Duration
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty : 160h Clin.
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic : 160h Clin.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals : 200h Clin.
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 22 crédits |
Lecturer
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty : Calixte Bayrou, Hugues Guyot, Martine Laitat, Frédéric Rollin
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic : Calixte Bayrou, Jean-François Cabaraux, Hugues Guyot, Martine Laitat, Didier Marlier, N..., Frédéric Rollin
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals : Calixte Bayrou, Hugues Guyot, Martine Laitat, N..., Frédéric Rollin
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
See specific part:- VETE2095-a : Clinic IN- VETE2095-b : Clinic OUT- VETE2095-c :programme activities
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
This activity, known as "IN" consists of
- 6 weeks of individual cases (five in the ruminant clinic and one in the porcine clinic)
- One complete week in the Care Fepex
- One week of autopsy
Students must take part in the management of cases referred to the clinic, particularly by taking the medical history, carrying out clinical/special/complementary exams, establishing differential diagnoses, definitive diagnosis and prognosis, and by taking part in establishing medical and/or surgical treatments. They must also actively participate in hospital rounds and on-call duties (nights/weekends/public holidays), manage treatment for hospitalised animals, complete daily patient records using the SAP software and perform on-call duties at night/weekends/public holidays according to a pre-established schedule approved by the activity manager.
At the Care Fepex
Students must actively participate in managing and treating ill animals (drafting reports to the entered into the SAP with the help of interns), monitoring herds (reproduction, feeding, lameness, etc.) including analysis of breeding documents (DSA, DSM, milk control, etc.), daily animal breeding activities and daily meetings at the start of the morning.
In the porcine clinic
Students will take part in activities related to animal breeding: identifying heat, inseminations, monitoring births, caring for piglets, castrations, other surgery, vaccinations and other treatments ...
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
This consists of sixweeks of clinical activities referred to as "OUT" in bovine and porcine medicine. Students will take part in organised visits led by staff from the RUPO hub.
- either in herd medicine (VEB/VEP: visits to bovine/porcine farms)
- or in individual and/or herd medicine (CAB: field practice carried out on a farm with teaching staff, assistants and/or interns as well as rural practitioners in the case of 1st and 2nd line care).
- Care-Fepex : See ecampus
For CABs, for each animal seen, they must note the case history and carry out examinations (clinical and special), propose and carry out additional examinations, establish a differential diagnosis, propose treatment and take part in the implementation of medical and/or surgical treatments where necessary. They must also complete a clinical file for each case examined (including in the same farm).
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
This consists of additional activities taught in the form of programmed visits (pig farm of CRA-w, Gembloux), practical work (practical work on obstructed labour, sutures, hooves), exercises in clinical reasoning, and seminars.
Four additional weeks are also planned (one week/activity) for medical imaging, DAOA, autopsies and personal work to complete your case-log.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
See specific part: - VETE2095-a : Clinic IN- VETE2095-b : Clinic OUT- VETE2095-c : programmed activities
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
At the end of the individual case clinic on ruminants, students will be able to carry out independent general/special/complementary examinations in ruminants, interpret them and deduce a differential diagnosis, definitive diagnosis and prognosis. They will be able to suggest and establish appropriate treatment, i.e. according to the illness and the related zootechnical and economic prognosis. Finally, they will be able to perform basic care on ruminants (see logbook M3 on eCampus).
At the end of the week at Care Fepex, in addition to the specific front line care given to animals, students will be familiar with the daily management of a farm, and will have understood the importance of managing a herd, including from the point of view of entering data about the farm to facilitate overall health monitoring of the herd.
At the end of the week in the porcine clinic, students will have participated in batch management systems in a farrow-to-finish pig farm.
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
In terms of the VEBs in the "OUT" part, students will have learned to understand the basics of herd medicine through a clinical approach focussing on the farm and the herd, the analysis and interpretation of farm data, including economic performance. The themes addressed will depend upon the visits that are organised (upon request by farmers and/or referring vets) and may include: reproduction, nutrition, mammary health, health of digital extremities, environment, sanitary problems, etc.
