LPhD095 Poultry Diseases

Details
Responsible DepartmentDepartment of Veterinary Disease Biology

Course DatesIndividually decided present course ad hoc, please contact Jens Peter Christensen (jpc@life.ku.dk)
 
Course RegistrationPlease contact Jens Peter Christensen (jpc@life.ku.dk)
 
Deadline for Registrationpresent course ad hoc, please contact Jens Peter Christensen (jpc@life.ku.dk)
 
Credits11 (ECTS)
 
Level of CoursePhD course
 
Language of InstructionDanish
 
Course Content
During seminars the student will present and discuss diseases of relevance to the participants with special emphasis on selected aspects. Practical post mortems including subsequent laboratory work will form the basis for discussions on practical proposals as to treatment and prevention.

The course includes the following topics: The infrastructure of industrial and family poultry (scavenging/rual) production and its significance in relation to disease prevention, biosecurity, impact of environment nutritional diseases, developmental, metabolic and other noninfectious diseases, infectious diseases and toxicoses. Pathogenesis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis in addition to treatment and strategies for prevention are given special attention. Post mortem examinations and subsequent laboratory work including mainly identification of parasitic and bacterial diseases will give the students the possibility to make acquaintance with various diagnostic techniques. Other diagnostic technoques will be demonstrated.
 
Teaching and learning Methods
seminars, practicals (post mortems, laboratory diagnostics)
 
Learning Outcome
The course will give advanced knowledge within all aspects of poultry diseases aiming at identifying and analysing disease problems in relation to as well industrial as family poultry production. Seminars will be used to discuss the various diseases with special emphasis on pathogenesis, diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis and preventive measures. Post mortems and subsequent laboratory work will support the theoretical aspects and give a selection of diagnostic methods just as methods used for surveillance of diseases will be demonstrated.
 
Course Material
1)Saif, Y. M. (ed) Diseases of Poultry 2008, 12th edition 2)Randall, C. J. & R. L. Reece Color Atlas of Avian Histopathology 1996, 232 pp (ISBN 0-7234-20874) 3)Randall, C. J. A Colour Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of the Domestic Fowl and Turkey 1991. 4)Permin, A. Epidemiology. Diagnosis and control of Poultry parasites. FAO Animal Health Manual, 1998.
 
Course Coordinator
Jens Peter Christensen, jpc@life.ku.dk, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology/Section for Microbiology, Phone: 353-32748
 
Type of Evaluation
Individual discussions
 
Work Load
preparation20
practicals60
project work200

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Other Remarks
Course possible in english