OBSTETRICS

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

5-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in VETERINARY MEDICINE

Disciplinary Sector:

Clinical Veterinary Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Is part of:

OBSTETRIC CLINIC 1

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

Sig. LEDDA Sergio

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

The student should have the knowldge relative to the anatomy, biohemistry and physiology of the reproductive organs in females of animals of veterinary interest

AF code:

40001243

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The student must acquire the following knowlodge and skills.

- Acquire knowldge relative to the reproductive cycles in the different species of veteinary interest
- have the ability to recognize the phsiological changes that occur during the gestation
- Know the mehanism and different stages of parturation
- Acquire the ability to reognize the eutocic and distoocic condition
- Acquire the knowldge of neonatology in the different veterinary animal

Contents

Frontal teorical activities:

Aspects relative to the endocrinolgy in reproduction(focus on puberty and ovarian follicologenesis)
Oestrus cycles in the different animal of veterinary interest
Ovulation, fertilization, embriogensis and implanation: process and mechanisms
Development of placenta, foetal membranes
Physiology of the gestation
Diagnosis of gestation
Preparation, signallig and mechanism of delivery
Eutocic or distocic birth
Assistence during the delivery
Expulsion of foetal membranes
Neonatology assistance
Practical lessons
Ultrasound evaluation of follicular growth in farm animals
Pregnancy diagnosis in veterinary specie by ultrasound(with transrectal, transcervical and transcutaneous abdominal probes)
Rectal inspection in large animals e ultrosound evaluation of reproductive tracts
Colpocytology in dogs
Post implantation embryo and foetus development in the different veterinary species

Recommended Bibliography

Feldman E.C., Nelson R.W.: Endocrinologia e riproduzione del cane e del gatto UTET
Richter J., Gotze R.: Ostetricia veterinaria Grasso
Hafez E.S.E.: Biologia e tecnologia della riproduzione
nelle specie animali di interesse zoootecnico Grasso.
The teacher also will provide in the e.learning platform of Uniss additional contents relative to the indicated study program

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