In terms of the CABs for the "OUT" part, they aim to confront students with first line rural practice on the individual and herd scale. Students must also carry out a complete first line clinical approach (from case history through to treatment and prognosis).
VEPs will consist either of Sanitel visits or of first or second line clinical cases or in pig farm visit at CRA-w, Gembloux.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
The aim of the additional activities is to complete student's training by enabling them, depending on the type of activity: to perfect their overall clinical approach (clinical reasoning), to revise the approach to take to complex clinical situations (obstructed labours,...), the familiarise themselves with most of the different actors involved and the challenges they are likely to face in their future careers (seminars), and by enabling them to address and revise theoretical content in another form.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
See specific part:- VETE2095-a : Clinic IN- VETE2095-b : Clinic OUT- VETE2095-c : programmed activities
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
The VETE2061, VETE2078 and VETE2083-1 courses are prerequisites as well as all courses relating to infectious diseases. The same holds for the VETE2085 and VETE2059 courses (veterinary epidemiology, risk analysis, biosecurity and good veterinary practices).
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
The VETE2061, VETE2078 and VETE2083-1 courses are prerequisites as well as all courses relating to infectious diseases. The same holds for the VETE2085 and VETE2059 courses (veterinary epidemiology, risk analysis, biosecurity and good veterinary practices).
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
See Individual, Herd, and Mobile Clinics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
See specific part: VET2095-a: CLINIC IN - VETE2095-b: CLINIC OUT - VETE2095-c: Programmed activities. And take into account the notes below.
Regards, VETE000-4 "Master Logbook" and faculty clinical case book (Part 2 of the Master Logbook: book listing the clinical cases the student has followed during the Master under the supervision of a teacher from the Faculty): see French part
Although the daily activities of the clinical module on production animals are essentially focused on practice, throughout this period, students must:
- Revise the theory taught during their studies (for cases seen in the clinic, and to prepare for the ARC, the seminars, the VEB/VEP/CAB, etc.).
- Actively participate in clinical lessons, debriefings, ARCs (etc.) given by the teaching staff of the DCP and their collaborators.
- Improve their learning and approach notably through researching scientific literature.
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
During the ruminant individual case clinic, the porcine clinic and the CARE-Fepex, students will be supervised on a daily basis by the DCP team (teaching staff, assistants and interns) and the experimental farm for the various activities (see "Contents of the learning unit").
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
CAB AND VEB: the mobile clinic and visits to cattle farms will be led by at least one member of the DCP team for all scheduled activities (see "Content of the learning unit"). For CABs, a partner rural vet from the FMV will also be present.
VEPs: visits consist of either Sanitel visits or first or second line clinical cases or in pig farm visit in Cra-w, Gembloux.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
The description and location of the various activities is set out in the student timetables on eCampus in the VETE2095-c, programme activities tab.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
See specific part: VET2095-a: CLINIC IN - VETE2095-b: CLINIC OUT - VETE2095-c: Programmed activities
And for all activities in this module, also see the chapters "Evaluation methods and criteria" for the steps to take in the event of a justified absence and sanctions in the event of an unjustified absence, as well as "Organisational remarks" for sanctions in the event of being late.
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Ruminant clinic
Clinical teaching is given on a face-to-face basis. Attendance at the clinic is, therefore, compulsory.
From Monday to Friday: from 30am to 5pm for all students (including those who were on-call the night before)
- From 5pm to 8.30am for the two students on-call at night.
- From 8.30am to 5pm for the four students during the day
- From 5pm to 8.30am for the two students on call at night
In the porcine clinic
Clinical teaching takes place on a face-to-face basis. Attendance at the clinic is therefore compulsory from Monday to Friday: from 8.30am to 5pm for all students (including those who were on-call the night before) and from 5pm to 8.30am for students on-call at night. Weekend and public holiday on-calls shifts are from 8.30am to 5pm for students during the day and 5pm to 8.30am for students on-call at night. Under no circumstances can students leave their on-call post until the students who are taking over have arrived.
The group of student attending the Swine clinic during a week has to be present from 8.30 to 5 pm during the next week end.
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
VEBs, VEPs and CABs : in class, attendance at activities is compulsory.
