Academic courses
July 31, 2024 2025-07-31 17:01Academic courses
Academic courses – Infectious Pathology, Hygiene, Technology and Control of Foods From Animal Origin department
Diseases in Companion Animals – Parasitic Diseases
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
The number of the animals for company, mostly dogs and cats, has been significantly increasing during the recent years. Except for pets, dogs are bred with economic purpose – as guards of animals, guards of dwellings, guards of private property, service dogs, etc. There are a lot of shepherd and hunting dogs in our country. Despite the efforts of the municipalities, there are a lot of wandering dogs in the big cities yet.
Therefore, the Veterinarians must have a good knowledge in the pathology of canids and felids in order to be able to meet the needs of competent aid to owners of animals for company. This is also required due to the fact, that some of the parasitic diseases in dogs are common to them and the rest of the animals and the humans. This requires the students in Veterinary Medicine to have good training in invasion diseases in animals for company.
Teaching hours: 15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of practicals
Lecturers:
Diseases in Equine Species – Parasitic Diseases
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
Veterinary Parasitology is especially live now, when all reserves are being used in the private stock-farming and a big part of the animals are bred under pasture conditions, and simultaneously no prevention measures have been carried out for years.
Veterinarians needs knowledge in Parasitology in order to be able to implement measures for protecting humans from dangerous parasitic diseases, which transmit directly to humans or through animal products. Parasitology is related to a lot of sciences of general biology and to almost all of the veterinary medicine ones, and also to the organization and economy of agriculture and first of all of stock-farming.
Horses belong to the groups of animals where parasites are of great importance in their pathology due to the manner of their breeding. These animals are ecologically and biologically connected to the pasture. Thereof, they are frequently invaded by helminthoses and entomoses, which causers are related to the pastures.
Teaching hours: 9 hours of lectures and 9 hours of practicals
Lecturers:
Diseases in Farm Animals – Parasitic Diseases
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
Parasitic diseases of Farm animals is a veterinary science, which aims to provide students with theoretical knowledge about parasitism and parasites on animals, which are beneficial to humans, about their systematics, morphology, biology, physiology, biochemistry and ecology, about the interaction between the parasites and their hosts (pathogenesis, immunity), and also to arm them with scientific training and skills to reveal important points of epizootology and diagnostics of parasitic diseases, to treat verminous animals, to organize the prevention and fight against parasytoses in different technologies of animal breeding, to protect the environment from invasions and pollution.
Veterinary Parasitology is especially live now, when all reserves are being used in the private stock-farming and a big part of the animals are bred under pasture conditions, and simultaneously no prevention measures have been carried out for years.
Veterinarians needs knowledge in Parasitology in order to be able to implement measures for protecting humans from dangerous parasitic diseases, which transmit directly to humans or through animal products. Parasitology is related to a lot of sciences of general biology and to almost all of the veterinary medicine ones, and also to the organization and economy of agriculture and first of all of stock-farming. Therefore, the theoretical and practical training in Parasitology requires the integration of knowledge and research methods in zoology, genetics, cytology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, immunology, pathological physiology, pathology, pharmacology, feeding and zoohygiene, epizootology, non-infectious diseases, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, organization and economy of stock-farming, veterinary and sanitary expertise.
Parasitology itself contributes to the more complete training in the subjects mentioned.
Teaching hours: 56 hours of lectures and 51 hours of practicals
Lecturers:
Diseases of Bees, Fish and Game
Diseases of Bees, Fish and Game
Lecturers:
Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Epidemiology and preventive veterinary medicine
The course “Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine”, aims to give the students of Veterinary Medicine the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge on mass occurring diseases in animals (epidemics). Students learn about the infectious process (macro-micro organism relationships), and about the epidemic process (the conditions of occurrence of epidemics and the determinants – the drivers of the epidemic). During the course the lecturers present the global and the Bulgarian experience in the detection, containment and eradication of epidemics and the preventive and control measures for animal husbandry. Essential part in the discipline occupies the procedures for collecting, processing and analysis of epidemiological data as well as the economic aspects of the analysis. The main economic aspects related to animal diseases prevention, control and eradication are presented as well as the basic principles of economic analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of the anti-epidemic measures, the economic losses associated with the localization and elimination of an epizootic disease and how to calculate the benefits from its eradication from the territory of the country.
