ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 67.5 Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 30 Interactive Classroom: 4 EEES Clinics: 10 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Animal Pathology
Areas: Animal Health
Center Faculty of Veterinary Science
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The aims of Preventive Medicine are forming students in:
• Basic concepts and specific terminology used within Veterinary Preventive Medicine
• Design of sanitary and productive programs for each animal species in order to optimize profitability of farms.
• How to establish the most correct measures of medical prophylaxis, vaccination, biosecurity and husbandry, according to the farm system, to avoid the entrance of diseases, prevent the dissemination of a still present one and reduce their effects when possible.
• Monitoring and evaluation of disease control programs.
• Husbandry, hygienic characteristics and sanitary practices for each production type.
• The understanding of the economic and sanitary importance of preventive medicine programs and their influence in production.
• The knowing of the veterinary performance regarding Preventive Medicine programs.
The aims of Sanitary Police are instructing students regarding:
• The basic concepts and the terminology of Sanitary Police.
• Principles in which legislation upon animal health is based.
• Organizations and legal field on Sanitary Police.
• The official legislation on Sanitary Police.
• How the veterinary performance is regarding Sanitary Police.
• Unit 1.- Health and production management programs in dairy cattle (I): structure of the bovine production. Aims, requests and components. Biosecurity
• Unit 2.- Health and production management programs in dairy cattle (II): monitoring of the herd: planning, organization and development. Sanitary and productive data collection: external information, both farms and animals.
• Unit 3.- Health and production management programs in dairy cattle (III): Preventive Medicine in the different stages of production. Strategies of replacement and removal.
• Unit 4.- Health and production management programs in dairy cattle (IV): Sanitary Programs for infectious and parasitic diseases. Analysis of results. Decision making.
• Unit 5.- Health and production management programs in small ruminant flocks.
• Unit 6.- Health and production management programs in rabbit farms.
• Unit 7.- Health and production management programs in swine livestock (I): Structure of the swine production. Aims, requests and components. Influence factors in the different stages of production.
• Unit 8.- Health and production management programs in swine livestock (II): Sanitary Programs for infectious and parasitic diseases. Examination and recognition of a disease in the farm: data collection. Analysis of results. Decision making.
• Unit 9.- Health and production management programs in avian farms.
• Unit 10.- Health and production management programs in equestrian, canine and feline communities.
• Unit 11.- Sanitary police: Concept, aims and objectives. Historical development. International organisms (OIE, FAO, WHO, OMC, etc.). European, national and local organisms and institutions. Official veterinary services and Sanitary Police. Controls and inspections.
• Unit 12.- International, European, national and local normative in animal health. Main sanitary norms: Terrestrial Code. Animal Health Act. Other normative.
• Unit 13.- Regulation of farms: Permission, sanitary conditions, sanitary qualification. Sanitary regulation for slaughterhouses, domestic and wild animals in captivity centers, and others.
• Unit 14.- Identification and traceability of livestock: Aims, farms registration. Identification elements: systems and documents of identification and farm books. Databases. Control.
• Unit 15.- Equids identification. Dogs identification. Norms in potentially dangerous dogs. Identification of wild species in captivity.
• Unit 16.- Sanitary and zootechnic conditions regarding animal and animal products trade with third countries, EU, national and within autonomic communities. System of communication of movements. Sanitary conditions during transport.
• Unit 17.- Prevention, control, fight and eradication of animal diseases (I). General measures of prevention. Laboratories. Diseases of compulsory communication: general procedures and performance in emergent diseases.
• Unit 18.- Prevention, control, fight and eradication of animal diseases (II). Current diseases of compulsory communication with an official performance: National Programs of Eradication and other official performances. Animal Health Associations.
• Unit 19: Products of animal origin no allocated to human consumption. Animal feeding. Animal welfare in farm, trade and sacrifice. Veterinary drugs.