For students registered for a visit:
The times, type of visit and schedule will be noted every week on the whiteboard at the entrance to the DCP and may change during the week. Every Monday morning, students should consult the schedule and register for the visits. Students are advised to regularly consult this board (at least once a day) to keep up to date with any changes/additions during the week.
On the day of each visit, students who are registered must wait at the whiteboard at the scheduled time. Note: the times indicated correspond to the departure times for the visit in question (CABs, VEBs or VEPs). Students must arrive ahead of time in order to prepare the visit (equipment, VEB/VEP/CAB sheet etc.) and to ensure departure is on time. For VEBs, a debriefing with the assistants and a professor is scheduled every two weeks, generally on Friday's at 1.30pm (note, this is also an opportunity to present interesting CAB cases, in the context of a herd). Students' schedules will determine which groups are expected to attend each debriefing. Attendance is compulsory. Depending on the activities of the DCP staff, the times of these debriefings may also change during the week. In such cases, students will be informed ahead of time and must take the new time into account. Students in their personal workweek must be present at the Herd Debriefing. Students must prepare for the session by preparing a document to present (ppt, doc, etc.) that must be sent to Professor Rollin (frollin@uliege.be) and to Freyia Popovic-Sindberg (fpopovicsindberg@uliege.be) before 8.30am on the morning of the debriefing.
Days without visits in the OUT clinic:
When no visits are scheduled or when some students are not registered for a specific visit (due to a limited number of places), a study session should be organised for students in the OUT rotation. Students must be present on site at the Faculty (RUPO hub) from 8.30am to 5pm (with a lunch break from noon to 1pm). A room will be available to enable them to work (clinical cases, TFE, case logs, etc.) and revise during this time.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The presence at the various activities is compulsory. The times to be followed are given in the schedule at the start of the term. Depending on the activities of the DCP teaching staff, certain times may change. In this case, students will be advised in due course and must take into account the new times.
Recommended or required readings
- See specific part: VET2095-a: CLINIC IN - VETE2095-b: CLINIC OUT - VETE2095-c: Programmed activities
- See eCampus VETE2095
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
See VETE2095 on eCampus and the site https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
See eCampus course VETE2095 (OUT activities https://www.ecampus.ulg.ac.be) as well as the site https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
See eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
Oral examination of 45 minutes in Ruminants and writed examination of 60 minutes in swine medicine.
Continuous assessment
Students will be assessed throughout the 16 weeks of the "Production Animal Clinic" module.
WARNING: see French part
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Ruminants clinic
In addition to continuous assessment as described above, during the IN rotation, a certification round will be organised every two weeks (date and time to be confirmed by the clinical assistant at the start of the week). All students must present at least two cases seen during the IN rotation (15 minutes per case).
At the Care-Fepex
See VETE2095 Assessment methods and criteria
At the porcine clinic
See VETE 2095 Assessment methods and criteria
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
In addition to continuous assessment as described above, during the OUT rotation a graded VEB round will be organised every two weeks (see student schedules). Students must present at least one case they have seen during the OUT rotation in recent weeks (20 minutes per case). This may be a case of a herd seen during a VEB or an individual case seen during CAB and revisited in the context of a herd.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
See VETE2095 above.
Work placement(s)
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
Not relevant
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
Not relevant
Organizational remarks
See specific part: - VETE2095-a: Clinic IN - VETE2095-b: Clinic OUT - VETE2095-c: Program Activities
However, for each activity, during the whole period of the "production animal clinic" module, students must be ready at the times and places provided (Cfr "Teaching mode"), unless otherwise advised by the supervisor responsible for the activity considered. Any delay will be taken into account in the following way: the student will have to apologize and justify himself to the senior responsible for the activity and the final grade of the module "clinic of production animals" may be adjusted with each delay (up to obtain an exclusion score of 5/20 for the complete module in the event of recurrence and / or depending on the behavior of the student)
For all of the activities, students must all be in adequate attire (overalls and boots clean, without jewelry, the nails will be cut and long hair will be tied) and must have their own surgical attire with them. Likewise, everyone will systematically have their own clinical equipment, that is to say: stethoscope, thermometer, plessimetric plate, hammer with percussion, watch / stopwatch, a pen, a notepad, a functional flashlight and a name badge attached to the overalls. During clinic hours, no mobile phone or smartphone will be allowed for students, including to use the stopwatch. Any failure to comply with these instructions may be penalized in the same way as an unjustified absence, that is to say, obtaining a final score of 5/20 for the clinical module of production animals (Cfr: "Assessment method and criteria "). Students who are not in possession of their equipment (or whose overalls and / or boots are not clean) will be refused for the activity concerned and considered to be in unjustified absence (Cfr. Assessment method and criteria) .