In the third part of the course, the students are acquainted with the doctrine of pest control (disinfection, insect – control and rodents – control) and their role and place in the complex of the anti-epidemic measures. Special attention is paid to the requirements for carrying out pest control in farms and animal holdings as well as in enterprises producing or processing raw materials and products of animal origin and also in factories for the production of feed and feed ingredients. The role of pest control monitoring methods and analysis of their effectiveness is highlighted.
The topics included in the lectures are directly related to the subject of microbiology and virology, immunology, infectious diseases, tropical diseases, propaedeutic, parasitology, non-infectious diseases, nutrition, zoo-hygiene, ecology, economics, toxicology, pharmacotherapy, chemistry and biostatistics.
During the practical classes, the students have opportunity to actively participate in the implementation of different studies, which are required later for the exam.
Lecturers:
Game Disease – Parasitic
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
Lecturers:
Hygiene, Technology and Control of Foods from Animal Origin
Hygiene, technology and control of food of animal origin
The subject of Hygiene, technology and control of food from animal origin are studied by students in veterinary medicine in the ninth and tenth semester. The task of training is to familiarize them with the composition, properties and fundaments of the technology for extraction and processing of meat, meat products, dairy, poultry, eggs, honey, fish and technical animal materials as well as control and safety quality of raw materials and food stuffs of animal origin, the whole chain “from farm to table”.
Animal products occupy a major part of the daily menu of people. They represent a complete food which is indispensable throughout life. Meat, milk and other animal products are an essential component of many complex food cooked and raw materials for food production. Technical animal products must also meet certain requirements for quality and security.
Veterinary Medicine students learn basic technology of obtaining high-quality milk, meat, offal and technical materials. This is an integral part of their knowledge of food safety. Without detailed knowledge of the technological schemes and hygiene is not possible to make grading and testing of products and study animal health and expertise.
During the course of studying, students learn about animals for slaughter, the technology of obtaining and processing of meat, milk and sub-products, structure, regulations and requirements for construction and operation of slaughterhouses, meat processing plants, milk collection centre, dairy, and commercial sites. Key element in training on the subject is to acquaint the national and European legislation.
In the framework of these lectures and practical exercises, paying particular attention to the performance of self in farms, processing plants and sales network based on good manufacturing practices, HACCP plans and systems for traceability of foodstuffs.
After completing training in the specialty, students must have received the necessary amount of knowledge to start a successful business as a veterinarian in the animal health control, which include:
Knowledge of basic technologies for obtaining and processing of foodstuffs from animal origin;
Ability to perform responsible hygiene assessment in detecting infectious, invasive, non-infectious diseases and poisoning of animals and birds;
Knowledge of routine examination of meat of all kinds of warm-blooded animals and birds for slaughter and permitted human consumption;
Knowledge of sampling for laboratory analysis of raw materials and foodstuffs of animal origin and conduct of specific laboratory testing (organoleptic, physico-chemical and microbiological) of the same;
Ability to isolate and prove the microorganisms cause food poisoning and food infectious to humans by raw materials and foodstuffs of animal origin and carry out the assessment of hygiene and prevention of these diseases;
Ability to supervise control (inspections, audits, etc.) on self-control systems (Good Manufacturing Practices – GMP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points – HACCP) in production and business establishments storage and conversion of raw materials and foodstuffs of animal origin.
Lecturers:
Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
During the study course students are introduced to various communicable diseases common to two or more species of animals and humans (zoonoses). Special attention is paid to the actual country and the region highly contagious disease. Materials included in course are directly related to the subject of microbiology, virology, immunology and epidemiology. The program provides for consideration of individual nosological units or groups, in each case to introduced students with the following main characteristics: an etiological factor; historical background; epidemiology of the disease; pathogenesis of disease; clinical manifestations of disease; diagnosis; differential diagnosis; treating, preventing, fighting infectious disease.
