Incorporate into your clinical practice the most advanced knowledge and techniques in the approach to Feline Infectious Diseases with this high-quality program"

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

Enterobacteriaceae are one of the causes of gastrointestinal diseases in cats that include zoonotic bacteria of potential risk to the patient. To a lesser degree, we can find those produced by some species of algae, generating chronic conditions that affect the digestive system. 

Viral diseases in the feline species are often difficult for the small animal veterinarian to deal with. Some diseases present typical clinical signs, while others have different manifestations and present pictures similar to other pathologies or even neoplasms. 

Due to the particular characteristics of the cat, we find certain differences in approach with respect to the cat, such as specific bacteria of the feline species and typical bacterial and fungal clinical pictures. Among the parasites affecting the feline species, the clinic is always more familiar with those most frequently diagnosed and most prevalent. However, climate change, displacements and new diagnostic techniques are favoring the emergence of many diseases in areas where previously there were no reports, especially those diseases caused by external parasites and, in the case of vector-borne diseases, transmitted by some of those aforementioned parasites. 

Each and every area of knowledge needed regarding infectious diseases in cats, clearly, comprehensively and effectively presented"

This postgraduate diploma in Feline Infectious Diseases contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific 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 immersiveeducation 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 offer the veterinary medicine professionals a high-quality resource that allows them to be completely updated, integrating the latest advances and developments in the treatment of cats in the field of infectious diseases into their theoretical and practical knowledge.  

The objective of this program is to offer the veterinary professionals, from their computer and with total quality, access to the best instruction on infections in domestic cats"

General Objectives

• Analyze the most frequent clinical signs of viral diseases
• Establish the steps for a correct diagnosis and monitoring of the clinical evolution
• Determine the most effective therapies in each of the diseases, specific and supportive 
• Generate specialized knowledge to carry out a correct follow-up of the feline patient with these diseases
• Examine the clinical picture suggestive of bacterial infection in cats
• Determine the presentations of mycotic infection in the feline species
• Establish diagnostic tests according to clinical suspicion
• Establish the antimicrobial therapy of choice depending on each pathology 
• Examine the most frequent types of parasites in cats and their distribution 
• Analyze when there is clinical suspicion of a parasitic infection 
• Address the diagnostic techniques available for each pathology 
• Develop the available treatments for parasitic infections approved for use in cats 
• Determine the zoonotic potential of each feline parasitic disease 

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Infectious Diseases in the Feline Species (I). Viral:

• Assess the possible routes of transmission and contagion of each disease
• Analyze the clinical manifestations of viral infections in cats
• Develop less typical presentations of some diseases  
• Determine which diagnostic techniques are most appropriate and at what time of disease they should be done
• Clearly interpret laboratory findings within a viral disease program 
• Examine the complementary tests necessary to diagnose the infection, establish appropriate therapy and establish a prognosis for the patient
• Analyze the assessed treatments, their degree of efficacy, adverse effects as well as new therapeutic perspectives

Module 2. Infectious Diseases in the Feline Species (II). Bacteria and Fungi

• Determine when there may be bacterial involvement in feline respiratory and ocular conditions 
• Examine the types of systemic infections in cats and their manifestations
• Develop the pictures that can be produced by systemic fungal infections in cats 
• Determine which type of test (cytology, culture, PCR) to carry out in each case 
• Establish the best zone for sample collection 
• Develop the limitations of diagnostic techniques in bacterial diagnosis 
• Analyze diagnostic techniques for monitoring response to treatment 
• Address the different antimicrobial treatments available for the feline species 
• Generate specialized knowledge to choose the ideal treatment based on the antibiogram, the clinical response and the particularities of the patient

Module 3. Infectious Diseases in the Feline Species (III). Parasitic and Vector-Borne Diseases

• Examine the possible routes of transmission and contagion of each disease
• Analyze the clinical pictures associated with external and internal parasitosis
• Determine the diagnostic techniques available for each parasite
• Elaborate therapeutic protocols for each type of parasitic infection
• Design a plan of preventive measures to avoid contagion and re-infestations in their patients
• Develop the measures to be followed to avoid contagion from patients to their owners

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