Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

TROPICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE: From EcoHealth to One Health

Course Description

The WP will be taught as a virtual block course in English. In terms of the One Health approach, the course will be multidisciplinary. This means that participation is also possible to a limited extent for students of other disciplines, e.g. biology and human medicine. Two dates will be offered where the following topics will be discussed:

1. introduction to the subject
2. basics of epidemiology
Learning objective: Introduction to the subject and teaching of basics.

3. significant animal diseases Part I
4. significant animal diseases Part II
Learning objective: Introduction to relevant animal diseases and zoonoses.

5. wildlife immobilization and sample collection using primates as an example I.
6. wildlife immobilization and sample collection using the example of primates II
Learning Goal: Wildlife immobilization is important foundation for obtaining high quality specimen materials. Ethical, physiological, pharmacological, and organizational principles will be discussed. The lecture is synergistic with the practical immobilization course taught by. Dr. Volmer.

7. how to plan a study
8. literature search to meta-analysis incl. exercises
Learning objective: Basic understanding of how to write scientific studies in wildlife with focus on tropical medicine.

9. big data - how to collect big data incl. exercises
Learning objective: Basic understanding of scientific work in general and with big data.
10. disease eradication programs and EcoHealth
Learning Goal: The important relationship between ecosystems and disease eradication programs will be explained.

11. disease modelling: Understanding the Basics
12. animal studies in wildlife research.
Learning Goal: Students will discuss disease modelling and the parameters required. An understanding of the weaknesses and merits of infection models and simulations will be developed. Subsequently, students will learn about the utility of animal models considering the 3Rs principle.

13. introduction to molecular infection research
14. novel molecular biology techniques: From LAMP to NGS

Faculty

Veterinary Medicine

Institute

Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Andrology of Large and Small Animals

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Sascha Knauf

Study Period (dd/mm/yy)

15/04/2024 - 19/07/2024

Mode and Time

Synchronous. Dates for block seminars:
Saturday 27.04.2024, 9 am - 5.30 pm. & Sunday 28.04.2024, 9 am. - 12 pm.

Class Format

Block seminar

Online Tool for Teaching

Zoom

Language of Instruction

English

Target Group

Master

Prerequisites

English B2
Basic knowledge of infectiuos diseases

Examination Format

Active participation

ECTS

One Health in Infection Biology