Teaching Methodologies
Teaching methodologies include expository lectures supported by PowerPoint presentations and video material. Laboratory practical classes form the core of this course unit, supporting companion-animal clinical consultations and collaboration with fieldwork colleagues.
Learning Results
The aim is to develop students’ proficiency in laboratory diagnosis and result interpretation, thereby providing the foundations for accurate diagnostic decision-making.
Students will become able to perform the laboratory techniques listed below and interpret results in a coherent, applied and informative manner:
• Collect and dispatch biological material for different types of laboratory analysis;
• Perform blood biochemical tests;
• Perform haematological examinations;
• Carry out urine and faecal examinations;
• Interpret results and explain the most relevant deviations;
• Undertake microbial investigations in various types of samples.
Program
Component 1
Introductory concepts of laboratory testing.
Cytopathology: sampling, preparation and evaluation of cytological specimens from skin, ear, neoplasms and effusions.
Clinical Microbiology: aseptic sampling, transport, recording and identification.
Trichogram | Mycological analysis – sampling and analytical methods.
Clinical haematology | Urinalysis | Coprology – sampling methods and types of analysis applied to laboratory diagnosis.
Component 2
Clinical biochemistry: laboratory evaluation of electrolytes, acid-base balance, lipids, proteins and minerals related to bone metabolism. Enzymology and quantification of the main enzymes used in laboratory diagnostics.
Concept of biomarkers.
Molecular biology: interpretation of PCR results and comparison with classical techniques.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Ana Isabel Calado LopesInternship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
· Sirois, M. (2017). Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, 4th Edition (Elsevier). ISBN: 978-0-323-35483-7
· Thrall, M.A., Weiser, G., Allison, R., Campbell, T. (2022). Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-28640-0
· Kaneko, J., Harvey, J., Bruss, M. (2008). Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals, Academic Press, 6th ed. ISBN: 9780123704917.
· Quinn ,P., Markey ,B., Carter ,M. Carter, G.R. (2013). Clinical Veterinary Microbiology. Mosby. ISBN13 9780723432371.
· Rosenberg, I. (2005). Protein Analysis and Purification – Benchtop Techniques 2nd ed. Birkhauser. ISBN 978-1-4612-2056-5.
· Mónica Cunha; João Inácio. (2014). Abordagens Moleculares em Veterinária – Ciências Veterinárias – Veterinária – Grupo LIDEL ISBN: 978-989-752-034-1