Lecturers:
Infectious Diseases – General Part
Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases – General part, Diseases in productive animals,
Diseases in equines, Companion animal diseases
(GP, DPA, DIE, CAD)
One of the most important and responsible activities of veterinary medicine both as science and practice is the protection of domestic and wild animals of infectious diseases. Some of these diseases cause high morbidity and mortality in different animal species, devastate the livestock in villages, regions and countries, causing significant economic damages.
During the educational course on ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ students are introduced consequently with different infectious diseases affecting: only one species; diseases common for two or more species of animals; infectious animal diseases that affect humans also.
The attention is directed to the actual for the country and the region highly contagious disease, the control of which is made by the measures adopted according the European Union.
An important role in the animal health is occupied by the general and the specific preventive measures against infectious diseases. Their implementation requires scientifically well-qualified veterinarians who has to detect in time, to diagnose, to treat and/or to apply immunoprophilactic tools.
The veterinarians take an active participation in all epizootic measures to protect animal and human health.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ aims to provide knowledge (theoretical and practical) on these issues and at the same time to develop the way of thinking in students, future veterinary doctors.
This is an important element in a formation of the professionalism of the veterinarian in the- the diagnostics, therapy, general and specific prophylaxis of the infectious animal diseases, protection of human health and the prevention the environment from a biological contamination.
According to the approved curriculum consequently infectious diseases (GP), which affect two and/or more species of animals and humans; infectious companion animal diseases (CAD), infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA), infectious diseases in equines (DIE) are analyzed.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ is a natural outcome of the theoretical and practical educational courses of the students in veterinary medicine, obtained from the disciplines ”Virology”, ”Microbiology”, ‘’Epidemiology and preventive medicine” (Epizootology). These disciplines are educated in the lower courses. They determine the etiological agents of the infectious diseases and the factors that are important for the: occurrence, developement and distribution of the infectious diseases.
The theoretical and practical knowledge of the students in Immunology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Non-infective diseases are analyzed also.
The teaching of the infectious diseases (GP) includes diseases that affect two and/or more species of animals and humans. The etiology, epizootiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathological changes, diagnostics, differential diagnosis, therapy, general prophylaxis, active and passive immunization in the different diseases are analyzed. An attention is directed to the regulation documents, which rule the prevention and the control of diseases according the national and the international requirements.
The lectures in infectious diseases of companion animals (CAD) is designed to introduce to the students in veterinary medicine with actual for those species infectious diseases. During the the excercises the students acquire skills and habits in: the diagnostics, therapy and immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases in pets. A special attention is directed to those diseases that affect humans and the measures for protection the people from them and for protection of the environment from a biological contamination.
The part from the course which includes the infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA) is aimed to provide the necessary training of the students of veterinary medicine for the most actual diseases in different species of animals, grown for economic profit – large and small ruminants, pigs, birds and rabbits. The significance of those diseases that have a clear epizootic distribution and cause serious economic damages to the national and global economy is underlined. A special attention is directed to those infectious diseases which control is performed according to the Government Prophylactic Programme.
The teaching hours for the infectious diseases of equines (DIE) include the study of the most important infectious diseases in horses, asses, mules and hinnies. An attention is paid to the preventive measures that are applied to different groups of horses: for a work, for racings, or those kept as pets. Different vaccination schedules are discussed.
Lecturers:
Infectious Diseases in Companion Animals
Infectious Diseases
One of the most important and responsible activities of veterinary medicine both as science and practice is the protection of domestic and wild animals of infectious diseases. Some of these diseases cause high morbidity and mortality in different animal species, devastate the livestock in villages, regions and countries, causing significant economic damages.
During the educational course on ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ students are introduced consequently with different infectious diseases affecting: only one species; diseases common for two or more species of animals; infectious animal diseases that affect humans also.
The attention is directed to the actual for the country and the region highly contagious disease, the control of which is made by the measures adopted according the European Union.