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• BLANCOU, J. (2003). History of the surveillance and control of transmisible animal diseases. OIE. París.
• BLOOD, D.C.; STUDDERT, V. (1993). Diccionario de veterinaria. Interamericana-McGraw Hill. Madrid.
• BLOWEY, R.W.; TAYLOR, D.; WINTER, A.C.; CLARKSON, M.L.; LISTER, S.Y STUART, J.C. (1992). Atlas de autoevaluación en veterinaria práctica. 2. Animales de granja. Grass ediciones. Barcelona.
• BRAND, A.; NOORDHUIZEN, J.P.T.M.; SCHUKKEN, Y.H. (1997): Herd health and production management in dairy practice. Wageningen Pers. Holanda.
• BUXADÉ, C. (1998). Vacuno de carne: aspectos claves. Ed. Mundi-Prensa.
• FOUZ, R. CORRALES, J.C.; FERNÁNDEZ, G.; YUS, E. (2005): Programa de mellora da calidade do leite: control das mamites bovinas
• FERNÁNDEZ, G.; FOUZ, R.; FUENTES, G.; GARCÍA, A. (1997): Calidad de la leche, recuento de células somáticas. Ed. Laboratorio Interprofesional Galego de Análise.
• FERNÁNDEZ, G, PANADERO, R. 2007. Medicina preventiva en la producción de conejos. Boletín de Cunicultura, 149. 6-18.
• HULSEN, J. (2007). Cow signals. Ed Roodbont.
• O.I.E. (2003) . Código sanitario de los animales terretres. OIE. París.
• O.I.E. (2004). Veterinary institutions in the developing world: current status and future needs. OIE. París.
• RADOSTIS, O.M. (2001). Herd health. Food animal production medicine. W.B. Saunders Company.
• RADOSTIS, O.M.; BLOOD, D.C. (1985). Heard health. A testbook of health and production management of agricultural animals. W.B. Saunders Company. Estados Unidos.
• SELBITZ, H.J.; MOOS, M. (2002): Vacunación de los animales domésticos. Acribia. Zaragoza.
• Ley 8/2003. de 24 de abril, de sanidad animal.
• http://xunta.es/consellerias
• http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/inspections/index_es.html
• http://ec.europa.eu/food/index_en.htm
• http://www.mapa.es/es/ganaderia/ganaderia.htm
• http://www.oie.int/esp/es_index.htm
The updated normative will be supplied in case it is wanted to consult.
General competences: The following general competences for the Degree in Veterinary are established with reference to the White Book recommendations, based on the TUNING project.
• GVUSC02. Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
• GVUSC03. General knowledge of the work area.
• GVUSC05. Capacity to put knowledge onto practice.
• GVUSC06. Capability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• GVUSC09. Capacity to communicate in different spheres of activity.
• GVUSC10. Ethical commitment and undertaking of responsibilities.
The specific and compulsory competences the students have to get during their studies have been divided as following: those ones that mainly refer to the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, those that require developing handle skills and those in which the development of attitudes is required. These competences are defined as following.
• Specific disciplinary competences (knowledge): Those competences in which the theoretical knowledge of the different disciplines that have to take part in the formation of a Veterinary practitioner are involved:
• CEDVUSC 03. Livestock breeding, genetic improvement, management and
animal welfare.
• CEDVUSC 05. Basic and applied principles of the immune response.
• CEDVUSC 08. Knowledge and diagnosis of the various animal diseases, both individual and collective, and their prevention measures, emphasizing on zoonosis and notifiable diseases.
• CEDVUSC 11. Knowledge of the bases of the operation of the systems of animal production and his repercussions on the environment.
• OCEDVUSC 13. To know the organizational, economic and management
aspects in all fields of the veterinary profession.
• OCEDVUSC 14. To know the veterinary rules and laws, as well as animal trade
regulations.
• CEDVUSC 15. To know the rights and duties of the veterinarian, with emphasizing on ethical principles.
