ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 49.5 Hours of tutorials: 1.5 Expository Class: 12 Interactive Classroom: 12 EEES Clinics: 6 Total: 81
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Veterinary Science
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (Ofertada)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Alumnado Repetidor)
To acquire a basic knowledge of small mammals and cetaceans, focusing on comparative anatomy from a clinically-oriented and/or a productive point of view.
Our purpose is to complement the anatomic instruction of the veterinary student that may be interested in these species.
LECTURES
SMALL MAMMALS (14 hours)
Lesson-1. Laboratory rodents: rat, mouse, guinea pig. Main anatomical and physiological features. Application to clinical exploration and animal experimentation. Husbandry, behaviour, feeding others needs and welfare.
Lesson -2. Other rodents. Main anatomical and physiological features. Application to clinical exploration and animal experimentation. Husbandry, behaviour, feeding, others needs and welfare.
Lesson -3. Rabbit. Main anatomical and physiological features. Application to clinical exploration and animal experimentation. Husbandry, behaviour, feeding, others needs and welfare.
Lesson -4. Mustelidae. Main anatomical and physiological features. Application to clinical exploration and animal experimentation. Husbandry, behaviour, feeding, others needs and welfare.
Lesson -5. Other exotic mammals with veterinary interest. Main anatomical and physiological features. Application to clinical exploration and animal experimentation. Husbandry, behaviour, feedingothers needs and welfare.
CETACEANS (9 hours)
Lesson -1. Introduction and general facts of Order Cetacea (Suborder Mysticeti –baleen whales- and Suborder Odontoceti –toothed whales-).
Lesson -2. Common integument. Skin, flippers, flukes, blubber, streamlining, and thermoregulation..
Lesson -3. Locomotor apparatus: osteology and myology. Locomotion.
Lesson -4. Splanchnology: digestive, respiratory, urogenital and cardiovascular systems.
Lesson -5. Nervous system and sense organs. Behavior. Miscellanea.
Basic
SMALL MAMMALS
• Martín Ortí, R, P. Marín García y J. González Soriano. 2004. Atlas de anatomía de animales exóticos. Masson, Barcelona.
• McCracken, T.O. and R.A. Kainer with D. Carlson. 2008. Color Atlas of Small Animal Anatomy: The Essentials. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. • Olds, R.J. & Olds, J.R. 1979. A colour atlas of the Rat - dissection guide. Wolf medical publications. Londres.
• O´Malley, B. Anatomía y fisiología de animales exóticos. 2007. Servet, Zaragoza.
• Popesko, P, V. Rajtová and J. Horák. 1992. A Colour atlas or the Anatomy of Small Laboratory Animals. Volume One: Rabbit, Guinea Pig. Wolfe Publishing Ltd, London.
• Popesko, P, V. Rajtová and J. Horák. 1992. A Coour atlas or the Anatomy of Small Laboratory Animals. Volume Two: Rat, mouse, Golden Hamster. Wolfe Publishing Ltd, London.
CETACEA
• W. F. Perrin, B. Würsig y J. G. M. Thewissen. 2009. Encyclopedia of marine mammals. 2ª edición. Academic Press.
• B. Cozzi, S. Huggenberger y H. Oelschläger. 2016. Anatomy of Dolphins. Insights into Body Structure and Function. Academic Press.
Complementary
SMALL MAMMALS
• Flecknell, P. 2002. Manual de medicina y cirugía del conejo. Ediciones S
• Hebel, R y Stromberg, MW. (1986) Anatomy and Embryology of the Laboratory Rat. BioMed Verlag. Alemania.
• Hillyer, E.V. y Quesenberry, K.E. 1997. Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents. Clinical Medicine and Surgery. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, USA.
• Krinke, G.J. 2000. The laboratory rat. Academic Press. Boston.
•. Mitchel, M.A. and T.N. Tully Jr. 2009. Manual of Exotic Pet Practice. Saunders Elsevier, Missouri.
