Equine Clinic

The Equine Clinics Teaching Unit aims at providing the students with fundamentals about the proper management of the Equine patient, including internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics and reproduction issues. Information related to veterinary drug prescription and management in companion animals and horses will also be provided. Further specifications are reported in the specific modules that make up the present Teaching Unit.

Knowledge and understanding: the student should acquire a correct approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the most common medical, surgical and reproductive conditions in the equine patient. He or she must also demonstrate to possess the ability to prescribe and manage veterinary drugs in companion animals, including equines.
Applying knowledge and understanding: the student must demonstrate to possess knowledge and concepts that allow him to independently establish a correct management of the most common medical, surgical and reproductive conditions in equine patients.
Making judgments: the student must be able to critically and actively evaluate the information provided both by the teacher and the international literature
Communication: the student must be able to elaborate and communicate the concepts acquired during the lectures and practices with appropriate and updated terminology.

Lifelong learning skills: the student must demonstrate that he or she has the capability to learn and to independently increase the knowledge about new emerging issues in the field of equine medical, surgical and reproductive disorders management.