LECTURES:60 hours

MODULE 1 (5 h)

- Topic 1:        General overview of management, uses, facilities and official documentation of horses (1)

- Topic 2:        Equine nutrition (2)

- Topic 3:        Breeding in sport and athletic horses (1)

- Topic 4:        Sedation and anesthesia in horses (1)

MODULE 2: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (12 h)

- Topic 5:        Oral cavity (1)

- Topic 6:        Parasitic diseases with particular impact in the digestive tract (including dictocaulosis) (2)

- Topic 7:        Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract without acute colic symptomatology: EGUS, esophageal choke, inflammatory bowel disease and malabsorption, chronic diarrhea (1)

- Topic 8:        Colic syndrome: classification and clinical exploration. Importance of endotoxemia in equine clinic (2)

- Topic 9:        Fluid therapy and medical treatments of colic (1)

- Topic 10:      Decision making, principles of colic surgery and postoperative complications (1)

- Topic 11:      Diseases that cause colic in stomach, small intestine and cecum

- Topic 12:      Diseases that cause colic in large colon (including acute colitis) (1)

- Topic 13:      Diseases that cause colic in small colon. Other clinical processes: rectal lacerations and prolapse, peritonitis and abdominal herniation (1)

- Topic 14:      Acute and chronic diarrhea. Inflammatory bowel disease and malabsorption (including pathology) (1)

MODULE 3: OTHER ORGANIC SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS (13 h)

- Topic 15:      Main cardiac arrhythmias and heart murmurs (1)

- Topic 16:      Main urinary diseases: bladder stones, acute and chronic renal insufficiency (1)

- Topic 17:      Endocrine, metabolic and liver diseases (1)

- Topic 18:      Main diseases in equine ophthalmology (1)

- Topic 19:      Main non-infectious or parasitic neurological diseases (1)

- Topic 20:      Neurological infectious diseases (2)

- Topic 21:      Neurological parasitic diseases. Systemic and notifiable parasitic diseases (1)

- Topic 22:      Systemic and notifiable infectious diseases (2)

- Topic 23:      Dermatology: skin neoplasms, processes of allergic origin (1)

- Topic 24:      Dermatology: processes of parasitic and infectious etiology (1)

- Topic 25:      Gross pathology of module 5 (1)

MODULE 4: RESPIRATORY TRACT (7 h)

- Topic 26:      Upper respiratory tract: nasal cavity, sinus, pharynx, larynx, guttural pouches and trachea (2)

- Topic 27:      Lower respiratory tract: not-infectontagious diseases. Pneumonia. Conditions of the pleural cavity and chest wall, pleuropneumonia  (2)

- Topic 28:      Bacterial respiratory diseases (1)

- Topic 29:      Viric respiratory diseases (1)

- Topic 30:      Gross pathology of respiratory tract (1)

MODULE 5: LAMENESSES (10 h)

- Topic 31:      Semiology and diagnosis. Diagnostic regional and intrasinovial blocks (1)

- Topic 32:      Hoof care. Principles of normal and therapeutic shoeing (0’5)

- Topic 33:      Laminitis (1’5)

- Topic 34:      Injuries of the hoof (1)

- Topic 35:      Bone diseases (1)

- Topic 36:      Wound management, orthopedics emergencies and bandages (1)

- Topic 37:      Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease) (1)

- Topic 38:      Podothroclear syndrome and caudal hoof pain (1)

- Topic 39:      Tendon and ligament injuries (1)

- Topic 40:      Muscular diseases and myopathies. Causes of back pain (1)

MODULE 6: REPRODUCTION. STUD FARM DISEASES (8 h)

- Topic 41:      Exploration of the Mare (including uterine biopsies and cytology) and estrous cycle control (1)

- Topic 42:      Stallion exploration. Semen extraction, evaluation and conservation (1)

- Topic 43:      Mare and stallion infertility (1)

- Topic 44:      Natural breeding, artificial insemination and embryo transfer (1)