An important role in the animal health is occupied by the general and the specific preventive measures against infectious diseases. Their implementation requires scientifically well-qualified veterinarians who has to detect in time, to diagnize, to treat and/or to apply immunoprophylactic tools.
The veterinarians take an active participation in all epizootic measures to protect animal and human health.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ aims to provide knowledge (theoretical and practical) on these issues and at the same time to develop the way of thinking in students, future veterinary doctors.
This is an important element in a formation of the professionalism of the veterinarian in the- the diagnostics, therapy, general and specific prophylaxis of the infectious animal diseases, protection of human health and the prevention the environment from a biological contamination.
According to the approved curriculum consequently infectious diseases (GP), which affect two and/or more species of animals and humans; infectious companion animal diseases (CAD), infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA), infectious diseases in equines (DIE) are analyzed.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ is a natural outcome of the theoretical and practical educational courses of the students in veterinary medicine, obtained from the disciplines ”Virology”, ”Microbiology”, ‘’Epidemiology and preventive medicine” (Epizootology). These disciplines are educated in the lower courses. They determine the etiological agents of the infectious diseases and the factors that are important for the: occurrence, developement and distribution of the infectious diseases.
The theoretical and practical knowledge of the students in Immunology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Non-infective diseases are analyzed also.
The teaching of the infectious diseases (GP) includes diseases that affect two and/or more species of animals and humans. The etiology, epizootiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathological changes, diagnostics, differential diagnosis, therapy, general prophylaxis, active and passive immunization in the different diseases are analyzed. An attention is directed to the regulation documents, which rule the prevention and the control of diseases according the national and the international requirements.
The lectures in infectious diseases of companion animals (CAD) is designed to introduce to the students in veterinary medicine with actual for those species infectious diseases. During the the excercises the students acquire skills and habits in: the diagnostics, therapy and immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases in pets. A special attention is directed to those diseases that affect humans and the measures for protection the people from them and for protection of the environment from a biological contamination.
The part from the course which includes the infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA) is aimed to provide the necessary training of the students of veterinary medicine for the most actual diseases in different species of animals, grown for economic profit – large and small ruminants, pigs, birds and rabbits. The significance of those diseases that have a clear epizootic distribution and cause serious economic damages to the national and global economy is underlined. A special attention is directed to those infectious diseases which control is performed according to the Government Prophylactic Programme.
The horarium for the infectious diseases of equines (DIE) involves the study of the most important infectious diseases in horses, asses, mules and hinnies. An attention is directed to the preventive measures that are applied to different groups of horses: for a work, for racings, or those kept as pets. Different vaccination schedules are discussed.
Lecturers:
Infectious Diseases in Equines
Infectious Diseases
One of the most important and responsible activities of veterinary medicine both as science and practice is the protection of domestic and wild animals of infectious diseases. Some of these diseases cause high morbidity and mortality in different animal species, devastate the livestock in villages, regions and countries, causing significant economic damages.
During the educational course on ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ students are introduced consequently with different infectious diseases affecting: only one species; diseases common for two or more species of animals; infectious animal diseases that affect humans also.
The attention is directed to the actual for the country and the region highly contagious disease, the control of which is made by the measures adopted according the European Union.
An important role in the animal health is occupied by the general and the specific preventive measures against infectious diseases. Their implementation requires scientifically well-qualified veterinarians who has to detect in time, to diagnize, to treat and/or to apply immunoprophylactic tools.
The veterinarians take an active participation in all epizootic measures to protect animal and human health.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ aims to provide knowledge (theoretical and practical) on these issues and at the same time to develop the way of thinking in students, future veterinary doctors.
This is an important element in a formation of the professionalism of the veterinarian in the- the diagnostics, therapy, general and specific prophylaxis of the infectious animal diseases, protection of human health and the prevention the environment from a biological contamination.
