. Problem based learning of ruminants 2.
3. Problem based learning of ruminants 3.
4. Problem based learning of birds and lagomorphs.
III. DISCUSSION GROUPS 1. Problem based learning of ruminants 1.
2. Problem based learning of ruminants 2.
3. Problem based learning of ruminants 3.
4. Problem based learning of birds and lagomorphs.

Classroom practice. Problem resolution. Duration: 2 h (x 4 sessions)
No. of groups: 4
Location: Faculty classroom No. of professors: 1

IV. SEMINARS 1. Serology as a diagnostic, biosecurity and biocontainment tool.
Classroom practice Duration: 2 h
No. of groups: 2
Location: Faculty classroom No. of teachers: 1
V. TUTORING AND DIRECTED SELF-EMPLOYED WORK 1. Writing reports when there is suspicion of infectious diseases.
2. Vaccine prophylaxis.
VI. CLINICAL PRACTICES 1. Visits and clinical field practices.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Seminars 1 1 2
 
Laboratory practicals 8 4 12
Field work/trips 5 2.5 7.5
PBL (Problem Based Learning) 8 16 24
Personal tuition 4 11.5 15.5
 
Lecture 30 45 75
 
Objective short-answer tests 4 10 14
 
(*)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 Presentation and debate on the importance of serology in diagnosis, control, biocontainment and biosecurity in ruminant herds
Laboratory practicals Learning laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases taken as a model.
Field work/trips Visits to farms and resolution of cases with field veterinarians.
PBL (Problem Based Learning) Practical case sessions in the classroom in which learning will be carried out Problem Based Learning (PBL)/ Problem Based Learning (PBL) Based on practical cases of infectious diseases with special emphasis on their diagnosis, biocontainment, biosafety and prevention. The assumptions and additional information necessary for their resolution will be available on the institutional Moodle educational platform before each session.
Personal tuition Tutorials will be carried out individually or in groups, including face-to-face and non-face-to-face sessions.
Lecture Exhibition with the help of visual presentations. Students will have the support material available on the institutional Moodle educational platform

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description
Tutorials will be carried out individually or in groups, including face-to-face and non-face-to-face sessions.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
PBL (Problem Based Learning) The evaluation criteria will be the degree of knowledge and understanding.
The evaluation will be measured by presentation of practical assumptions. Failure to attend one of the sessions implies the loss of 10% of this grade.
12 %
Field work/trips The evaluation criteria will be the degree of participation and the presentation of a report. 5 %
Laboratory practicals The evaluation criteria will be the degree of participation and a questionnaire at the end of the practices. 8 %
Lecture The evaluation criteria will be the degree of knowledge and lecture understanding.

The evaluation will be measured through two written partial eliminatory exams of short answer questions.
70 %
Others Continuous evaluation of attendance and participation in theoretical classes, seminars and practices.


Failure to attend seminars, practical courses or laboratory practices 5 % in two or more sessions implies the loss of the right to take an
exam, if the cause is not duly justified.
 
Other comments and second call

The theoretical exam of the first partial will cover “Infectious diseases of ruminants”. If the test is passed, the grade will be kept for the entire academic year. The grade required to eliminate the subject is a 5. The relative value of this partial in the final grade of the theoretical exam will be 70%. The theoretical exam of the second partial will cover “Diseases of lagomorphs, rodents and birds”. If the test is passed, the grade will be kept for the entire academic year. The grade required to eliminate a subject is a 5. It will be taken on the date of the final exam. The relative value of this partial in the final grade of the theoretical exam will be 30%. The practical exam grade will only be considered when the student obtains a grade equal to or greater than 5 in the theory and practical assumptions exam. The second call will have the same criteria and system as the first call. Scoring three or more questions with a 0 (out of a total of 10) means that the exam will be failed, regardless of the grade obtained.

In accordance with what was approved by the Permanent Commission of the Governing Council of the University of León (January 29, 2015), in the document referring to "Recommended guidelines for action in cases of plagiarism, copying or fraud in exams or tests of evaluation" indicates 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 Quesenberry KE, Carpenter JW, Ferrets, rabbits and rodents. Clinical Medicine and Surgery , Missouri: Saunders, 2021
Pattisson M, McMullin P, Bradbury JM, Alexander D, Poultry diseases, Edinburgh: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008
Constable PD. Hinchcliff KW, Done, SH, Grünberg W , Veterinary medicine. A text book of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats , Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2017

LINKS OF INTEREST

CDC: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/

Defra: http:www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/ FAO: http://www.fao.org/index_es.htm

Center for Food Security and Public Health.http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo/factsheets.php

ANEMBE: http://www.anembe.com/ European Center for Disease Prevention and

Control: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx. European Food Safety Authority: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/

World Organization for Animal Health (OIE): http://www.oie.int/esp/es_index.htm World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/es/

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment: http://www.magrama.gob.es/

Veterinary Health Alert Network: http://rasve.mapa.es/

US Department of Agriculture: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ Virology: http://www.virology.net/ http://www.wordreference.com/

http://www.rae.es

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