Polish

Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic

Internal Diseases of Horses

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Horses behaviorism, stereotypies, aggression, mental assessment of horse, rules for handling with sick horse, safety in contact with the horse, tameing methods. Rules for sampling and storage of material for diagnostic tests, clinical investigation plan, the type of material for additional tests, place and the rules for the collection, conservation, storage and delivering to the laboratory, rules for the application and use of drugs.

2

Dermatology: overview of parasitic, bacterial and fungal diseases of the skin, collecting of scrapings, execution and interpretation of impression preparations,(scabies, lice, dermatophitosis, dermatopfilosis) allergic diseases of the skin(hypersensitivity to flying insects, skin allergies) hypersensitivity to light, burns, equine sarcoidosis,

3

Cardiology: hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart muscle,valvular insufficiency, endocarditis, myocarditis, heart pulmonary, arrhythmias, heart blocks, execution and interpretation of the ECG, USG of heart, non-invasive and invasive method of blood pressure measurement.

4

Respiratory disorders: flatulence, inflammation of the air sacs, breathe hissing, displacement of the soft palate, laryngeal edema, epistaxis, chronic, recurrent obstructive bronchitis and pneumonia, emphysema, edema, pulmonary atelectasis, pneumonia and bronchitis, additional examination -nasal endoscopy,  endoscopy, BAL, gas analysis, inhaled therapeutics application,

5

Angiopathies (vasculitis, thrombosis, artery infarctus, rupture of the aorta) blood parasitic diseases, execution and interpretation of hematology, blood smear, blood transfusion principles, cross trial,

6

Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract of horses: stomatitis,  pharyngitis, injury, chronic inflammation of the masseter muscle, salivary gland disorders, foreign body in the throat and esophagus, oesophagitis, changes in the lumen of esophagus, bloating, overloading, ulceration and rupture of gastric, flatulence, obstipation, displacement of the small intestines, overloading, torsion of the cecum, , overloading, blockage, sand-blockage, torsion of colon, acute, haemorrhagic colitis, constipation;, examination of the oral cavity, teeth correction, probing of the stomach, rectal examination, enemas performing , endoscopy of throat, esophagus and stomach;

7

Urinary tract disorders: inflammation of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urolithiasis, acute and chronic renal failure, urinary incontinence; imaging the structures of the urinary tract (urography, cystography, USG), catheterization of the bladder, urine biochemistry, urine sediment interpretation;

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Neurology: Neurological examination of the central and peripheral nervous systems, collecting and examination of CSF;

9

Metabolic disorders of horses: laminitis, myopathies - principles of treatment, diagnosis of liver and endocrine glands diseases - USG, laboratory tests (hepatic load tests, blood glucose curve);

10

Intensive care of horses in an emergency, dehydration, acute respiratory and circulatory failure, the principles of assessment and equalization of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base imbalance ;