Specialization n# 10
Diseases of non-domestic animals - skills directory
Veterinary specialist in diseases of domestic animals has the knowledge and
skills from the following fields:
1. Legal provisions concerning the maintenance of domestic animals in zoos,
national parks, nature reserves and farms.
2. Systematics and anatomy of various groups of non-domestic animals.
3. Physiology and behavior of non-domestic animals.
4. Recognizing the sex of each species of amphibians, reptiles, birds and
mammals.
5. Construction rules for housing and breeding facilities of domestic animals,
ability to assess the conditions prevailing therein.
6. Nutritional requirements for particular groups of non-domestic animals kept
in zoos, national parks, nature reserves and farms.
7. Practical use of the equipment for remote administration of drugs (Palmer
riffle) consistent with safety instructions.
8. Basic principles of anesthesia.
9. Methods and practical use of physical and pharmacological taming of
domestic animals.
10. Principles of trapping and transporting of domestic animals as well as
provisions relating to their international trade.
11. Issues concerning the hereditary pathology in some non-domestic animal
species.
12. Issues concerning the reproduction of non-domestic mammals, ability to
carry out the artificial insemination, embryo bio-transfer and assistance at giving
birth.
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13. Interpretation of the results from hematological, immunological,
bacteriological, virological and pathological tests in relation to non-domestic
animals.
14. Basic parasitological tests using the following methods: flotation and
decantation and Baermann method, as well as diagnostics of the most important
parasites based on the results thereof.
15. Principles for prevention programs and treatment of parasitoses affecting
non-domestic animals.
16.Infecious and contagious diseases of non-domestic animals, treatment
methods.
17. Issues relating to immune phenomena in non-domestic animals.
18. Implementation of procedures preventing the spread of contagious diseases.
19. Identification and prevention of zoonoses.
20. Diagnosing of intestinal tract diseases in wild ruminants, methods of
treatment.
21. Rules for the radiographic examination used in the diagnosis of diseases
affecting non-domestic animals, interpretation of radiographs.
22. Basic surgical procedures in non-domestic animals.
23. Postmortem examination of non-domestic animals and collecting the
samples for laboratory tests.
24. Practical aspects of Pharmaceutical Law.
25. Principles of antibiotic therapy.
26. Rules for the disposal of waste originating from non-domestic animals.
27. Ability to act as an expert witness during legal proceedings and arbitration.
28. Methods and conditions for the slaughter of non-domestic animals breed at
farms for meat.
Skills directory for specialization n# 10:
Prof. dr hab. Aleksander W. Demiaszkiewicz
Dr hab. Krzysztof Anusz
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