• Specific professional competences (expertise): Those intellectual and manual skills all veterinarians must have, and should obtain along their degree in order to be considered qualified for the performance of their profession.
• D1VUSC 02. To collect and send specimens with the corresponding reports.
• D1VUSC 05. To perform epidemiological studies and develop prevention, control and eradication programs on animal diseases, with a focus on compulsory notifiable diseases and zoonosis.
• D1VUSC 08. To prescribe, manage and administer properly veterinary medicines.
• D1VUSC 11. To evaluate and interpret health and production parameters of an animal group, considering the economic, environmental and welfare aspects, and seeking their optimization.
• D1VUSC 14. To conduct a risk assessment, including those related to environmental and biosecurity, as well as assessment, management and monitoring of quality management systems.
• D1VUSC 15. Technical and economic advice and management of veterinary
companies in the context of sustainability.
• D1VUSC 16. Applying the methods of individual identification of animals.
• D1VUSC 17. To perform technical reports specific to veterinary competences.
• Academic specific competences (want to do): Those in which the group of attitudes and values which characterize the veterinarian practitioner are expressed, and which have to be incorporated by the student to his life and must be integrated in his daily work.
• CEAVUSC 01. To analyze, synthesize and solve problems and make decisions within the scope of the Veterinary profession.
• CEAVUSC 02. To be aware of the ethical responsibilities of the veterinary profession in relation to the society.
• CEAVUSC 04. To search and manage information related to veterinary practice.
• CEAVUSC 08. To be aware of the need on keeping professional skills and updated knowledge in a lifelong learning process.
• Transversal competences: In addition to the knowledge and skills already referred, the formation of a degree in Veterinary will have to promote and improve transversal competitions such as:
• CTVUSC 01. Capacity for reasoning and arguing.
• CTVUSC 03. Ability to develop and present an organized and understandable text.
• CTVUSC 04. Ability to make a clear, concise, and consistent public presentation
• CTVUSC 07. Ability to solve problems through the integration and application
of knowledge.
As this subject is focused on future veterinary professionals, we want to follow the following basic methodological conditions:
a.- To keep a balance between the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills since we should not forget that a number of skills must be get in this discipline which are necessary for the professional exercise of the veterinary.
b.- To promote the continuous research of new information: this is not a static discipline but in a continuous evolution so, it is necessary the student to learn how to look for new information and analyze in a critical way.
The activities with the professor will be done in three kinds of groups:
These activities will be:
• Lectures (big group). Lessons imparted by the professor may have different formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines of the matter). The professor may use audiovisual means or software but, generally, the students do not need computers in class.
• Clinical practices (very reduced group): “hands on training” in which the student carries out himself procedures and technical clinics on alive animals or corpses and visits to farms, slaughterhouses and other industries developing an active work, and no like mere observer.
• Tutorial (Groups very reduced or individual): Meetings programmed by the professor or to application of the student following the established schedules. Their aim is the supervision of essays, explanation of doubts, performance of problems, exercises, programs, readings or other proposed tasks, debate or commenting works. In addition, teachers can be consulted by email. In scenarios 2 and 3, the tutorials scheduled in the schedule will be carried out through the Teams platform.
• Seminars: theoretical/practical class. The students will present the group works, Doubts will be cleared and they will be discussed with students.
• Other formative activities
Granting a class waiver is not applicable in any activity
We can describe several parts in this course:
• A.- A first part of theoretical work, where the professor will expose the included units in the program and the student will get the basic knowledge of the subject. The student will have to paginate the assistance to these theoretical classes with the reading of the recommended texts to expand his knowledge.
This activity will take place:
1. Scenario 1: in person in classrooms with the measures established by the USC.
2. Scenario 2: virtually
3. Scenario 3: virtually.
In the case of virtual teaching, the presentations of the classes will be provided to the student and will be given through videos or sessions on the Teams platform.
