14I5O04 - Infectious animal diseases (including epidemiology)

Course specification
Course title		Infectious animal diseases (including epidemiology)
Acronym		14I5O04
Study programme		Veterinary Medicine
Module
Type of study		Integrated academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Sonja Radojičić prof. dr Dragan Bacić prof. dr Sonja Obrenović doc. dr Nataša Stević
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		doc. dr Nataša Stević
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		10.5	Status	obligatory
Condition		enrolled in the appropriate semester	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		To acquire knowledge on basic principles of the infectology and epizootiology as well as specific characteristics concerning particular infectious diseases of animals. To get knowledge on infectious elements and crafts that are important for self reliance and safe work with infectious agents in the field as well as in laboratory.
The outcome		Student has to acquire knowledge of etiology, epizootiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, post mortem analysis, pathohistology, treatment and prophylaxis, as well as to take sample that is necessary for laboratory diagnosis, to be able to define objective suspicious case, especially those diseases that could pose important socio-economical threat to the country, as well as zoonoses. Student should understand procedure for reporting, differential diagnosis, therapy and treatment, prophylaxis as well as measures to be taken in case of infectious diseases outbreak.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Theoretical: general epizootiology, basics in epizootiology, control for the infection diseases and epizootics, , methods for the protection of epizootics, contingency plan formation, bioterrorism, bacterial diseases caused by bacteria: (Clostridia spp, Salmonella, Brucella spp, Mycoplasma spp, antraks, glanders, melioidisis, boreliosis, ulcerative limphangitis, African swine fever, African maleus, pastereloza, dourine, leptospirosis, borreliozas, psitacosis, tularema, listeiozis, ! fever, erysipelas, horse infectious metritis. Poxviridae, picornaviridae, reoviridae, herpesviridae, bunyaviridame, retrovirade, paramyxovirus, rhabdoviruses, arteriviruses, coronaviruses, orthomyxoviridae, asfaviridae, caliciviridae, parvoviridae, prions.
Contents of exercises		sampling methods, transport of the samples, inoculation to the laboratory animals, serological methods, epizootical investigation and analysis, methods of diagnosis: anthrax, erysipelas, pasteurellosis, brucellosis, salmonellosis, leptospirosis, borreliosis, dourine, glanders, rabies, Morbus Aujeszky, pox virus infection, Newcastle, Foot-and-mouth disease, complement fixation, ELISA, analysis of diagnostic tests results.
Literature
Sonja Radojicic, Miroslav Valcic, Bosiljka Djuricic: Special infectious diseases of animals, Belgrade , 2011 Valčić M: Specijalna epizootiologija, FVM, Beograd, 2004 (Original title) Panjević Đ: Opšta zaraze, Veterinarski fakultet, Beograd, 1986 (Original title) 4. Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, 6th Edition 2008. www.oie.int (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
6	4
Methods of teaching		Theoretical and practical work in the field and in the laboratory
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		10	Test paper
Practical lessons		10	Oral examination	70
Projects
Colloquia		10
Seminars