Study-unit MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS IN VETERINARY INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Course name | Medical, veterinary and forensic biotechnological sciences |
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| Study-unit Code | A001779 |
| Curriculum | Veterinario |
| Lecturer | Patrizia Casagrande Proietti |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline veterinarie e riproduzione animale |
| Sector | VET/05 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Contents | Introduction to Infectious Diseases of the animals; Diagnostic methods in infectious diseases of animals. Biomolecular diagnosis in infectious diseases of dogs and cats: Leptospirosis; Canine Distemper; Canine Parvovirus infection; Coronavirus infection and Feline Infectious Peritonitis; Panleukopenia; Feline Respiartory Disease Complex (infection by Feline Herpesvirus, Calicivirus and Chlamydophila felis); |
| Reference texts | Konrad Sachse: PCR detection of microbial pathogens,Humana press , 2003, |
| Educational objectives | The course examines the different methods of biomolecular diagnosis applied to infectious diseases of domestic animals. Therefore the main objective of the course is to provide to students with the tools needed for biomiolecolare diagnoses of infectious diseases. The main knowledge gained will be related to biomolecular methods; in particular knowledge related to diagnostic methods based on different techniques of PCR, RFLP PCR, real time PCR applied for the identification of bacteria and viruses; basic knowledge of the major infectious diseases in animals, particularly in the diagnosis |
| Prerequisites | knowledge of bacteriology and virology |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows: - classroom lessons on all the topics of the course; -practical lesssons in the biotecnology laboratory: Students will be divided into groups (maximum 10 students per group) and they will follow twelve practical lessons consisting of f 2 hours each. |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exan |
| Extended program | Introduction to infectious animal diseases. Methods for diagnosis of infectious animal diseases. Biomolecular diagnosis of the major infectious diseases of small animals: Parvovirosis. Coronavirus infection and infectious peritonitis. Feline respiratory disease (herpesvirus infection, calicivirus infection). Feline Infectious Anemia: Bartonella Infection. Diagnosis of infectious disease: bacteriological examination, sampling and culturing in culture media. Biomolecular diagnosis of the major infectious diseases of small animals: Canine Distempter virus . Canine herpesvirus infection. Canine respiratory disease complex and feline respiratory disease. Lyme disease, Erlichiosis, Anaplasmosis. Major infectious diseases of the birds. Biomolecular Diagnosis: Sampling Transport techniques, and Preparation of Sample Test Tubes. RNA Extraction from Samples. Genomic DNA Extraction from Fecal Samples. Genomic DNA extraction from bacterial cultures. PCR for parvovirus diagnosis. RT PCR for retrovirus diagnosis. Multiplex PCR for Thermophilic Campylobacter Detection. PCR for herpesvirus diagnosis. Genomic DNA extraction from samples of animal organs. Virological diagnosis. |