2023-2024 / VETE0361-1

Ruminant autopsy

Duration

2w Clin.

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Veterinary Sciences: Clinical Internship1 crédit 

Lecturer

Dominique Cassart

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The dead ruminants coming from the departments of the faculty or sent for necropsy by the veterinary practitioners are an efficient pedagogical tool.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the training, the students are supposed be able, from necropsy cases, to:
- identify and describe the gross lesions ;
- make an anatomopathological diagnosis by using the appropriate vocabulary and prioritize the lesions;
- establish a link between lesions and diseases ;
- define the cause of death ;
- provide further investigations to make or confirm an etiological diagnosis ;
- write a necropsy report as complete and objective as possible.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Diploma of Veterinary Medicine

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Each day, the student will carry out a necropsy exam of a ruminant and draft a preliminary report which will be used as a basis for discussion with the supervisor.
The daily evaluation will assess the relevance of the reported lesions, the knowledge and understanding of the main pathological mechanisms, the cross disciplinary approach of the case and the quality of written and oral presentations on the case.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

dominique.cassart@ulg.ac.be

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