Veterinary Internal Medicine and Therapy

Learning objectives (nuovo testo da inserire in W4):The aim of the course is to provide the student with the notions concerning internal medicine and the therapy of domestic animals dog and cat, horse, ruminants and pig, in order to acquire a correct systematic approach to the veterinary visit which includes the correct approach to: medical history, symptom and clinical examination, formulation of differential diagnoses, choice of collateral tests and formulation of diagnosis, prognosis and therapy

The student must:
-be able to transfer the knowledge acquired during lessons and exercises with a clear and appropriate terminology
-be able to put into practice the method of clinical procedure acquired during the theoretical and practical lessons in the studied domestic animal species.
-know the main manual skills that are performed during the clinical visit.
-to acquire a correct approach to the problem-oriented history and anamnesis, and the knowledge of the main, organ, apparatus, infectious and metabolic diseases of the animal species treated in order to formulate a correct differential diagnosis list based on the presented symptoms.
- to know how to choose the tests that allow the achievement of the diagnosis.
- knowing how to correctly formulate the diagnosis, the prognosis and prescribe the therapy also by filling in a clinical report