Veterinary Bacteriology, Virology and Immunology

To provide the students with the importance of the involvement of the microbiology (bacteriology and virology) in many fields (breeding, welfare and animal health), propaedeutic to infectious diseases; to describe basic structures and functions of innate and acquired immunity against microorganisms in different conditions (young, adult, old, stressed animal) and with methods to potentiate (vaccinations) and diagnose them (immunodiagnostics).

Knowledge and understanding: Students will demonstrate to know basic microbiology and characteristics of classical and unconventional microorganisms (virus, bacteria, prions); therefore, students will demonstrate to know how the immune system works and to correlate to each other the information provided by the two modules of the integrated course.
Appling knowledge and understanding: Students will demonstrate to know microorganisms in order to use them (useful microorganisms) or fight them (pathogen microorganisms) depending on the situation; therefore, students will demonstrate to apply what has been learned in the field of the immune system to different practical conditions (newborns, young, adult and old animals, stress, malnutrition, immunopathological conditions) and in immunodiagnostics.
Making judgments: Students will demonstrate to be able to critically evaluate the different options proposed for etiology, diagnosis and prevention of viral and bacterial diseases by means of collegial discussion, laboratory tests and a written report on the carried-out activities.
Communication: Students must be able to describe, with the correct scientific terminology and in written and oral form, the applied aspect of the learned knowledge of microbiology and immunology.
Lifelong learning skills: At the end of the course, students will be able to objectively document themselves using valid texts and official sources in order to broaden their knowledge of veterinary infectious diseases, and their diagnosis and prevention, , and role of the immune system in animals under physiological and pathological conditions.