Learning Outcomes
1. Pathophysiology of heart failure and diagnostic and therapeutic approach of the most common canine and feline cardiopathies
2. Diagnosis and treatment of the most common causes of anemia and bleeding tendency in the dog and cat
3. Basic principles of chemotherapy and treatment of the most common hematopoietic neoplasms in the dog and cat
4. Canine and feline respiratory medicine: diagnosis and treatment of common diseases
5. Diagnosis and treatment of the common urinary tract disorders in the dog and cat
Course Content (Syllabus)
Companion Animal Medicine 37 hours
Cardiology
1st hour Clinical approach to the diagnosis of heart disease in the dog and cat
2nd hour Pathophysiology of heart failure – Clinical cardiopharmacology and nutrition of the veterinary cardiac patient
3rd hour The most common arrhythmias and conductions disturbances in the dog and cat
4th hour Canine valvular heart disease
5th-6th hour Canine and feline cardiomyopathies
7th hour Feline arterial thromboembolism-Arterial hypertension
8th hour Heartworm disease (D. immitis) in the dog and cat – Pericardial diseases of the dog
9th hour
The diagnostic approach to murmurs of puppies and kittens
Hematology-Oncology
10th hour Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, canine piroplasmosis
11th hour Feline hemoplasmosis, blood loss anemia, anemia of chronic kidney disease, anemia of inflammation
12th hour Aplastic anemia, Feline retroviral diseases
13th hour Canine ehrlichiosis, Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia
14th hour Acquired thrombocytopathies, Anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning
15th hour Hemophilias, Disseminated intravascular coagulation
16th hour Basic principles of blood transfusion in the dog and cat
17th hour Basic principles of chemotherapy, canine lymphoma
18th hour Feline lymphoma, canine and feline leukemias
19th hour Hemangiosarcoma, paraneoplastic syndromes
Diseases of the respiratory system
20th hour Feline infectious upper respiratory disease. Feline chronic rhinitis-sinusitis syndrome. Canine aspergillosis. Feline cryptococcosis. Parasitic rhinitis. Nasal foreign bodies
21st hour Reverse sneezing in the dog. Canine lymphoplasmacytic rhinitis. Feline nasopharyngeal polyps. Neoplasms of the nasal cavity. Laryngeal edema-spasm. Brachycephalic airway syndrome. Laryngeal tumors
22nd hour Canine infectious tracheobronchitis. Canine tracheal collapse. Tracheal tumors
23rd hour Canine acute bronchitis. Canine chronic bronchitis
24th hour Feline bronchial asthma
25th hour Bacterial pneumonia. Lung abscess. Eosinophilic bronchopneumonopathy
26th hour Pulmonary thromboembolism. Lung lobe torsion. Paraquat poisoning. Aspiration pneumonia
27th hour Pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary edema. Lung tumors
28th hour Pleural effusion Pneumothorax. Pneumomediastinum. Mediastinal tumors
Nephrology-Urology
29th-30th hour Acute renal failure. Canine leptospirosis.
31th-32th hour Chronic renal failure
33th hour Glomerular diseases Nephrotic syndrome.
34th hour Kidney tumors. Bacterial urinary infections. Canine pyelonephritis.
35th hour Canine urolithiasis. Urinary bladder tumors.
36th hour Feline lower urinary tract syndrome.
37th hour Benign prostatic hypertrophy/hyperplasia. Prostatic retention cysts. Canine paraprostatic cysts
Acute and chronic prostatitis. Prostatic abscess. Canine prostatic tumors
Keywords
Cardiopathy, anemia, bleeding diathesis, oncology, respiratory tract, urology