You will learn to analyze the most frequent clinical signs of the most common viral diseases in small animals”

Vector-borne diseases, i.e., hematophagous arthropods, are a group of different entities produced by bacteria, viruses, protozoa and helminths. They are considered emerging (and sometimes non-emerging) in daily canine clinical practice. These diseases produce a great diversity of clinical pictures, they can be asymptomatic or can cause the death of the animal. Infectious diseases caused by parasites (Nematodes, Protozoa, Trematodes and Cestodes) are frequent in dogs, generally with gastrointestinal symptoms; the group of pulmonary parasites produces emerging pathologies in the patient. 

Enterobacteriaceae are another cause of gastrointestinal diseases in the dog that include zoonotic bacteria of potential risk to the patient. To a lesser degree, within the differential diagnoses, some species of algae also generate chronic conditions that affect the digestive system of dogs. 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 particularities of the cat, there are certain differences in the approach with respect to the dog, 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. 

For all these reasons, the interest in this field has been increasing in recent years, which is why TECH offers this 100% online program, designed by experts in Small Animal Infectious Diseases, through only 12 months of specialization, 100% online and tailor-made by experts in Small Animal Infectious Diseases. Graduates are, therefore, guaranteed an academic experience that can be perfectly combined with any other work activity, which will allow them to update and perfect their professional skills in a guaranteed manner. 

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

 

This professional master’s degree in Infectious Diseases in Small Animals contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most notable features are:  

• 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

Each and every area of knowledge needed regarding Infectious Diseases in Small Animals, clearly, comprehensively and effectively presented”

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

Theultimerdia 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 learning programmed to study 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.   

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

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"

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. 

Feel accompanied by a highly prestigious teaching team that will provide you with the latest news on Infectious Diseases in Small Animals" 

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 specialized theoretical and practical knowledge for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common viral diseases affecting dogs
• Generate specialized theoretical and practical knowledge to carry out a correct diagnosis and treatment of the diseases transmitted by hematophagous arthropods (vectors) and produced by bacterial pathogens that most frequently affect domestic dogs
• Generate specialized theoretical and practical knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by bacterial, parasitic and fungal pathogens that most frequently affect domestic dogs
• 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 
• Generate specialized knowledge on the most frequent tropical diseases affecting dogs so that the veterinary clinician can recognize them and establish a diagnostic and therapeutic pathway
• 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 competences 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 updated 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. Infectious Diseases in the Canine Species (I) Viral Diseases

• Recognize the different clinical pictures of this group of diseases
• Develop specialized and advanced knowledge to establish a specific diagnosis of these pathologies
• Present the latest knowledge in the therapeutics of viral diseases affecting domestic dogs

Module 3. Infectious Diseases in the Canine Species (II) Vector and Bacterial Diseases (I)

• Determine the different clinical pictures with which this group of diseases present themselves
• Develop specialized knowledge on vector and bacterial diseases in order to reach a specific diagnosis of these pathologies
• Examine the latest advances in the therapeutics of vector and bacterial diseases affecting domestic dogs

Module 4. Infectious Diseases in the Canine Species (III) Bacterial (II), Parasitic and Fungal Diseases

• Examine the different clinical pictures with which this group of diseases present themselves
• Develop specialized knowledge to carry out a correct and specific diagnosis of these pathologies
• Present the latest knowledge in the therapeutics of these diseases affecting domestic dogs

Module 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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

Module 8. Tropical Diseases

• Examine the epidemiological situation of emerging and re-emerging pathogens affecting canines in the tropics
• Determine the different clinical pictures with which this group of diseases present themselves
• Offer tools to reach a correct, specific diagnosis of these pathologies
• Develop the latest knowledge in the therapeutics of these diseases

Module 9. Zoonotic

• 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 10. 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”