- Topic 45:      Infectious and parasitic diseases of reproductive tract and sexual transmission, including infectious abortions (1)

- Topic 46:      Management of gestation. Problems during pregnancy and non-infectious abortions (1)

- Topic 47:      Partum induction, dystocia, caesarean-section and puerperal problems (1)

- Topic 48:      Stallion and mare urogenital surgery (sudden procedures) (1)

MODULE 7: NEONATOLOGY AND COLTS (5 h)

- Topic 49:      Birth: fetal viability, neonatal resuscitation, adaptation of extra-uterine life. The sound foals. Sick newborn warning signs. Hypoxic-ischemic neonatal encephalopathy (1)

- Topic 50:      Failure transfer of passive immunity. Neonatal sepsis. Neonatal isoeritrolisis. (1)

- Topic 51:      Other common diseases of the newborn and the colts: umbilical and scrotal hernias, umbilical stump and bladder disorders, septic arthritis/polyarthritis (1)

- Topic 52:      Developmental Orthopedic Diseases, (1)

- Topic 53:      Gross pathology of modules 6 and 7(1)

PRACTICAL SESSIONS:27,5     face-to-face workshop hours

- Session 1:     Preparation of rations (2 hours) (12 groups) Computer room

- Session 2:     Qualitative and quantitative coprology of parasitic processes. Stool culture. Parasitological post-mortem diagnostic (2 hours) (12 groups) Laboratory of Parasitology.

- Session 3:     Lameness examination: inspection and static exam with lame horses (1.5 hours) (24 groups) HVUZ.

- Session 4:     Lameness examination: dynamic exam with lame horses and/or and/or Computerized Lameness Simulator (1.5 hours). (24 groups) HVUZ and/or Computer room.

- Session 5      Peri-neural anesthesia and arthrocentesis of the distal limb of the horse, dissection of the distal limb (3 hours) (24 groups) Wet lab with postmortem specimens in Surgical lab.

- Session 6: Case-based learning session: “¡SOS: my horse is in colic!” (2 hours) (12 groups)

- Session 7: Case-based learning session: “¡My horse show respiratory noises...!” ¡ My horse coughing with/without nasal discharge...!” (2 hours) (12 groups)

- Sessions 8 and 9:      Genital exploration of the mare. Evaluation and preparation of seminal doses (3.5 hours) (24 groups). Teaching farm-ship with mares and Biotechnology lab

- Session 10: Case-based learning session: “¡Infertile mare...!. Danger: abortions!...” (2 hours) (12 groups)

- Session 11: Case-based learning session: “¡My newborn foal is ill...!” (2 hours) (12 groups)

- Session 12: Problem-based learning session: “I just bought a horse…” (2 hours) (12 groups)

- Session 13:   Necropsy technique in horses: visualization of the equine digestive tract and other internal organs (2 hours) (6 groups) Necropsy room.

- Session 14:   Advanced clinical examination - Pre-purchase examination (2 hours). (24 groups) Teaching farm-ship with horses

MULTIMEDIA FILES SELF-STUDY:11 hours of autonomous work

Students must watch (individually or in a group) the following multimedia files. These activities must be carried out before the respective theoretical lectures.

- Video: The horse digestive system, Horse digestion guide Equine Nutrition Feedstuffs y The horse body condition (1 hour) (before Topic 2)

- CD Equine Dental (before Topic 5) (1 hour)

- CD Passing nasogastric tube in the horse (before Topic 7) (1 hour)

- DVD Equine Colic (before Topic 8) (2 hours)

- CD Cardiac sounds (before Topic 15 (1 hour)

- CD Equad: upper respiratory tract (before Topic 26) (1’5 hours)

- CD Reproductive ultrasound in mares (before Topic 41) (0’5 hours)

- CD Foal in Mare (before Topic 47) (1 hour)

- CD Fetal and maternal dystocia in the mare (before Topic 47) (1 hour)