According to the approved curriculum consequently infectious diseases (GP), which affect two and/or more species of animals and humans; infectious companion animal diseases (CAD), infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA), infectious diseases in equines (DIE) are analyzed.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ is a natural outcome of the theoretical and practical educational courses of the students in veterinary medicine, obtained from the disciplines ”Virology”, ”Microbiology”, ‘’Epidemiology and preventive medicine” (Epizootology). These disciplines are educated in the lower courses. They determine the etiological agents of the infectious diseases and the factors that are important for the: occurrence, developement and distribution of the infectious diseases.
The theoretical and practical knowledge of the students in Immunology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Non-infective diseases are analyzed also.
The teaching of the infectious diseases (GP) includes diseases that affect two and/or more species of animals and humans. The etiology, epizootiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathological changes, diagnostics, differential diagnosis, therapy, general prophylaxis, active and passive immunization in the different diseases are analyzed. An attention is directed to the regulation documents, which rule the prevention and the control of diseases according the national and the international requirements.
The lectures in infectious diseases of companion animals (CAD) is designed to introduce to the students in veterinary medicine with actual for those species infectious diseases. During the the excercises the students acquire skills and habits in: the diagnostics, therapy and immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases in pets. A special attention is directed to those diseases that affect humans and the measures for protection the people from them and for protection of the environment from a biological contamination.
The part from the course which includes the infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA) is aimed to provide the necessary training of the students of veterinary medicine for the most actual diseases in different species of animals, grown for economic profit – large and small ruminants, pigs, birds and rabbits. The significance of those diseases that have a clear epizootic distribution and cause serious economic damages to the national and global economy is underlined. A special attention is directed to those infectious diseases which control is performed according to the Government Prophylactic Programme.
The horarium for the infectious diseases of equines (DIE) involves the study of the most important infectious diseases in horses, asses, mules and hinnies. An attention is directed to the preventive measures that are applied to different groups of horses: for a work, for racings, or those kept as pets. Different vaccination schedules are discussed.
Lecturers:
Infectious Diseases in Farm Animals
Infectious Diseases
One of the most important and responsible activities of veterinary medicine both as science and practice is the protection of domestic and wild animals of infectious diseases. Some of these diseases cause high morbidity and mortality in different animal species, devastate the livestock in villages, regions and countries, causing significant economic damages.
During the educational course on ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ students are introduced consequently with different infectious diseases affecting: only one species; diseases common for two or more species of animals; infectious animal diseases that affect humans also.
The attention is directed to the actual for the country and the region highly contagious disease, the control of which is made by the measures adopted according the European Union.
An important role in the animal health is occupied by the general and the specific preventive measures against infectious diseases. Their implementation requires scientifically well-qualified veterinarians who has to detect in time, to diagnize, to treat and/or to apply immunoprophylactic tools.
The veterinarians take an active participation in all epizootic measures to protect animal and human health.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ aims to provide knowledge (theoretical and practical) on these issues and at the same time to develop the way of thinking in students, future veterinary doctors.
This is an important element in a formation of the professionalism of the veterinarian in the- the diagnostics, therapy, general and specific prophylaxis of the infectious animal diseases, protection of human health and the prevention the environment from a biological contamination.
According to the approved curriculum consequently infectious diseases (GP), which affect two and/or more species of animals and humans; infectious companion animal diseases (CAD), infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA), infectious diseases in equines (DIE) are analyzed.
The course of ‘’INFECTIOUS DISEASES-GP, DPA, DIE, CAD’’ is a natural outcome of the theoretical and practical educational courses of the students in veterinary medicine, obtained from the disciplines ”Virology”, ”Microbiology”, ‘’Epidemiology and preventive medicine” (Epizootology). These disciplines are educated in the lower courses. They determine the etiological agents of the infectious diseases and the factors that are important for the: occurrence, developement and distribution of the infectious diseases.
The theoretical and practical knowledge of the students in Immunology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Non-infective diseases are analyzed also.
The teaching of the infectious diseases (GP) includes diseases that affect two and/or more species of animals and humans. The etiology, epizootiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathological changes, diagnostics, differential diagnosis, therapy, general prophylaxis, active and passive immunization in the different diseases are analyzed. An attention is directed to the regulation documents, which rule the prevention and the control of diseases according the national and the international requirements.
