The approach to neurological and ophthalmic diseases in ruminants, with all the specific developments that field work brings with it, in a course focused on real practice"

There are several factors that can be used to increase reproductive efficiency, among them are feeding and management, but currently the control and manipulation of reproduction at all stages of the animal's life is the basis for obtaining greater efficiency at a biological and economic level in both bovine species and small ruminants. Likewise, nowadays, the knowledge of new reproductive biotechnologies (seminal preservation, embryo production, embryo transfer, etc.) and their application in cattle breeding has allowed a qualitative leap in ruminant reproduction.

As well as the organization, having a reproduction system implies having a herd free of pathologies. For this purpose, it is vital to know the physiology of the animals in order to determine when the physiological to pathological stage is reached, and therefore to be able to establish a diagnosis as soon as possible and an adequate subsequent treatment. 

Keeping the organs involved in the reproductive system (ovaries, genital tract, breast) healthy with correct reproductive management, we will be able to maintain the reproductive indexes of the farm, keeping the production at the required levels.

At the end of the program, the veterinary professionals will have developed specialized knowledge in reproduction: methods of control of both the cycle and parturition, and the most advanced reproductive biotechnologies. They will also be able to identify those pathological processes related to reproduction, applying the appropriate diagnostic techniques that will allow them to establish the optimal treatment.

Essential yet rare specialization for the specialist veterinary clinician that will set you apart as a specialist in this field of work"

This postgraduate certificate in Ruminant Reproduction 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
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are 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 

The clinical, specialized and advanced fundamentals, based on veterinary evidence, that will allow you to face the daily intervention in cattle and ruminants"

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, TECH makes sure to offer professionals the up-to-date objective it intends. A multidisciplinary team of trained and experienced professionals in different environments who will develop the theoretical knowledge efficiently, but above all, will provide students with the practical knowledge derived from their teaching experience: one of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject matter is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e- learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, the student will be able to study with comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need in their specialization. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely telepractice will be used: with the help of an innovative system of interactive videos and Learning from an Expert you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were facing the case you are learning at that moment. A concept that will make it possible to integrate learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this innovative program will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Supported by evidence, the approach of this program will allow you to learn in a contextual way and acquire the skills you will really need in your daily practice"

The completion of this postgraduate certificate provides the veterinary professional with specialized and advanced clinical fundamentals, based on evidence to face the daily clinical practice in cattle and ruminants. 

In addition to this up-to-date approach to the problems encountered in daily clinical practice, the bibliography provided, and the structuring of the topics will allow you to keep this knowledge up to date.

The postgraduate certificate in Ruminant Reproduction will allow the veterinary clinician to update and broaden their knowledge and skills in Ruminant Medicine and Surgery"

General Objectives

• Determine the methods of physical and chemical containment for the development of the clinical activity
• Examine the different methods of diagnostics and research within the herd
• Specify the existing treatments useful for the treatment of ruminant pathologies
• Analyze the importance of analgesia in ruminants, the basis of animal welfare and the management of diseases that usually cause pain in ruminants
• Establish the economic and health impact of pain in animals and its repercussion on production
• Generate specialized knowledge on identification and treatment procedures specific to ruminants, in order to reduce, treat or avoid pain in our veterinary management
• Develop the main analgesic techniques and procedures applied in ruminants
• Analyze the physiological functioning of all those parts or organic systems of ruminants that, directly or indirectly, participate in the reproductive function both in the female and in the male, as well as the disorders related to them
• Determine the biotechnology techniques applicable in the field of animal reproduction to improve, productively and/or economically, the reproductive performance of ruminants
• Examine the reproductive phenomena that are necessary for the achievement of gestation and their diagnosis
• Develop the reproductive phenomena that occur before, during and after childbirth, as well as those situations of obstetric applicability
• Generate specialized knowledge on gestation in cattle from its beginning
• Establish the most important phases and events from a practical point of view
• Determine the critical points of gestation and their detection
• Analyze the techniques for pregnancy diagnosis in cattle by palpation, ultrasound and other techniques
• Determine fetal viability and embryo sexing
• Analyze the different methods of diagnosis and treatment of the different pathological conditions directly related to the reproductive function in ruminants
• Examine the mechanics of euthyroid delivery in cows
• Address the causes of dystocia, and determine the techniques and methods of resolving dystocia in cattle

Specific Objectives

• Compile the methods of containment in bovine animals
• Determine the basic material for a ruminant clinical veterinarian
• Identify problems at the collective level
• Establish the basis of diagnosis and know the special diagnostics in ruminant medicine
• Specify antimicrobial therapies by means of laboratory studies
• Analyze fluid therapy as a daily work tool
• Demonstrate the different analgesic therapies in ruminants
• Propose different analgesia and sedation protocols at systemic and local level
• Review particular analgesia and sedation protocols in ruminants
• Diagnose the main pathologies that cause pain and the techniques or drugs necessary for their treatment
• Enable the student to establish the pharmacological therapeutic treatments or specific techniques in exploratory and/or surgical procedures necessary for each pathology
• Determine the characteristics and pathologies of the estrous cycle in ruminants
• Establish cycle control techniques in optimize production based on reproduction
• Identify the possible alterations that the reproductive system may suffer in both males and females, in order to diagnose and treat them
• Recognize the most frequent abortions in ruminants and the main causes that can lead to them
• Develop the best method of labor management once the different stages of labor have been identified
• Examine the phases involved in the physiological puerperium of ruminants
• Address the pathologies that can be established in a pathological puerperium
• Examine the physiology of lactation and diagnose the main pathologies of the mammary gland
• Determine the reproductive biotechnologies to be applied according to the type of livestock farm
• Perform gestational diagnosis, diagnosis of fetal pathology and embryo sexing gestation
• Determine how to diagnose and treat dystocia, resolve uterine torsion, consider and perform cesarean section
• Generate specialized knowledge on how to plan and perform a fetotomy

A training that will boost your work in prevention, management and cost reduction in animal production, providing you with greater competitiveness in the labor market"