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SAMS 5105 - Spring 05

Course ID: SAMS 5105
Instructor / Coordinator: Craig E. Greene
Semester: Spring 05

Required elements

  • Principal course assignments:

    • It will be helpful for you to have access to the recommended texts prior to the beginning of the lectures. You should pool your book resources with classmates, if necessary. This will help you to answer questions about the various diseases. 1. Reading assignments are optional and if they are done prior to attending the lectures will assist you in understanding and answering questions on the cases discussed. 2. Lectures and examinations will be handled in a problem-oriented problem-solving manner, where cases are discussed or presented and you will be asked to provide input. 3. Animals don't present in the clinic with the diagnosis written on them for you to look up. By this time you should be putting things together in a problem-solving approach on multiple organ systems. You will be expected to interpret hematologic and biochemical data. Emphasis will be on diagnosis, therapy, and prevention. 4. Examination will be based upon key points outlined for each lecture. We cannot cover all the diseases you will see in practice in the given time period. Students will be expected to prepare for the assigned AQS case during the course. They will be expected to answer questions on that case and prepare an additional cases as extra credit for the course.

  • Specific course requirements for grading purposes:

    • The subject matter for which you will be responsible is listed in the topic outline. The reading assignments will help you understand the material. Portions of the lectures will be in a case-oriented format (AQS = applied quiz sessions) to help you make the transition to what is expected of you in clinical medicine. Cases (12 cases on different infectious diseases) will be distributed to groups of students (8 to 9 students per group) 1 week prior to presentation. You will be expected to work through the case as a group and to present the case in the beginning of each lecture and asked to problem solve based on the information distributed to you for each case. Given clinical descriptions or case information, students should be able to do the following: 1. List probable infectious disease rule outs for the set of circumstances presented. 2. List or identify appropriate test procedures needed to make a diagnosis in a particular case. 3. Be able to interpret laboratory values or serologic test results to determine the probability that a given infectious disease is present in an animal. 4. Be able to choose, list, or discuss appropriate therapy for a given disease. 5. Be able to discuss preventative measures for diseases presented with respect to vaccination procedures and proper husbandry.

  • Grading policy:

    • Midterm Exam Infectious Diseases 90 pts Final Exam Infectious Diseases 180 pts Infectious disease case presentations (AQS) 30 pts Total points 300 pts Grading Scale A equal to 270-300 B equal to 240-269 C equal to 210-239 D equal to 180-209 F equal to <180% .  The instructor will decide whether or not the cases will be extra credit or required.

  • Attendance policy:

    • Attendance will be required in that material presented in lecture will be tested for by examination. Examinations will be closed-book format. The examination questions in the infectious disease section will be based on lectures and notes including questions posed in the lectures and notes. Answering these questions may involve research in supplemental reading.

  • Required course material, including texts:

    • Recommended text (in order of most to least comprehensive) Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. 2nd edition. Greene CE (ed), WB Saunders 1998 (there are copies on reserve in the library; older editions will have some of the information as a second choice). Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 5th edition. Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC (eds), WB Saunders 2000. Current Veterinary Therapy (CVT) XIII. Bonagura JD (ed), WB Saunders 2000.

  • Policy for make-up of examinations:

    • Unexcused absence from a midterm or final exam will count as zero. Excused absence from the test by written approval from the Dean's office will require the test be made up as soon as possible when the student returns from their absence. Retests due to excused absence will be oral examinations. Grades and keys will not be posted until all students with excused absences have taken the exam. There will only be a retest for the final exam in the result of a failing grade.  Any passing grade or retest will result with the score of a D.

Course information

  • Prerequisites:

    • see course objectives

  • Objectives:

    • This course will cover case studies in infectious diseases. It will emphasize diagnosis and treatment of various infectious diseases. For this reason, students taking the course should have familiarity with pathology, clinical pathology, and radiologic terminology and interpretation. The course is mainly recommended for students in the 2nd year elective curricula; 1st year students that have prior experience in clinical practice will find it challenging.

  • Topical outline:

    • 1 4-5 Tues 2 Canine Distemper/Rabies G 2 4-5 Tues 3 Canine Infectious Diarrhea G 3 4-7 Thurs 2 Leptospirosis G 4 4-7 Thurs 3 Lyme Disease G 5 4-11 Mon 2 AQS 1: Brucellosis/Herpesvirus Infection G 6 4-11 Mon 3 Canine Respiratory Disease/ICH G 7 4-12 Tues 9 AQS 2: Babesiosis/Ehrlichiosis G 8 4-13 Wed 3 AQS 3: RMSF/Hepatozoonosis G 9 4-18 Mon 2 AQS 4: Local and Disseminated Aspergillosis G 10 4-18 Mon 3 AQS 5: Systemic Mycosis G 11 4-19 Tues 9 Exam G 12 4-20 Wed 2 AQS 6: Toxoplasmosis and Coccidiosis G 13 4-20 Wed 3 AQS 7: Hemobartonellosis/ Bartonellosis G 14 4-26 Tues 2 AQS 8: Leishmaniasis and Neosporosis G 15 4-26 Tues 3 AQS 9: FIV Infection G 16 4-28 Thurs 2 AQS 10: FeLV Infection G 17 4-28 Thurs 3 AQS 11: Feline Infectious Peritonitis G 18 4-29 Fri 9 AQS 12: Panleukopenia and viral entertis G 19 5-3 Tues 2 AQS 13: Feline Upper Respiratory Disease G 20 5-3 Tues 3 AQS 14: Mycobacterial Infections G 21 5-5 Thurs 2 AQS 15: Cytauxzoonosis and Trichomoniasis G 22 5-5 Thurs 3 AQS: 16 Immunosuppression and Zoonoses Bite Infections G 23 5-6 Fri 7 Canine and Feline Vaccination G 24 5-11 Wed 1 Exam G

Students are expected to abide by the academic honesty policies and guidelines outlined in the College of Veterinary Medicine Student Handbook.

  • Details of authorized assistance allowed during examinations:

    • Exams are closed book and notes.  Only a single calculator is allowed during examination.

All academic work must meet the standards contained in 'A Culture of Honesty'. Each student is responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.

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