Medicine, Surgery and Genetic Disorders of Domestic Animals

The course aims to provide the students with knowledge regarding the main dysfunctions and pathologies in Veterinary Medicine in the different domestic species. Particularly, it aims at understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms, underlying the main diseases affecting the various systems both in internal medicine and surgery, pointing out: etiology, inherited diseases, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations.

1- Knowledge and understanding:
The student will have to demonstrate knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of diseases epidemiologically of interest in the different domestic species.
2- Appling knowledge and understanding:
The student must demonstrate that he / she is able to apply the acquired knowledge to correctly frame both the pathologies related to the internal medicine and surgery. Furthermore, he / she must demonstrate that he / she can independently conduct an online bibliographic research, recognize and apply the different types of studies in the right contexts.
3- Making judgment:
The student must be able to deal critically and proactively with the study of the subject, both as regards the informations present on the material provided by the teacher and on that reported in the recommended texts. It will also be able to identify the most credible sources of scientific information.
4- Communication:
the student must be able to expose the information acquired with an appropriate terminology, updated and consistent with the terminology used in the other disciplines.
5- Life long learning skills:
The student should demonstrate ability in acquiring the sources necessary for continuing education: databases, texts and specialized journals.