The lectures in infectious diseases of companion animals (CAD) is designed to introduce to the students in veterinary medicine with actual for those species infectious diseases. During the the excercises the students acquire skills and habits in: the diagnostics, therapy and immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases in pets. A special attention is directed to those diseases that affect humans and the measures for protection the people from them and for protection of the environment from a biological contamination.
The part from the course which includes the infectious diseases in productive animals (DPA) is aimed to provide the necessary training of the students of veterinary medicine for the most actual diseases in different species of animals, grown for economic profit – large and small ruminants, pigs, birds and rabbits. The significance of those diseases that have a clear epizootic distribution and cause serious economic damages to the national and global economy is underlined. A special attention is directed to those infectious diseases which control is performed according to the Government Prophylactic Programme.
The horarium for the infectious diseases of equines (DIE) involves the study of the most important infectious diseases in horses, asses, mules and hinnies. An attention is directed to the preventive measures that are applied to different groups of horses: for a work, for racings, or those kept as pets. Different vaccination schedules are discussed.
Lecturers:
Microbiology
Microbiology
The microorganisms are ubiquitous. Their ecological and economical significance is enormously high and multilateral. They are a causative agents of infectious diseases in the multicellular organisms. Moreover they participate in the circulation of substances in the nature, as well as in production of antibiotics, enzymes, vitamins, biological manures, feeds, nutritive products and drinks.
The infectious microbiology has an exclusively important role in the fight with the infectious diseases in the animals and humans. Its achievements connected with the study of the aethiological role of the microorganisms in the infectious pathology and in order to create an efficacy means for a specific prophylaxis and antibacterial chemotherapy are particularly significant. Other important tasks of infectious microbiology are in direction to development of modern methods (immunological, genetically engineered, with use of recombinant DNA etc .) for quick and sure diagnostics.
For the great volatility of the microorganisms and the quick development of resistance to the antibacterial means, the diseases caused by obligate and provisionally pathogen microorganisms continue to be an essential problem in the livestock breeding in spite of achievements of the contemporary immunoprophylaxis and antimicrobial chemotherapy. Range of particularly dangerous zooanthroponoses is still spread.
An important tasks stay in front of microbiology at present, connected with uncovering of a new means for prophylaxis and therapy of the infectious diseases, as well as of a new aethiological agents of infections. The achievement of microbiological science enrich not only the zoohygiene and infectious diseases, but they are important for the successes of the contemporary molecular biology and genetic too (the bacteria are the most appropriate subject for genetic studies). The creation of the recombinant DNA technology, which revealed new unsuspected perspectives in the biology and medicine, was an achievement of the bacterial genetic. The successes of microbiology in theoretical aspect tended to the development of molecular biology, in particular of the gene engineering – the base of the contemporary microbe biotechnology and in practical aspect – to the advancement in the field of diagnostic, prophylaxis and therapy of infectious diseases. Microbiology uses achievement of other disciplines too, such like the physics, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, pathological morphology, pathological physiology. In its turn it enriches the general and particular epizootology, zoohygiene, pharmacology and clinical disciplines.
Microbiology is an important discipline with significance for the training of the students in veterinary medicine. The syllabus includes selected themes from the general and particular veterinary microbiology, which teaching gives to the students a theoretical knowledge and practical skills. They are necessary for their further teaching, as well as for their future activity as veterinary doctors. In the educational course in veterinary microbiology is given schooling in morphology and physiology of the pathogenic for the domestic animals and humans bacteria. In view of the fact that microbiology is in direct connection with infectious diseases, basic knowledge for the most important from the pathogenesis, clinical and pathological changes, diagnostic methods, prophylactic and therapeutic means also is given.
Lecturers:
Parasitology – General Part
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
Parasitology (General Parasitology) is a biological science, which aims to provide students with theoretical knowledge about parasitism and parasites on animals, which are beneficial to humans, about their systematics, morphology, biology, physiology, biochemistry and ecology, about the interaction between the parasites and their hosts (pathogenesis, immunity), and also to arm them with scientific training and skills to reveal important points of epizootology and diagnostics of parasitic diseases, to treat verminous animals, to organize the prevention and fight against parasytoses in different technologies of animal breeding, to protect the environment from invasions and pollution.
