Academic courses
July 31, 2024 2025-07-31 13:43Academic courses
Academic courses – Surgery, Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology department
Anesthesiology and Еmergency Veterinary Medicine
Anesthesiology and emergency veterinary medicine is recognized as an independent discipline thanks to the scientific and practical development that it has received in recent years. The needs for specialized anesthesiology training in the various fields of veterinary medicine are the other prerequisites for making anesthesiology a separate discipline. This discipline will provide the necessary amount of theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of anesthesiology and emergency veterinary medicine.
The purpose of the course in “Anesthesiology and Emergency Veterinary Medicine” is to acquaint the students with the basic anesthesiology tools and methods used in veterinary medicine. The lecture course is combined with practical exercises, including the use of anesthetics, examination of their systemic effects, possible complications and therapeutic approaches in their treatment. The course covers widely used anesthesiology practices, methods and tools in all domestic and small animals and some exotic species. By content, this course supports all clinical disciplines that require the use of anesthetic agents in diagnostic, therapeutic or surgical treatment approaches.
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Herd Health Management
It has been established that in manure-herd farming, traumatism is significantly higher compared to individual animal husbandry, with many animals subject to traumatism or suffering from one or more limb diseases. Along with infertility and mastitis, herd traumatism, hoof pathology, resp. lameness is one of the most pressing problems that cause huge economic losses. Initially, the main groups of diseases of the limbs and especially of the hooves are presented schematically. It describes in detail the methodology and the scale for assessing the health of the limbs, which is applied to each animal. The arithmetic means results represent the general health status of the herd. The ways, the sequence and the algorithm of the detection and establishment of the specific factors for each farm, leading to traumatism and diseases of the limbs and hooves, as well as the necessary steps to reduce the percentage of this type of pathology in the farm, are considered.
Module of Obstetrics (diseases of small animals, diseases of equids, diseases of farm animals)
The course in Obstetrics (Productive animals, Equines, Small animals) aims to give students the necessary knowledge of obstetric and gynecological problems in productive animals, quidae and animals for company. The course is divided into three sections: “Obstetrics and Gynecology of Productive Animals”, “Obstetrics and Gynecology of Equidae” and “Obstetrics and Gynecology of Animals for Company”. The section “Obstetrics and Gynecology of Productive Animals” addresses questions about the processes of normal birth in animals, as well as possible problems that may occur. The various methods of obstetric assistent, the technique of implementation and the possible complications are discussed in depth. Attention is paid to the postpartum period and the diseases that can be diagnosed during it. Students are widely acquainted with gynecology in productive animals, the forms of infertility, the causes of it, and the treatment options available. The material includes a detailed examination of the physiology and pathology of the mammary gland. The aim is to provide students with the necessary theoretical and practical training in obstetrics and gynecology in productive animals. Increasing the level of reproduction in horses requires the proper and purposeful organization of the breeding process in this species of animal. In the section “Obstetrics and Gynecology of Equidae”, all functional disorders in horses that have a negative impact on the normal course of sexual activity are examined in depth and in clinical terms. Particular attention is paid to the physiology and pathology of the sexual cycle, the diagnosis of pregnancy, diseases during pregnancy, childbirth and obstetric care, diseases of the mammary gland, gynecological diseases and infertility in mares. In the last section, “Obstetrics and Gynecology of Animals for Company”, the issues of reproductive physiology and pathology in the dog and cat are mainly addressed. Attention is paid to vaginal cytology and the choice of the right time to insemination. Basic questions about the duration and course of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period and their pathology are discussed.
Lecturers:
- Assistant Prof. Tsveta Bogomilova Georgieva
- Assoc. Prof. Kalin Yordanov Hristov PhD, DVM
- Chief Assistant Prof. Aleksandar Aleksandrov Stoimenov, PhD
Module of Surgery (diseases of small animals, diseases of equids, diseases of farm animals)
Module Surgery is a combined scientifically applied discipline. In the lecture course, students are introduced to numerous surgical diseases in equines, productive and small animals.
The study of individual diseases takes place by areas of the animal’s body, examining in detail the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, methods of diagnosis, outcome of the disease, treatment and prophylaxis. Diseases of the hoof, which in veterinary surgery are devided into a separate sub-discipline (podology or orthopedics) with their subject and specific methods of research and treatment are studied. Special attention is paid to the specific etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, operative treatment and prevention of important hoof diseases. Diseases of the eyes and their ssupportive organs are studied, highlighting the importance of widespread, primary affecting eye diseases, as well as the role of secondary eye diseases and symptoms of other infectious and non-infectious disease processes. The purpose of the course in Surgery /Productive, Equines, Small animals/ is to provide students with knowledge of surgical principles and basic surgical skills in the treatment of surgical diseases in those animals. The lecture course is combined with practical clinical exercises on the study and surgical treatment of pets with surgical diseases. The content of the discipline is the surgical pathology of these animals.
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Neurology and Neurosurgery
The discipline provides the acquisition of knowledge about neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, pathological processes involving the central and peripheral nervous system, the possibilities for their diagnostic and modern surgical treatment. In addition, they also require serious knowledge in the field of related specialties (surgery, orthopedics, anesthesiology, and rehabilitation), as well as good general medical training. The training is carried out in a program that provides both theoretical training in the main areas of neuroscience and operative techniques, as well as practical skills that allow independent decision-making in the treatment of neurosurgical diseases. Students must fully understand the basics of modern neurosurgery, acquire correct clinical thinking, put into practice timely, correct, and appropriate necessary diagnostic and therapeutic measures. Students must master all types of treatment and diagnostic procedures required in the study of neurosurgical patients.
