With the experience of working professionals and the analysis of real success stories, in a high-impact training approach”

Pain relief and prevention in swine is, as in all other species, a legal requirement and a matter of professional ethics. In order to treat pain properly, it is necessary to have the tools to identify, measure and classify it.

The biosafety conditions in swine breeding and production require that both anesthetic and surgical procedures must be performed on the farm itself. Therefore, it is essential to adapt anesthetic and surgical techniques to field conditions, far from the sterility of an operating room and the safety provided by anesthetic monitoring.

There are some pathologies such as inguinal and umbilical hernias, or rectal or vaginal prolapses whose only resolution option is surgery. Clinical swine veterinarians must be prepared to face these situations by providing adequate anesthesia and analgesia to correctly perform any surgical intervention.

Another very current problem in Spain and throughout the European Union is caudophagia and tail docking as a preventive method. Given that tail docking is considered the last resort in the prevention of caudophagia, it is essential to manage the factors that trigger this problem in order to learn about and apply other alternatives to tail docking in the prevention of caudophagia.

There are situations in which, given the impossibility of resolving the pathology and avoiding suffering, professionals must resort to humane euthanasia.

The postgraduate certificate in Swine Anesthesia and Surgery contains the most complete and updated academic program on the market. The contents are accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection, which guarantees students will be able to use their available time to achieve this double objective: specialization and qualification. Furthermore, the program's methodological design integrates the latest advances in educational technology that will facilitate learning. 

Join the elite with this highly effective Postgraduate Certificate, which will open new paths for your professional development”

This postgraduate certificate in Swine Anesthesia and Surgery contains the most complete and up-to-date academic program on the market. The most important features include:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly virtual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practicing 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 availability from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after finishing the course

A complete training program that will allow you to acquire the most advanced knowledge in all the areas of intervention of a specialized veterinarian”

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals in different fields related to this specialty. That way, TECH ensures students the updating objective it aims to provide. A multidisciplinary team of professionals specialized and experienced in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but above all, they will bring their practical knowledge from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this training. 

The efficiency of the methodological design of this postgraduate certificate, enhances the student's understanding of the subject. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, you will be able to study with a range of easy-to-use and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the necessary skills you need for your specialization.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: An approach that conceives learning as an eminently practical process. To achieve this remotely, TECH uses telepractice learning: with the help of an innovative, interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow students to integrate and focus their learning in a more realistic and permanent way.  

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: Learning from an expert”

A complete and total update in Swine Anesthesia and Surgery with the most comprehensive and effective program in the online academic market"

Our objective is to train highly qualified professionals for the work environment. An objective that is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by promoting human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is materialized in helping professionals to reach a much higher level of competence and control. A goal that you will be able to achieve in just a few months, with a high intensity and effective specialization. 

If your objective is to broaden your skills set to include new paths of success and development, this is your postgraduate certificate: a training that aspires to excellence” 

General Objectives

• Identify all clinical signs associated with pain in swine
• Establish an anesthetic and analgesic protocol in pigs according to the surgical intervention to be performed
• Establish the most appropriate surgical technique either based on the pathology or prophylactically based
• Establish the criteria for euthanasia in swine and select the most appropriate method in each case
• Perform anesthetic management of pigs as a model for animal experimentation

Specific Objectives

• Accurately recognize the signs of acute or chronic pain in swine
• Analyze preventive measures for caudophagia by farm type
• Adequately administer the analgesia required for pain management
• Determine an anesthetic and surgical approach to female and male pig castration
• Propose an anesthetic and surgical approach to perform a cesarean section
• Develop an anesthetic and surgical approach to resolve different types of hernias and situations of uterine or rectal prolapse
• Present the decision-making criteria regarding animal euthanasia and propose the most appropriate method on the farm
• Review physiological and anesthetic considerations in the case of experimental swine models

A path to achieve training and professional growth that will propel you toward a greater level of competitiveness in the job market”