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
In the ruminant clinic
See general "Organisational remarks" in VETE2095 above.
Care-Fepex
See "Organisational remarks" in VETE2095 above. With the exception of the overalls and boots which must be those provided by Care-Fepex. Students must systematically be equipped with their material in the same way as for the VEB and the CAB.
Porcine clinic
Attendance at the porcine clinic is compulsory.
A rollcall will take place systematically. To be valid, a justification of absence from a clinic must be sent by email (porcine.fmv@uliege.be) and backed up by a medical certificate. The original of the medical certificate must be submitted to the Student Secretariat; a copy will be sent by email to the address above. All absences from the porcine clinic must be caught up. The ways this can be done will be communicated by email. Passing the class will be conditional upon having the caught-up sessions validated. For sanitary reasons, overalls will be provided to all students visiting the pigsty. Do not bring your own boots: a pair of boots and overboots will be provided on site. To visit the CRA-w pigsty, overalls and boots will be provided on site. The biosecurity regulations can be found on https:www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be and those specified by the members of the porcine clinic team on a daily basis must be strictly respected.
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
For VEBs and CABS:
Depending on the visits, bring food and drink for the day. Where other arrangements are organised (not contained in the teaching commitments or on the white board), these will be communicated to you by the staff member responsible for organising the visit.
- For the VEB, students must revise the theory associated with each type of visit (reproduction, nutrition, neonatal mortality, etc.).
- For the CABs, students must revise the PowerPoint of the additional examinations available on eCampus (VETE2095, OUT part) in addition to their Master 2 courses (Managing Ruminant Health), in order to suggest diagnoses, differential diagnoses, additional examinations and treatments.
For visits to pigsties, disposable overalls and overboots, gloves and caps will be provided.
Required equipment: CLEAN overalls (several sets will be required) and boots, working torch, stethoscope, working digital thermometer, pen and paper, hammer and plate, clinical notebook, protective/safety glasses, protective gloves.
At the porcine clinic, you will be provided with clean overalls. Boots, overboots and gloves will be provided.
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
See "Teaching methods" and "Organisational remarks" for VETE2095.
Contacts
Coordnateur de l'unité d'enseignement VETE2095-1: Dr C. Bayrou : Calixte.bayrou@uliege.be
And see specific part :- VETE2095-a : Clinique IN- VETE2095-b : Clinique OUT- VETE2095-c : programmed activities
Individual case clinic for ruminants and monogastric animals and on-call duty
Individual case clinic:
- Coordinator and Head: Dr C. Bayrou : calixte.bayrou@uliege.be
- Contact: Dr. Vincent Frisée vfrisee@uliege.be
Porcine clinic:
- Coordinator and head: Dr Martine Laitat mlaitat@uliege.be
- Contact: Dr Stéphanie Dalle sdalle@uliege.be
Medicine for herds of ruminants and monogastric animals and out-patient clinic
Assistant:
- Dr. Freyia Popovic-Sindberg : fpopovicsindberg@uliege.be
- VEB: Dr. Frédéric Rollin: frollin@uliege.be
- CAB: Dr. Hugues Guyot: hugues.guyot@uliege.be
- VEP: Dr M. Laitat: porcine.fmv@uliege.be (Tel. 04/366.40.63)
Multi-disciplinary activities for ruminants and monogastric animals
Coordinator:
Dr. Martine Laitat: porcine.fmv@uliege.be
Person responsible:
Dr. Martine Laitat (porcine) porcine.fmv@uliege.be
Dr. Vincent Frisée (ruminants) vfrisee@uliege.be