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Obstetrics, Reproduction and Reproductive Disorders
The course on “Obstetrics, Reproduction and Reproductive Disorders” aims to give the students the necessary knowledge about the bases of breeding process in animals and with the reproduction processes and the possibilities for correction of reproductive disorders. The course is divided into two sections “Obstetrics” and “Reproduction and Reproductive Disorders”. The section “Obstetrics” deals with the physiological basis of reproduction in farm animals, the physiological and pathological features of pregnancy in farm animals. The aim is to provide the students with the necessary theoretical knowledge in the field of physiological and pathological processes occurring in the body of the female animals during the sex cycle and the ovulation, during the period of insemination, fertilization and pregnancy. The establishment of breeding potential and the diagnosis of diseases of the reproductive organs of the male animals is no less important than the evaluation of the reproductive status of the female animals. The severely reduced number of bulls and their concentration in small artificial insemination centers requires systematic control of the state of the genital organs in order to diagnose the diseases in a timely manner and to properly administer the therapy. For this purpose, the section “Reproduction and Reproductive Disorders” gives the prospective veterinarian the opportunity to master and serve competently with the various clinical and laboratory methods of testing applied to males animals, which in all specific cases would allow him to be accurate and timely in diagnosis.Students are introduced to various assisted reproduction options including artificial insemination, embryo transfer, and some more. Issues related to artificial insemination in farm animals are mainly dealt with, which aims to give students the theoretical and practical knowledge in this field. One third of the exercises are held in farms and at the artificial insemination center.
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Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy and physioprophylaxis in animals are increasing their use in veterinary practice. A prerequisite for this is the establishment of new methods such as physiotherapy, gymnastics, etc. elktroakupunktura. Study and explore the basic physical factors and their specific use in animals will enable future veterinarians to expand the possibilities and methods of treatment of various diseases in their practice. The purpose of the course in Physiotherapy is to familiarize students with the basic methods and tools in physiotherapy used in veterinary medicine. The lecture course is combined with practice. The practical course includes the use of basic physiotherapeutic methods and apparatus used in veterinary practice. The lecture course includes the applications of physiotherapeutic procedures for various diseases, as well as for prophylactic purposes. The main applications, indications and contraindications of the physical methods used in veterinary physiotherapy are presented. In content, the course supports all clinical objects in which physiotherapeutic procedures can be used as additional methods of treatment. The course creates interdisciplinary links between courses of internal non-infection diseases, surgery, radiology etc.
Lecturers:
- Chief Assist. Prof. Georgi Marinov Marinov, PhD, DVM
- Assoc. Prof. Konstantin Bogdanov Aminkov, PhD, DVM
- Assoc. Prof. Nadya Zlatozarova Zlateva-Panayotova, PhD, DVM
- Assist. Prof. Seven Ruzhdi Mustafa, PhD
- Assist. Prof. Lilia Ventsislavova Petrova
Propedeutics of Surgical Diseases in Animals
The aim of the course of Propedeutics of surgical diseases in animals is to provide students with knowledge of surgical principles and basic surgical skills in surgical animal diseases. The lecture course is combined with practical preclinical exercises for the study and treatment of animals with surgical diseases. In content, the educational discipline represents propedeutics of surgical diseases and logically precedes and facilitates training in other surgical disciplines.
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Radiology
Image diagnostic methods are one of the main diagnostic methods in veterinary medicine. Radiology, as part of imaging methods, has a fundamental role in the diagnosis of animal diseases. In parallel with the advancement of technology, imaging in veterinary medicine has evolved. Recently, ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance have become increasingly widespread in veterinary imaging diagnostics, which in turn has led to the separation of imaging diagnostic methods of radiation and non-radiation. Last but not least is the issue of invasiveness by radiation imaging methods and measures to prevent ionizing radiation. In the lecture and practical course, students learn the physical basics of X-rays, methods of examination using them, normal X-ray anatomy and visualization of basic diseases in animals. The course also deals with the physical characteristics of ultrasonic waves and their clinical application in veterinary imaging. In addition to conventional radiography, the basic tomographic methods of diagnostics and the possibilities of computer reconstructive imaging are presented in the lecture and practical course. Imaging is a clinical discipline that provides future veterinarians with the required amount of theoretical and practical knowledge in veterinary imaging. The aim of the Radiology course is to provide students with knowledge on methods of imaging in veterinary medicine, skills in working with X-ray techniques, interpretation of radiographs and tomograms. The lecture course is combined with practical preclinical and clinical exercises on the study of animals with various diseases. The content of the course is the work with imaging techniques and research methods.
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Veterinary Dentistry
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic dental diseases in domestic animals, the basic diagnostic approaches and the application of specific therapeutic therapy. The lecture course covers the theoretical basics of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs and principles of prevention and treatment of dental diseases in domestic animals. During the practical classes students should learn the basic methods of research, diagnosis and treatment of animals with dental diseases. The practical course includes demonstration exercises in which students participate directly in the medical, surgical and orthodontic treatment of dental diseases.