• B.- Work in groups of 4-5 students:
• 3 practical cases that will have to be resolved and presented in writing. The students will have to investigate until establishing an action protocol and answer the questions posed based on the knowledge acquired through the theoretical classes, the recommended bibliography and the available information search tools.
The practical cases will be facilitated and will have to be delivered resolved in the virtual classroom in the three scenarios.
• Carrying out a work in groups of 4-5 students, who will choose among those proposed by the subject at the beginning of the course. Said work will be presented orally in the seminars.
This activity will take place:
1. Scenario 1: in person in classrooms with the measures established by the USC.
2. Scenario 2: virtually
3. Scenario 3: virtually.
In the case of virtual teaching, the works will be exposed using the Teams platform.
C.- Practical Work: Throughout the course, the student must participate in the practical sessions of the subject, in order to develop the skills necessary for future professional practice.
This activity will take place:
• Scenario 1: in person on farms with the measures established by the USC. In the event that the company / farm does not allow the practice, they will be carried out as in scenario 2.
• Scenario 2: in person according to the situation and instructions from the USC
• Scenario 3: virtually.
I In scenario 2, the practices will be carried out through activities in appropriate spaces of the faculty (face-to-face) according to the health recommendation of the moment (laboratories, seminars, classrooms). In this case, the same schedules would be maintained but each group of practices would be subdivided into two subgroups with half the Schedule, depending on the situation. The other half of the schedule will be complemented by videos and individual student work that will be facilitated through the virtual classroom of the subject.
In scenario 3 the practices will be done through videos and individual work.
Clinical practices are mandatory.
- Supports:
The students can apply for support to the professors of the subject, within indicated hours. Also, they will have virtual support and they will be able to do their queries by email. Thus, it has been created a virtual course in the virtual campus of the University of Santiago de Compostela under the denomination of “Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Sanitary Police II”. All the students enrolled in the subject will be able to access.
The qualification of each student will be done by two means: continuous evaluation and a final written exam. The continuous evaluation will consist of written controls, works delivered and/or presented, and it will also take into account the participation of the student in the classroom, tutorials or in other means pointed in the subject program.
All the works and activities realized along the course will be considered for the final evaluation of the student, as well as the acquired knowledge and the developed practical skills. Thereby, the final evaluation of the student will take into account the following appearances:
1.- Active participation on the clinical practices. The final maximum grade of the subject in case of non-participation in clinical practices will be 4.
2.- Practical suppositions: Practical Assumptions: Acquired Students in groups of 4-5 develop practical assumptions throughout the course. The resolution of the same, semper no established term and knowledge will be valued.
3- Group works: The professor will value the oral presentation (10 minutes), as well as the content and difficulty of preparation of the work.
4.- Written Exam: Professors will value the practical/theoretical knowledge reached by the student. They will realize a final examination in the established dates by the Academic Programming of the Faculty of Veterinary.
The final test will be:
• Face-to-face in scenario 1
• Face-to-face and, in the event that health regulations require it, telematics in scenario 2
• telematics in scenario 3.
The exam will be a proof consisting of:
In the case of face-to-face test:
• 40-50 multiple choice test questions with a single answer. Every 2 bad answers will discount one good.
• 3 short topics to develop schematically
In the case of telematic test:
• 40-50 multiple choice test questions (5 options; 1-5 correct).
Score: correct question (complete) = 1 point.
Correct (incomplete) question: Each correct option will score proportionally to the number of correct answers (1 = 100%; 2 = 50%; 3 = 33.3%; 4 = 25%; 5 = 20%)
Incorrect question (1 or more failures) = 0 points.
In any case, in the final test, 10 questions related to clinical practices will be included among the test type.
"In cases of fraudulent exercise or testing will be application of what is included in the Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and review of qualifications ”.
Once provisional marks are published, the student will be able to review his exercise, ask for doubts, or make suggestions or claims. The dates and places to review will be published altogether with the results of examinations.
