Advanced knowledge on the diagnosis, treatment and Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Ruminants in a high intensity and flexible course"

This postgraduate certificate addresses general considerations for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in general, including laboratory diagnostic tests available for their diagnosis, antimicrobial treatments and the development of resistance, the use of vaccines and the application of biosecurity and control measures. Additionally, the main notifiable and highly contagious, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including those of viral, bacterial, fungal and prion etiology, are reviewed. The topics are organized by the species they affect, bovine or small ruminants, where specific considerations for their treatment and prevention are also included. 

In the second part of the module, the main parasites affecting ruminants are analyzed, detailed according to the species they affect. Additionally, it addresses the prevention and treatment of the main parasitic diseases including diagnostic techniques, therapeutic principles, development of resistance, and management and control programs.

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 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Ruminants contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features of the program 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-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
• Availability of content from any fixed or portable device with internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are 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 who will develop theoretical knowledge efficiently, but, above all, will provide students with practical knowledge derived from their teaching experience: one of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject 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 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 you 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 course 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 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Ruminants will allow the veterinary clinicians to update and broaden their knowledge and skills in Ruminant Medicine and Surgery. With the quality of the world’s largest online university”

General Objectives

• Examine the clinical approach to the different infectious and parasitic diseases in ruminants 
• Compile the complementary methods available to diagnose the main infectious and parasitic pathologies 
• Determine the general and specific treatment of the main infectious and parasitic pathologies 
• Generate advanced knowledge on the prevention of the main infectious and parasitic diseases 

Specific Objectives

• Identify the main infectious diseases affecting ruminants 
• Establish the differential diagnosis of the clinical signs of the main infectious and contagious pathologies in ruminants 
• Propose a work methodology for patients with infectious and contagious disorders 
• Provide specialized knowledge to treat and prevent the main infectious and contagious pathologies in ruminants 
• Understand and identify the different realities and challenges faced by ruminants according to the type of production system in which they are involved 
• Be able to identify the technical differences, advantages and disadvantages of vaccines available on the market 
• Be able to, depending on the infectious challenge faced by ruminants, develop an effective, efficient and economically justifiable vaccination plan adapted to the reality of each farm 
• Identify the clinical signs of parasitic diseases affecting ruminants 
• Specify the diagnostic procedures used in parasitology and their interpretation 
• Determine a theoretical-practical methodology for the patient with parasitic diseases 
• Provide specialized knowledge to establish programs for the control and management of parasites in ruminants 

A very complete 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"