AVIAN ANATOMY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

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

Disciplinary Sector:

Anatomy of Domestic Animals

Is part of:

AVIAN PATHOLOGY

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ZEDDA Marco

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

The course can be studied with profit without having previously acquired special knowledge

AF code:

40103757

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course is designed to accompany the student in the study of birds Anatomy of veterinary interest by providing the concepts for the understanding of the body with the main apparatuses. The course draws attention above all on the great differences between mammals and birds and the main interspecific differences. They are also made calls on wild animals

Contents

Definition, object and aims of the avian Anatomy. General characteristics of the body of the birds of the species of veterinary interest. Integumentary system: plumage, skin glands, preen gland. Changes in skin: beak, comb, wattles, feet. Digestive system: oropharyngeal cavity, esophagus, crop, glandular stomach, muscular stomach, intestines and glands, cloaca. Urinary system: kidneys and ureters. reproductive system: testes, ovaries, vas deferens and oviduct, egg-calcium room, egg formation. Respiratory system: nasal cavity, trachea, syringes, lungs, air sacs, pneumatic bones and air circulation.

Recommended Bibliography

All the books and atlas here listed are available in the central library of the Departement:
• Pelagalli GV., Botte V. Anatomia veterinaria sistematica e comparata, cap. Uccelli. Edi Ermes, 2003.
• Nickel R., Schummer A., Seiferle E. Trattato di Anatomia degli Animali domestici , vol. V. Casa Ed. Ambrosiana, 1984.

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