Subject final qualification:
It will be done in the following way:
- Practical cases: 30% of the final grade
- Group work: 10% of the final grade, the quality of the content and presentation will be assessed.
- Written exam: 60% of the final grade. To pass the course, and take into account the continuous evaluation, you will have to pass the final exam with a grade equal to or greater than 50% of its value (5/10 points).
Recommendations concerning evaluation:
The students have to be aware about their work during theoretical and practical classes, resolution of practical suppositions and group works suppose the 40% of the final qualification. Therefore, it is highly recommended an active participation in these activities since they will facilitate the approval of the course. It is also noteworthy that clinical practices must be carried out in order to pass the subject.
In regard to the recommendations to the written examination, it is important remembering the need of making a carefully reading of each question and their possible answers. In the brief questions, the student will have to adjust to the asked questions and answer them clearly.
Granting a class waiver is not applicable in any activity
Recommendations for recovering the subject:
It is important considering a series of appearances in case of a student does not pass the subject:
- The qualifications of the written exam are not kept so, the student will have to do it again.
- The obtained qualifications in participation of the student in the practical suppositions and group works are kept for next courses, so they do not need to be repeated.
- However, the group Works and practical suppositions qualifications can be improved. In this way, the presentation must be done immediately after the examination of the corresponding call. Studients will say to proffesor if they want this option in the exam day.
- The exams in all the calls have a similar format and the final mark is calculated in the same way.
Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Sanitary Police II will consist of 4,5 credits ECTS. Each credit corresponds to 25 hours. The total study time to pass the subject is composed of work in class hours and autonomous work hours.
Next, the ECTS distribution of hours is shown:
Work in class (45 hours):
• Lectures: 30 h
• Clinical practices 11 h
• Seminars: 3 h
• Tutorials: 1
Individual student work (67,5 hours)
• Individual study: 41,5 h
• Preparation of works: 7 h
• Review of bibliography, consult on library, etc.: 2 h
• Attendance to recommended activities: 1 h
• Resolution of practical suppositions: 10 h
• Oral presentations: 4 h
• Write exams: 2 h
Total hours: 112,5
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE:
Concepts of great interest:
The relative importance to each one of the species in the production will be reflected in the time and the contents of the lectures, but in general, the following points will be developed for each species:
• Structure of production.
• Aims, requests and components.
• Biosecurity
• Monitoring of the herd
• Planning, organisation and development of sanitary programs.
• Sanitary and productive data collection: external information, both farms and animals.
• Preventive medicine in the different stages of production
• Strategies of replacement and removal in regard to sanitary programs
• Programs of management of the health
• Sanitary programs of infectious and parasitic diseases.
• Analysis and preparation of results.
• Decision making.
Materials:
Prior to each class, the presentations of lectures will be supplied in Campus Virtual. This material is not enough and it must be completed by students taking their own notes in class.
It is advisable review the production systems in the different species and their infectious and parasitic diseases, since this knowledge is used in preventive medicine. Also it is important reviewing the available materials before assisting to clinical practices in order to make a better use of them. In some subjects the corresponding didactic unit will be provided.
Main difficulties:
In case of students who are not study previously the subjects of Animal Production, Infectious Diseases and Parasitic Diseases, the subject will probably be harder. These students will have to make a previous effort since it is necessary to have some knowledge of these subjects to be able to understand the some concepts developed in this subject.
SANITARY POLICE:
Concepts of great interest:
It is important to known the different types of norms, organisms from these norms emanate and their hierarchy. Also, the “official veterinary Services and the Sanitary Police. Controls and inspections” point. It is important to understand the bases and foundations of the Sanitary Police measures in the different subjects.
Materials:
Prior to each class, the presentations of lectures will be supplied in Campus Virtual. This material is not enough and it must be completed by students taking their own notes in class. It is recommended visiting websites of organisms of importance in the developing of laws affecting sanitary police in order to familiarize with them, since we will have to consult them during the course. In some subjects the corresponding didactic unit will be provided.