• Waynforth, H.B. & Flecknell, P.A. 1992. Experimental and surgical technique in the rat. Academic Press. London.
CETACEA
• A. Berta y J. L. Sumich. 2003. Marine mammals: evolutionary biology. 2ª edición. Academic Press.
• J. E. Reynolds III y S. A. Rommel. 1999. Biology of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press.
• L. A. Dierauf y F. M. D. Gulland. 2001. CRC handbook of marine mammal medicine. 2ª edición. CRC Press.
• S. H. Ridway. 1972. Mammals of the sea: biology and medicine. Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
Generic competences:
To acquire:
1.- Capacity to learn and adaptation (GVUSC 01).
2.- Capacity to analyze and synthesize (GVUSC 02).
3.- Capacity to put knowledge to practical use (GVUSC 05).
4.- Capacity to work autonomously and in group (GVUSC 06).
Specific competences of the subject:
- To acquire knowledge on the structure and function of healthy animals (CEDVUSC 02).
Academic competences:
- To realize the need of bringing up to date knowledge, abilities and attitudes by means of a permanent process of education (CEAVUSC 08).
Transversal competences:
- Capacity to obtain appropriate, varied and up-to-date information using different resources, such as bibliographic information and internet, and to analyze it from a critical point of view (CTVUSC 02).
- Capacity to prepare and present an organized and understanding text (CTVUSC 03).
IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT CAUSING THE CHANGE OF THE SCENARIO 1 DESCRIBED, SEE THE MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE FINAL COMMENTS SECTION
Scenario 1 (adapted normality):
This subject no longer has teaching. It is in extinction.
• Independent study of the student. Students can make use of recommended bibliography and any other resources compiled during lectures and practical sessions
• Tutorial classes. The aim of these sessions will be to deal with aspects relative to the preparation of the essay and to solve questions about the contents of the subject. Tutoring will be mainly face-to-face, nevertheless virtual sessions could be scheduled.
IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT CAUSING THE CHANGE OF THE SCENARIO 1 DESCRIBED, SEE THE MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE FINAL COMMENTS SECTION
- Regular attendance to lectures and compulsory attendance to programmed practical activities. The absence of one or more practical sessions involves the loss of the right to to be examined and, therefore, the suspense of the subject.
- Final written exam will constitute 70% of the final mark. To pass, a minimum of 50% of correct answers will be required.
- Continuous evaluation during the practical lessons will represent 30% of the final mark
- The mark obtained with the essay will increase the final mark of the student.
AUTONOMOUS WORK:
TOTAL HOURS: 75
Study the class notes, consult the recommended bibliography and attend as many tutorials as necessary
Comments
CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT CAUSING THE CHANGE TO SCENARIOS 2 OR 3.
Teaching Methodology:
Scenario 2 (distancing)
- Independent study of each student.
- Tutorials, preferably telematics.
Scenario 3 (closure of the faculty)
- Independent study of each student.
- Tutorials, only telematics.
Assessment system
Scenario 2 (distancing)
-The final examination of the subject will be carried out preferably in person, by adopting the hygienic-sanitary measures established. It will be necessary to correctly answer 50% of the questions in order to pass. This exam will constitute 100% of the final mark.
In case of plagiarism, fraud or improper use of technologies for the realization of the telematic tests, the provisions of the “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións” will apply.
Scenario 3 (closure of the faculty)
- The final examination of the subject will be carried out telematically, and will weigh 100% of the overall score. It will be necessary to correctly answer 50% of the questions in order to pass.
In case of plagiarism, fraud or improper use of technologies for the realization of the telematic tests, the provisions of the “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións” will apply.
Nuria Vicenta Alemañ Posadas
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Comparative Anatomy and Pathology
- nuria.alemany [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Del Mar Yllera Fernandez
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Comparative Anatomy and Pathology
- mar.yllera [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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