AVMA core competence 7: Health promotion, disease
prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety
Intended overall program outcomes of the MSc-program supporting Competence 1
Describe production practices and systems significance in relation to welfare, disease/health, breeding, disease
prevention, disease control and quality assurance programs, and relate these to consumer demands and
attitudes.
Explain the cause, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of common medical and surgical diseases in domestic
animals, as well as malignant contagious diseases and zoonoses, including the relationship between etiology
and pathological changes.
Describe health examinations, prophylaxis programs, health programs and nutrition and feeding counseling in
relation to clinical practice and Veterinary Public Health, including food safety and food hygiene.
Perform basic practical meat inspection and hygienic supervision and identify conditions that pose a risk to
food quality and safety.
Apply clinical, clinical pathological and paraclinical methods, principles, analyses and terms in diagnosis,
treatment, monitoring and prevention of medical, surgical, reproductive and obstetric disorders, as well as
notifiable diseases and zoonoses, on domestic animals under normal Danish conditions for clinical and
practical work.
Carry out and maintain work as professional licensed veterinarian according to current legislation.
MSc-courses
supporting
competence 1
SVEK13008
General
clinical
practice, Large
Animals
SVEK13001
Veterinary
Paraclinics
SVEK13006
Practical herd
health
consultancy &
meat
inspection
SVEK13009
Veterinary
Intended course outcomes
Minimize the risk of contamination and infection.
Safety related to euthanasia, as well as guidance in disposal
of carcasses.
Correctly follow procedures for handling of zoonotic
infections.
Explain the principles of use of serological tests in
surveillance of disease.
Explain the mechanisms by which bacteria become
resistant to different antimicrobial classes.
Explain the societal relevance of antimicrobial resistance,
including implications to public health, animal welfare and
healthcare costs.
Behave in a safe way in a laboratory.
Perform clear case reports.
(Jeg forstår stadig ikke hvad de mener??)
Choose appropriate samples and methods for laboratory
analysis.
Perform clear case reports.
Choose appropriate samples and methods for laboratory
analysis.
(Gentagelse af læringsmålene ovenfor??)
Asses reports from meat inspection and monitoring of
diseases and zoonotic agents.
Asses herd health problems.
Utilize principles and methods for meat inspection and
monitoring of hygiene and cleaning.
Account for and understand legislation of the veterinary
profession, domestic animal diseases, animal welfare and
Formative
assessment
(participation
and/or
portfolios,
observation of
practical skills,
presentations
etc.)
Active
course
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jurisprudence
and animal
welfare
assessment
MSc-elective
courses
supporting
competence 1
SVEK13013
Advanced
companion
animals
SVEK13020
Equine Clinic
SVEK13113
Herd Health
Consultancy &
Public Health
animal welfare assessment, and writing of professional
documents to be used in legal matters.
Furthermore, one must be able to identify if behavioral and
physiological needs are met.
Master procedures for handling cases of commerce, animal
protection, insurance and for giving expert opinion to the
court.
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To explain especially relevant zoonotic diseases in a
specialized companion animal practice setting.
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At seminars, health promotion and biosecurity are
presented by students and teachers.
Zoonotic diseases, such as salmonella, mycosis are handled
in the hospital and also in the field practice.
Food safety is addressed by the legislation for medicine
used in horses on a daily basis both in the hospital and field
practice.
Must be able to describe the general framework and
conditions/context for livestock production, which are
necessary to know in order for the veterinarian to solve
problems concerning health, welfare and fertility through
treatment and prevention in herds, as well as for foodproducing animals in general.
Must be able to explain the principles and concepts of key
public and private management, advisory and control
programs, including exhibit knowledge of: production
management, population medicine, preventive veterinary
medicine, veterinary public health, health concepts, animal
welfare assessment and disease prevention.
Must be able explain the background, goals and instructions
for herd and official veterinarians' roles and tasks in
primary production according to current legislation, as well
as knowledge of the specific problems of producing
evidence for interventions in herds and large populations.
Must be able to explain how veterinarians play an essential
role in the One Health approach to the health promotion of
animals and humans.
Must be able to describe the problem complexes and know
the general possibilities of evidence-based interventions in
populations.
Must know the functions of the official veterinarian in
relation to the prevention and control of animal diseases
(including exotic diseases), zoonotic infections and foodborne infections, according to current Danish and
international legislation in prototypical situations.
Must be able to grasp the principles of the industry code
and food production control, including various forms of
organization relevant to veterinarians employed by the
state, agro-industries or trade associations.
(JEg er i tvivlom hvordan man oversætter branchekoder.
Jeg har oversat det til industry code)
Must be able to suggest proposals for comprehensive and
relevant solutions of complex problems related to health,
welfare and fertility in a herd, while taking into account
values and attitudes of the herd owner including economic
considerations, personnel, governmental regulations,
consideration of food safety in primary production and the
student's own values and attitudes.
Must be able to contribute to the planning of relevant
proposals for a holistic solution of complex problems
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SVEK13020
Herd Health
SVEK13112
One Health
SVEK13010
Biomedicine
related to the control of exotic and endemic livestock
diseases, zoonotic infections and food-borne diseases, while
taking into account national and international legislation in
prototypical situations.
To apply knowledge and skills described above to develop,
propose or evaluate proposals for comprehensive solution
of complex problems related to health, welfare and fertility,
in a herd of sows or cows while taking into account values
and attitudes of the herd owner (including economics),
personnel, governmental regulations (including
consideration of food safety in primary production) as well
as the student's own values and attitudes. Achieved by
deduction from the prototypical situations.
Understand the One Health concept and interdisciplinary
aspects.
Know and be able to describe characteristics and
challenges of different One Health cases and topics with a
focus on zoonoses.
Know about methods to analyze the impact on human and
animal health issues related to microbial contamination of
food and the environment.
Understand the principles for prioritizing and choosing
between intervention strategies for diseases control.
Know the principles for identifying optimal methods for
prevention and control of infectious diseases, food safety
threats and antimicrobial resistance.
Be able to take part in the work in an interdisciplinary
group aiming to solve a complex health challenge in a
constructive manner drawing on own core competences
(i.e. veterinary sciences for veterinary student).
Be able to identify infectious disease challenges that need
One Health approaches to be solved or mitigated, and be
able to contribute critically to the implementation of the
One Health approach when needed.
Be able to identify health problems that would not benefit
from use of the One Health approaches.
Analyze, evaluate and present results from simple
diagnostic tests in mammals.
Design a quality assurance program for diagnostic
procedures.
Be able to identify virulence factors of microorganisms and
parasites.
Use knowledge on virulence factors in development of
methods to control infections, e.g. in the form of active and
passive immunizations and new drugs.
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