Main difficulties:
It is required to students to understand the hierarchical structure of international, national and local organisms and how they work, but no the memorization of norms or the concrete examples used in class to make easy the understanding of the subject.
The greater difficulty may be related with the use of legal terminology and vocabulary which might be unfamiliar to students.
Cordinator: Gonzalo Fernández Rodríguez
Contingency plan
Teaching methodology
• A.- A first part of theoretical work, where the professor will expose the included units in the program and the student will get the basic knowledge of the subject. The student will have to paginate the assistance to these theoretical classes with the reading of the recommended texts to expand his knowledge.
This activity will take place:
• Scenario 2: virtually
• Scenario 3: virtually.
In the case of virtual teaching, the presentations of the classes will be provided to the student and will be given through videos or sessions on the Teams platform.
• B.- Work in groups of 4-5 students:
• 3 practical cases that will have to be resolved and presented in writing. The students will have to investigate until establishing an action protocol and answer the questions posed based on the knowledge acquired through the theoretical classes, the recommended bibliography and the available information search tools.
The practical cases will be facilitated and will have to be delivered resolved in the virtual classroom in the three scenarios.
• Carrying out a work in groups of 4-5 students, who will choose among those proposed by the subject at the beginning of the course. Said work will be presented orally in the seminars.
This activity will take place:
• Scenario 2: virtual presentation
• Scenario 3: virtual presentation
In the case of virtual teaching, the works will be exposed using the Teams platform.
C.- Practical Work: Throughout the course, the student must participate in the practical sessions of the subject, in order to develop the skills necessary for future professional practice.
This activity will take place:
• Scenario 2: in person according to the situation and instructions from the USC
• Scenario 3: virtually.
I In scenario 2, the practices will be carried out through activities in appropriate spaces of the faculty (face-to-face) according to the health recommendation of the moment (laboratories, seminars, classrooms). In this case, the same schedules would be maintained but each group of practices would be subdivided into two subgroups with half the Schedule, depending on the situation. The other half of the schedule will be complemented by videos and individual student work that will be facilitated through the virtual classroom of the subject.
In scenario 3 the practices will be done through videos and individual work.
Clinical practices are mandatory.
Tutorial:. In scenarios 2 and 3, the tutorials scheduled in the schedule will be carried out through the Teams platform. In addition, teachers can be consulted by email
Assessment system
Final qualification of the subject will be in all scenarios:
- Practical cases: 30% of the final grade
- Group work: 10% of the final grade, the quality of the content and presentation will be assessed.
- Written exam: 60% of the final grade. To pass the course and take into account the continuous evaluation, you will have to pass the final exam with a grade equal to or greater than 50% of its value (5/10 points).
The final test will be:
• Face-to-face in scenario 1
• Face-to-face and, in the event that health regulations require it, telematics in scenario 2
• telematics in scenario 3.
In the case of telematic final test the test will consist of:
• 40-50 multiple choice test questions (5 options; 1-5 correct).
• Score: correct question (complete) = 1 point.
• Correct (incomplete) question: Each correct option will score proportionally to the number of correct answers (1 = 100%; 2 = 50%; 3 = 33.3%; 4 = 25%; 5 = 20%)
• Incorrect question (1 or more failures) = 0 points.
In any case, in the final test, 10 questions related to clinical practices will be included among the test type.
Gonzalo Fernández Rodríguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- gonzalo.fernandez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Rosario Panadero Fontán
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- rosario.panadero [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Alberto Prieto Lago
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- alberto.prieto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
Pablo Díaz Fernández
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- pablo.diaz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Maria Sol Arias Vazquez
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- Phone
- 982822126
- mariasol.arias [at] usc.es
- Category
- Researcher: Ramón y Cajal
Susana Remesar Alonso
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- susana.remesar [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
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