A compendium of knowledge of the highest interest for the veterinarian working with small animals, with the highest quality in the online teaching market"

This postgraduate diploma is a complete compilation of the knowledge that the veterinarian needs to intervene with total expertise in cases of infectious diseases in small animals. 

For a correct diagnosis of infectious diseases, it is important to know the epidemiological environment in which patients are found and to know how to interpret diagnostic tests. Incorrect interpretation of a test could lead to loss of information or misdiagnosis. Therefore, this program will cover the different groups of diseases that are most prevalent in the practice.

Another field of work refers to zoonoses which, in the case of companion animals such as dogs and cats, represent a potential public health problem given the close link between humans and these animals.  

The educational program ends with a module that deals with prevention, vaccination and deworming methods used in different situations during the development of daily clinical activity in small animals.  

Each and every area of knowledge necessary to diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases and zoonoses in the small animal clinic, clearly, comprehensively and effectively presented"

The postgraduate diploma in Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Canine Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:   

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• Intensely visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents, easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

An educational program based on the best working methods of the online educational panorama, revolutionary in the veterinary field"

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of Veterinary Medicine, who bring to this program the experience of their work, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.  

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.  

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced psychology experts.   

Fully compatible with your daily life activities, it will allow you to learn in a constant and gradual way, at your own pace, without losing educational effectiveness"

High impact program that will give you the qualifications you need to act as an expert in this field of work"

The objective of this program is to provide veterinary medicine professionals with a high quality resource that allows them to be fully up to date, integrating into their theoretical and practical knowledge the latest advances and developments in the treatment of small animals in the field of infectious diseases.  

The best educational program in this field of work, accessible from your computer and with total quality"

General Objectives

• Interpret diagnostic tests and their clinical relevance
• Improve collection, storage and transport of specimens
• Determine the advantages and limitations of the use of cytology
• Develop theoretical and practical knowledge about zoonoses of importance in small animal clinics
• Analyze, from a multidisciplinary aspect, the risk in daily clinical practice
• Respond to the current needs of the veterinary professional with an integral and holistic vision
• Justify and apply the term “One Health” in daily clinical practice
• Examine the different strategies for the prevention and control of the main zoonoses in the small animal clinic
• Compile the fundamental knowledge and skills related to the prevention of infectious diseases in small animals
• Adequately establish vaccination protocols for the most common infectious pathologies and their adaptation according to the intrinsic conditions of each patient
• Delve into the prophylactic methods available for the prevention of vector diseases
• Develop methods for the prevention of external and internal parasitosis in small animals 
• Determine the importance of establishing an individual protocol adapted to the needs and/or characteristics of each patient
• Offer the most up to date prophylactic methods, according to the latest studies in this field

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Introduction and Laboratory Diagnosis

• Examine, at a Technical Level, the differences between the different diagnostic tests
• Generate specialized knowledge to get the most out of diagnostic tests
• Determine how to avoid false negatives and interpret false positives
• Analyze how to effectively perform cytology in clinical practice
• Establish how to diagnose the most common infectious processes by cytology 
• Make the best clinical use of the available information

Module 2. Zoonosis

• Analyze each type of zoonosis in an integral way 
• Examine the prophylactic measures of each zoonosis as control measures
• Generate specialized theoretical-practical knowledge in the assessment and solution of possible zoonotic risks in the daily practice of the veterinary professional
• Describe and interpret the dynamics of zoonoses and their interfaces within the small animal clinic 
• Prevent and control possible zoonotic risks in the daily practice of the veterinarian 

Module 3. Vaccination and prevention

• Analyze the differences in vaccination and deworming protocols in patients with high and low risk of disease
• Address the management of patients with acute or chronic pathologies, and establish clear criteria for vaccination and deworming
• Determine prophylactic methods against infectious diseases in patients under medical treatment
• Assess the necessary methods of prevention of infectious diseases in special physiological conditions, such as gestation and lactation, and their safety in these conditions
• Present the factors involved in immunization failures in small animals
• Identify expected versus undesirable adverse reactions to vaccination and their management
• Examine the factors involved in the prevention of vector-borne diseases and methods of prevention depending on the vector-borne agent
• Propose deworming protocols according to the age of the animal, its health status and surrounding environmental conditions
• Determine the correct sanitary management in canine and feline kennels
• Develop the methods of action in force in relation to companion animals in disaster situations

A path to achieve education and professional growth that will propel you towards a greater level of competitiveness in the employment market"