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

Neurological diseases are frequent in ruminants. This postgraduate certificate provides students with the necessary tools to identify the main neurological pathologies in cattle and small ruminants. Ruminants can develop neurological diseases, which if unknown are virtually impossible to diagnose. 

First, it will be explained how to perform a neurological examination and how to locate a neurological lesion in cattle. Next, the main pathologies affecting cattle will be studied, divided by anatomical regions: brain, brainstem, cerebellum, spinal cord and peripheral nerves. Finally, how to perform the neurological examination will be discussed and the main neurological pathologies affecting small ruminants will be detailed.

Some neurological diseases are very important and even have public health implications as they can be zoonotic, such as rabies, listeriosis or spongiform encephalopathies. This module provides the knowledge to establish a diagnosis and to be able to treat and prevent these diseases.

Additionally, this module deals with ocular disorders affecting cattle and small ruminants. Some diseases have a significant impact on these animals, even influencing their productive performance on the farm, such as infectious keratoconjunctivitis. In-depth knowledge of these alterations in order to diagnose, treat and prevent them is fundamental for the clinical veterinarian.

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

This postgraduate certificate in Neurological and Ophthalmological Diseases in Ruminants 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-assessment 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
• Complementary documentation banks permanently available, even after the course

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 professionals trained and experienced in different environments will develop the theoretical knowledge efficiently, but, above all, they will provide students with the practical knowledge derived from their teaching experience: one of the differential qualities of this training.

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 students will be able to study with comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need in their training. 

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 they will be able to acquire the knowledge as if they were facing the case they are learning at that moment. A concept that will make it possible to integrate and fix 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. 

Additionally, 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 Neurological and Ophthalmological Diseases in Ruminants will allow the veterinary clinician to update and expand their knowledge and skills in Medicine and Surgery of Ruminants"

General Objectives

• Provide specialized knowledge of the most common neurological problems in ruminants
• Identify all clinical signs associated with each neurological disease
• Establish the specific clinical approach for each pathology
• Determine the prognosis and the most appropriate treatment in each case
• Address the main ocular pathologies affecting ruminants, their diagnosis and treatment
• Determine the importance of ocular diseases in ruminants
• Analyze the economic and health impact of diseases with ocular signs
• Develop screening procedures and specific treatments for ruminants that differ from other species
• Examine the main diseases and their specific treatment

Specific Objectives

• Localize lesions in a patient with a neurological disorder
• Identify the main pathologies affecting the bovine brain, brainstem, cerebellum and spinal cord
• Develop the main alterations affecting peripheral nerves in cattle
• Study the main nervous pathologies affecting small ruminants
• Examine the particular examination protocols in ophthalmology in ruminants
• Enable the student to diagnose the main ocular pathologies and their relationship with other diseases
• Determine the necessary therapeutic and/or surgical treatments for each pathology
• Establish management measures and treatment protocols for the main neurological pathologies affecting cattle and small ruminants 
• Develop the main ocular pathologies affecting bovines
• Develop the main ocular pathologies affecting sheep and goats

A comprehensive program that will boost your ability to work in prevention, management and cost reduction in animal production, giving you greater competitiveness in the labor market"