VMC 401: Animal Health
Credit Hours: 3 (2+1)
Full Marks: 75 (Theory: 50, Practical: 25)
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify common bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases in livestock, poultry, and pet animals.
- Understand disease etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control measures.
- Recognize metabolic and reproductive disorders.
- Understand the importance of zoonotic diseases in Nepal.
I. Syllabus Overview
- Health and disease terminologies, signs of health and disease.
- History taking, physical examination, classification of diseases, and modes of disease transmission.
- Common bacterial, viral, protozoal, and parasitic diseases.
- Metabolic, reproductive, and production diseases.
- Poultry diseases.
- Zoonotic diseases.
II. Course Outline
A. Lecture (30 Lectures)
| S.N. | Topic | No. of Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terminology related to health and disease | 1 |
| 2 | Signs of health and disease | 1 |
| 3 | History taking and physical examination | 2 |
| 4 | Classification of diseases | 1 |
| 5 | Modes of disease transmission | 1 |
| 6 | Bacterial diseases: HS, BQ, Anthrax, Mastitis | 5 |
| 7 | Viral diseases: FMD, PPR, Swine fever, Canine distemper, Rabies | 4 |
| 8 | Protozoal diseases: Babesiosis, Coccidiosis | 2 |
| 9 | Parasitic diseases: Liver fluke, Ascariasis, Tapeworm | 3 |
| 10 | Production diseases: Milk fever | 1 |
| 11 | Poultry diseases: Pullorum, Newcastle, IBD, Marek’s | 6 |
| 12 | Anestrous | 1 |
| 13 | Dystokia | 1 |
| 14 | Zoonotic diseases | 1 |
| Total | 30 |
B. Practical (15 Practicals)
| S.N. | Topic | No. of Practicals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Methods of taking temperature, pulse, and respiration rate | 2 |
| 2 | History taking | 1 |
| 3 | Routine urine test | 1 |
| 4 | Vaccination of livestock species (Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep, Goat, Equine, Poultry) | 4 |
| 5 | Diagnosis of different parasitic diseases | 3 |
| 6 | Blood tests: TLC, DLC, Hb estimation | 3 |
| 7 | Indirect tests of milk for mastitis detection | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
References
- Chakravarti, A. (2011). Text Book of Clinical Veterinary Medicine. Kalyani Publishers, India.
- Chakravarti, A. (2011). Text Book of Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Kalyani Publishers, India.
- Mercer Veterinary Manual (2010). 10th Edition, Merc and Co, USA.
