Base Knowledge
It is recommended that the student has attended to obtained success in the following UCs: Exterior and Anatomy of the Horse and Management of Horses.
Teaching Methodologies
- Theoretical exposure.
- Practical demonstrations by teachers of some practices referred to in the classes of theoretical approach and practical implementation of them by the students.
Learning Results
- Know the main viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases of the horse;
- Know the main defense mechanisms against diseases;
- Evaluates the horse’s hygienic-sanitary status;
- Together with other professionals, it plans the main prophylactic health measures to be applied to the horse;
- Know the reproductive system of horses;
- Identify the best time to carry out the reproductive management of horses;
- Prepare the necessary conditions for the normal course of births in a stud farm;
- Recognize the main disorders of the equine locomotor system.
Program
1. Hygiene and health of horses:
1. Animal welfare and health maintenance;
- Signs of illness;
- Signs of parasitic, bacterial and viral diseases;
- Laboratory evidence of some disease agents (microbial, fungal and parasitic) – using practical examples;
- Prophylactic measures
2. Equine Reproduction:
- Anatomy and physiological principles;
- Estrous cycle and hormones involved;
- Natural breeding and artificial insemination.
3. Muscle skeletal system apparatus and its main diseases.
4. First aid and main forms of treatment in horses.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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