Veterinary Parasitology is especially live now, when all reserves are being used in the private stock-farming and a big part of the animals are bred under pasture conditions, and simultaneously no prevention measures have been carried out for years.
Veterinarian needs knowledge in Parasitology in order to be able to implement measures for protecting humans from dangerous parasitic diseases, which transmit directly to humans or through animal products. Parasitology is related to a lot of sciences of general biology and to almost all of the veterinary medicine ones, and also to the organization and economy of agriculture and first of all of stock-farming. Therefore, the theoretical and practical training in Parasitology requires the integration of knowledge and research methods in zoology, genetics, cytology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, immunology, pathological physiology, pathology, pharmacology, feeding and zoohygiene, epizootology, non-infectious diseases, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, organization and economy of stock-farming, veterinary and sanitary expertise.
Teaching hours: 10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of practicals
Lecturers:
Tropical Diseases
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
Tropical diseases is a biological science which purpose is to provide students with theoretical knowledge on parasitism and parasites with animals useful to man, on their systematic, morphology, biology, physiology, biochemistry and ecology on interaction between parasites and their hosts (pathogenesis, immunity), as well as to arm them with scientific basis and skills for disclosure of important aspects of epizootology and diagnostics of parasitic diseases, for treatment of parasitized animals, for organization of prophylactics and fight against parasitoses in course of the different technologies of animal breeding, environmental protection from infections and pollution.
Veterinary medicine parasitology is a live question especially now when all reserves are used in private stock-breeding and a significant part of the animals are pasture-bred whereas prophylactic measures are not taken for many years.
Lecturers:
Tropical Diseases – Parasitic Diseases
Parasitology (general part, Parasites of Farm Animals, Parasites of Exotic Animals, and Clinical Parasitology)
Tropical diseases in animals are of great importance for the countries, which are located from both sides of the equator and have tropical climate. Less important are in the pathology of domestic animals in the subtropical courtiers and the ones having moderate climate. Abiotic factors of external environment play a crucial role in the epizootology of tropical invasions. This role is mainly expressed in the intensification to a different extent of the activity of the main driving forces of the epizootic process. Wild free-living animals, which are closely related to the ecological features of these regions of our planet, play a special role in the tropical zones. These animals are permanent sources of a variety of parasitic, bacterial and viral diseases, which they transmit to the domestic animals in their area of distribution. These diseases become a cause of big economic losses. They transmit either directly through bites or contacts, either through bearers, which most frequently are the arthropods. The tropical and subtropical countries abound in species of these latter. They transmit the invasions and the infections either mechanically, either biologically. The role of the blood-sucking insects and pasture ticks is especially important.
Students in Veterinary Medicine, especially those working in tropical and subtropical countries, must know these diseases very well in order to be able to proper diagnose and control such, and also to carry out the necessary prevention. Students must receive a very good training in regard with these diseases, which are widespread in the tropical countries, but may also distribute in the countries with moderate climate. A predisposing condition for their distribution is the permanently increasing migration of animals with economic purpose at the end of the twentieth century. This trend will intensify in the next century too. This is another reason for the Veterinary Surgeon to be well acquainted with the tropical diseases in animals.
Teaching hours: 15 hours of lectures
Lecturers:
Virology
Virology
Viral diseases in all animals and humans showed tremendous growth in recent decades. Around 60% of the mass disorders in large farms are associated with viral infections, which cause significant damages. The course of „Virology” aims to give to students of veterinary basic modern knowledge for the nature of viruses, their properties, their pathogenicity and their circulation. Simultaneously, students are introduced in most general plan to the most actual viral infections in domestic animals and the methods for their diagnostics. The knowledge gained in this course „Virology” prepare students of veterinary medicine to understand, assimilate and analyze easier the material in epidemiology and preventive veterinary medicine and infectious diseases in different animals, which they study in the upper courses.
