VETERINARY PREVENTION – OBJECTIVE – Animal housing and management standards. Health status of herds. Preventive programs for various animal species. Students will learn to assess the health status of animals, formulate conclusions and develop strategic programs. LECTURES – History of veterinary prevention. Subclinical states and production problems. Elements of preventive programs. Factors affecting the development of prevention programs. Requirements for implementing a prevention program. Health status of herds. Animal farms as business units. Veterinary inspection: assumptions, performance and objectives. Strategies for risk management and minimization. Legal regulations and animal hygiene requirements. Waste management. Prion life cycle. Meat and bone meal and the “zero-tolerance” policy. Reducing the content of undesirable substances in animal feeds. CLASSES – Thermoregulation and body temperature in animals. Humidity levels in farm buildings. Field courses: determination of light levels, temperature and relative humidity in farm buildings. Cooling, air movement, dustiness levels and airborne microflora in farm buildings. Harmful gas additives and ventilation in farm buildings. Heat conservation in farm buildings. Pest control. Computer support systems in Veterinary Inspection. Computer systems for animal identification and registration in breeding programs, control and quality monitoring systems. Prevention systems for cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. Hygiene monitoring systems for equids and companion animals. Strategy for controlling the health status of animal herds – quarantine. Carrion disposal rules. Disinfection, pest and rat control. Farm management systems. Farm waste and the environment. Wastewater treatment plants and sludge water.
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