Programme specialization no 6 FUR ANIMAL DISEASES
National Head Fur Animal Disease Dr. hab. Jan Siemionek, prof. nadzw.UWM
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Epizootiology ul. Oczapowskiego 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury
Tel./fax: 89/523 35 74, mobile phone: 607 857 963 , e-mail: jan.siemionek@uwm.edu.pl
Specialization Fur Animal Disease continues 4 semesters. No of hours lectures – 127 hours, no of hours exercises – 133. Total no of hours 260.
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Veterinarian as an expert witness in judicial proceedings.
Veterinary ethic rules
Occupational civil and penal responsibility of veterinarian.
Administrative law. Administrative proceedings
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Legal basis for the organization and functioning of fur animal farms in
Poland.
EU veterinary legislation polish veterinary law
Health rules for animal by-products (UPPZ) not intended for human consumption. Veterinary Inspection tasks in the supervision of UPPZ.
Domestication and breeding of fur animals. The species and variety of
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foxes, minks, nutria, chinchillas and rabbits.
The welfare and protection of farmed fur animals. Health certificates.
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Anatomy and pathology reproduction and skin of mink and fox
(gastrointestinal tract, reproductive system, coating system).
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Modern breeding of carnivorous fur animals
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Control of veterinary inspection (PIW) at the farm of fur animal -SPIWET
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Use, the economic importance of fur farming. Role and tasks of the breeders and producers of fur animals in existing law
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Use, the economic importance of fur farming. Role and tasks of the breeders and producers of fur animals in existing law
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Veterinary supervision of carnivorous fur farm.
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Vitamin standards. Deficiency of vitamins and metabolic diseases of carnivorous fur animals.
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Diseases and control of the newborn foxes and mink. Salmonellosis, colibacillosis, staphylococcosis, astrovirosis.
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Diseases of the nervous system of mink and foxes. Differential diagnosis of distemper, Aujeszky's disease and foxes encephalitis.
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Diseases of the reproductive system of foxes. Leptospirosis, pseudomonas and parvovirus infections.

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Diagnosis and control of mycoses of foxes and ectoparasitic diseases.
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Diagnosis and control botulism.
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Autopsy of foxes
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Differential diagnosis of diseases of mink: Aleutian Diseases Virus, Mink
Enteritis Virus, Epizootic Enteritis Virus, Encephalopathy, Astrovirus.
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Diagnosis and control of haemorrhagic septicemia, campylobacteriosis of mink.
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Autopsy of mink
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Prophylaxis on the farm foxes
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Visiting farm mink Prophylaxis on the farm mink
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Non infectious diseases such as heatstroke
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Aleutian Disease Virus control program on the farm mink. Sampling and laboratory testing.
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Treatment of farm mink in the 4 seasons of the year - feeding, breeding, rearing, acquisition of hides.
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Anatomy and physiology of the rabbit.
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Legal aspects for the organization of welfare farm of rabbits and chinchillas.
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Breeding chinchillas in Poland and worldwide. Nutrition, Veterinary supervision. Causes of culling females, the influence of the degree of relationship to herd health.
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Visiting farm of chinchillas
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Welfare of rabbit, veterinary supervision.
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Visiting farm of rabbit
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Immobilization and the clinical examination of the rabbit, blood collection.
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Diseases of rabbits, myxomatosis, rabbit haemorrhagic disease, pasteurellosis, coccidiosis, tapeworms. Injections, i.v. and s.c.
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Tularemia (rabbit fever), a disease subject to registration.
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The most common disease in pet rabbits
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Rabbits anesthesiology
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Surgery in the rabbit: ovariohysterectomia, laparotomy.
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Autopsy of rabbits
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Prevention of rabbit. Veterinary supervision of the farm.
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Anatomy and physiology of the nutria. Selected issues aspects of breeding and pathology of nutria.
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Veterinary supervision of slaughtered rabbit and nutria
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Anatomy and physiology of chinchillas. Breeding chinchillas on the farm
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Treatment on chinchillas
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Laboratory diagnosis mycosis, parasites in rabbits, chinchillas, foxes, mink.
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Terms of breeding chinchillas at home
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Diseases of chinchillas and prevention of breeding chinchillas

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Health problems of ferret.
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Surgery in ferret
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Vaccination of ferret against rabies.
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The use of information systems in farm management and disease control.
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Zoonoses
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PWRiL Warszawa, 2002
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Siemionek J.: Choroby mięsożernych zwierząt futerkowych oraz podstawy chowu .Wyd. UWM Olsztyn. 2001.
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Praca zbiorowa pod redakcja Kostro K., Gliński K. Choroby królików.
Podstawy chowu. PWRiL, Warszawa 2004.
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Kuźniewicz J. , Filistowicz A.: Chów i hodowla zwierząt futerkowych.
Wyd. AR Wrocław 1999.
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Grudzień W. Chów szynszyli. Krok po kroku. Wyd. Wszechnica
Edukacyjna i Wydawnicza Verbum. Rypin 2013.
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Barabasz B.: Szynszyle -hodowla i użytkowanie. Wyd. PWRiL Warszawa
2001.
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Barabasz B., Bieniek J.: Króliki. Towarowa produkcja mięsna. Wyd.
PWRiL 2007.
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Barabasz B.: Jenoty. Chów i hodowla. Wyd. PWN, Warszawa 2007.
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Jarosz S.:. Hodowla zwierząt futerkowych. Wyd. PWN , Warszawa 1993.
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Knorr F., Wenzel D. Choroby królików. PWRiL, Warszawa 1988.