Overview
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Offerings
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
Enrolment rules
Enrolment in Veterinary Biology; VET260 Veterinary Structure and Function I; VET271 Veterinary Structure and Function II; VET272 Comparative Mammalian Biochemistry; VET273 Veterinary Structure and Function III; VET 274 Veterinary Structure and Function IV.
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Learning outcomes
1.
Define, explain and describe the basic disease PROCESSES - hyperaemia; haemorrhage; oedema; ischaemia; thrombosis; inflammation; healing; cell death; adaptive changes; neoplasia; teratological disease and accumulations of excess material in tissues. This should be in terms of:
a. Providing examples to show how and when disease processes might occur
b. The stepwise progression of the process
c. What the process will look like grossly and histologically
d. What outcomes that process will have on a living animal at the time you examine it and what might further develop if the process progresses
e. How that process relates to and influences other processes
f. Predicting and analysing how these processes might affect organs and species that have not been used directly in the examples through the course
2.
Write and talk about these processes in a logical, consistent and scientific manner by developing accuracy and precision in your observational and descriptive skills
3.
Describe and broadly attempt to interpret the pathological processes in gross and histological specimens
4.
These objectives are also essential for all workshops and seminars. To achieve these objectives in these sessions you will need to be able to:
a. Recall, describe and recognise the normal anatomical and histological features of the major organ systems of the common domestic species. This involves organs such as lung, liver, kidney, heart, skin and gastrointestinal tract, but may involve others from time to time
b. Recognise the typical features of particular disease processes in gross and histological specimens, describe and interpret these and predict the potential outcome for that individual or the group of animals
c. Predict how features of the change seen in gross and histological specimens, will affect that outcome e.g. age of change, aggressiveness of change etc
d. Understand that different disease processes typify certain disease agents. Consequently the recognition of a specific disease process will enable you to make suggestions regarding the possible cause of the disease process
e. Use a microscope and be able to examine histological sections of diseased tissues in a logical and consistent manner; and outline the use of various common histological stains
Assessments
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Additional information
Other notes:This unit examines the fundamental processes of disease that are manifest by higher vertebrates, such as vascular disturbances, inflammation, necrosis and diseases of abnormal DNA processing. Students learn practical macroscopic and microscopic interpretation skills using case studies from the School's diagnostic pathology service. The relationships between gross change, histological change, the underlying pathological process and its implications for treatment and prognosis are emphasised. Clinical material will form the basis for problem-oriented learning and developing skills in scientific communication.