Teaching

Reception hours

Tuesday - Wednesday 12.30-16.30 Infectious Diseases Section of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, room 18.

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Courses assigned in the Specialist/Master's Degree Course in Veterinary Medicine (Academic Year 2022-2023)

1. Biosafety (15 hours) of the Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine (LM/42) at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Bari;
2. Diagnostics of infectious diseases in dogs and cats (15 hours) as part of the teaching path of Dog and Cat Clinic, of the Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine (LM/42) at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Studies of Bari;
3. Internship in Infectious Animal Diseases (18 hours) of the Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine (LM/42) at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Bari;

1. Teaching Program of Biosafety (FRONTAL TEACHING):

• Regulatory compliance required by the law on safety in the workplace and biosecurity (DL 626/94, DL 81/08 and subsequent updates;
• Uniba health and safety regulation (DR 1144 of 04/18/2018);
• Collective Protection Devices (DPC);
• Personal protective equipment (PPE);
• Health and safety signs;
  First aid, behavior to adopt in case of emergencies and fires;
• Definition of risk and danger (Risk assessment and hazard analysis);
• Chemical risk: substance toxicity, short and long term effects;
• Biological risk: pathogens and classification for human risk of zoonotic agents;
• Risk from genetically modified microorganisms (GMMOs).
  Categories of individuals particularly at risk;
• Organization of laboratories for the purpose of handling zoonotic agents;
• Pathogens for animals but not for humans, and diffusible agents that require strict biosafety standards in handling (Veterinary Police Regulations);
• Physical risk in veterinary laboratories and university facilities (radiation, noise, vibration, electromagnetic fields);
• Radio-protection;
• Risk associated with contact with animals and correct approach to sick and/or hospitalized animals. Biosafety in veterinary surgeries / surgical rooms, necropsy rooms;
• Waste disposal management;
• Chemical and biological spill-over;
  Concept of sustainability in the use and disposal of reagents: green chemistry;

(PRATICAL ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES):

• Use of equipment material safety data sheets.
• Personal protective equipment.
• Dpi gloves for chemical and biological risk.
• Pictograms. En 374, 388, en 407, en 511.
• WHO; guidelines; hand washing; soaps; sanitizing gels; surgical masks (en 14683).

Educational material: lecture notes.

2. Teaching program of Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases of dogs and cats

• Cell cultures; serum neutralization; sowing of the sample on bacteriological media; antibiogram.
• Interpretation of the blood count in the course of infectious diseases of the dog and cat.

Reference texts: lecture notes.

3. Didactic program of the Training Internship of Infectious Animal Diseases

• Organization of the laboratories of the section of infectious diseases;
• instrumentation;
• sampling;
• cell cultures and virological diagnostics;
• bacteriological diagnostics;
• molecular biology techniques for the diagnosis of infectious diseases;
• planning/organization of external ASL training internship;
• planning/organization of external training internships for Zooprophylactic Institutes;
• planning/organization of an external training internship for UVAC PIF.

Courses assigned in the three-year degree course (L38) in Animal Sciences (Academic Year 2022-2023)

1. Prophylaxis of infectious diseases of pets (45 hours) in the Degree Course in Animal Sciences - class L38;
2. Practical internship of infectious diseases of pets and prophylaxis (25 hours) at the Degree Course in Animal Sciences - class L38;

1. Teaching program of Prophylaxis of infectious diseases of companion animals: