815/2 - SEMEIOTICA E PATOLOGIA MEDICA ANIMALI DA REDDITO

Theoretical program (26 hours) Introduction to the subject (1h) History and physical examination of cattle and horses (1h). Equine respiratory disorders: clinical approach, imaging diagnosis, sampling of respiratory tract secretions (1h). Diagnostic approach to horse extrathoracic airways pathology: pharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia (PLH); arytenoids chondritis; Streptococcus equi infections (strangles); viral infections (1h). Horse intrathoracic airways diseases: bacterial pneumonia, parapneumonic effusions and septic pleuritis; lung abscesses; pleural effusions. Foal pneumonia; interstitial lung disease. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO). Inflammatory airway disease (IAD). Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) (6h). Cardiovascular examination of the horse. Acquired valvular heart disease, infective endocarditis, atrial fibrillation (2h). Examination and diagnostic evaluation for disorders of horse and cattle gastrointestinal tract (10h). Approach to the horse with colic. Endotoxemia in horses. Gastroduodenal ulceration. Peritonitis in horses. Clinical examinati on of the forestomach. Indigestion in ruminants. Disorders of reticulo-ruminal fermentative function. Hoflund’s syndrome. Traumatic reticuloperitonitis. Frothy bloat. Neonatal diarrhea. Metabolic diseases in diary cows (2h). Mastitis in diary cows (2h). Practical program (24 hours) Clinical examination in calves and adult bovines. Assessment of mucous membranes, lymph nodes, BCS, arterial pulse, breath and body temperature. Reticulo-rumen examination (6h). Rectal palpation in cattle (6h) and horses (6h). Horse general examination and evaluation of horse respiratory system. Rebreathing exam (6h).