ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Animal Pathology
Areas: Animal Health
Center Faculty of Veterinary Science
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
•To know the methodology and technology used in the molecular diagnosis of pathogens affecting both domestic and wild animals.
•To know the main molecular epidemiology applications for the study of disease outbreaks.
THEORICAL SESSIONS
1. Methods and tools in molecular epidemiology (2 hours).
2. Identification of causal agents of disease outbreaks and determination of risk factors and transmission dynamics (2 hours).
3. Environmental epidemiology using molecular techniques (2 hours).
4. Determination of zoonotic potential (2 hours).
5. Molecular basis of antibiotic and antiparasitic resistance (2 hours).
PRACTICAL SESSIONS
a) Interactive sessions
-Genotype and subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. isolates from domestic ruminants and determination of their zoonotic potential (2.5 hours).
-Phylogenetic analysis of mink disease virus isolates and epidemiological interpretation (2.5 hours).
b) Seminars
- Importance and practical aspects related to antibiotic and antiparasitic resistance, most frequent molecular mechanisms, and application in the current context of drug use reduction (7 hours).
Basic Bibliography
Cacciò, S.M.; Ryan, U. (2008). Molecular epidemiology of giardiosis. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 160, 75-80.
De Filippis, I; McKee M.L. (2013). Molecular typing in bacterial infections. Ed Springer.
Morand, S.; Beaudeau, F.; Cabaret, J. (2011). New frontiers of molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. Springer Science& Business Media
Riley, L.W. (2004). Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. Principles and practices. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
Xiao, L. (2009). Molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis: an update. Exp. Parasitol. 124, 80-89.
Zadoks, R.N.;Schukken, Y.H. (2006). Use of molecular epidemiology in veterinary practice. Vet, Clin. Food. Anim. 226-261.
Complementary bibliography:
Díaz, P., Navarro, E., Prieto, A., Pérez-Creo, M., Viña, J.M., Díaz-Cao, J.M., López, C.M., Panadero, R., Fernández, G., Díez-Baños, P., Morrondo, P. 2018. Cryptosporidium species in post-weaned and adult sheep ands goats from N.W. Spain: public and animal health significance. Vet. Parasitol. 254, 1-5.
Diaz, P., Arnal, J.L., Remesar, S.; Pérez-Creo, A. Venzal, J.M., Vázquez-López, M.E., Prieto, A., Fernández, F., López, C.M., Panadero R., Benito, A., Díez-Baños, P., Morrondo, P. 2017. Molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in questing Ixodes ricinus from north-western Spain. Parasites and Vectors. 10: 615, 1-7.
Prieto, A., Fernández-Antonio, R., Díaz-Cao, J.M., López, G., Díaz, P., Alonso, J.M., Morrondo, P., Fernández, G. 2017. Distribution of Aleutian mink disease virus contamination in the environment of infected mink farms. Vet. Microbiol. 204, 59-63.
Prieto, A., Díaz-Cao, J.M., Fernández-Antonio, R., Panadero, R., Díaz, P., López, C., Morrondo, P., Díez-Baños, P., Fernández, G. 2014. Application of real time PCR to detect Aleutian Mink Disease Virus on environmental farm sources. Vet. Microbiology. 173, 355-359.
Basic and general
CG01 - Ability to organize and plan the study and experimentation in the involved knowledge areas.
CG02 - Integrate knowledge and face decision-making based on scientific and technical information
CG03 - Transmit the results of the study and research to specialized audiences, academics and generalists.
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to public
Specific:
CE01 - Understand the relationship between Genomics/Genetics and human, animal and vegetal health, necessary for the development of the functions of a professional oriented to health advancement.
CE04 - Ability to perform genetic material traceability for detecting mutations, controlling risks and identifying health, production, handling and processing critical points.
Transversal:
CT06 - Ability to solve problems through integration and application of knowledge
CT07 - Ability to develop, present and discuss an organized and understandable scientific and technical text.
The contents of the program will be taught through:
Seminars and theory sessions
Both (approximately 50 minutes) will take place in the classroom as a whole group, considering the hygienic and / or distancing measures established by the USC.
They will be carried out based on multimedia presentations, projecting original written content and graphic material. The theoretical classes will cover the contents of the program, while the seminars will critically analyse real cases. The student will be previously provided with a summary of the contents of these sessions through the virtual campus.
Personalized tutoring:
Two group tutorials (50 minutes of duration), scheduled in the official calendar, which will be carried out in person in the classroom with the hygiene and / or distancing measures established by the USC. Questions about the contents of theoretical and practical sessions, as well as in the seminars, will be solved. Individual tutorials, carried out at the request of the students at the established times, will allow students to solve and consult all their doubts; they will also be dedicated to the supervision of works and / or proposed tasks. In addition, students will have a virtual tutoring service to ask questions or make comments.
Interactive sessions:
The interactive sessions will be held in the computer rooms with groups of 20 students, each with a computer. In them students will learn, through the use of different computer programs and applications, to identify different viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens based on molecular results and to determine their zoonotic potential.
A continuous evaluation system is proposed:
• Test of theorical sessions: it will determine the acquisition of the main theoretical concepts by the students (50% of the total qualification).
• Test of practical sessions: based on the resolution of questions and problems related to the issues exposed in both the seminars and interactive classes. It will allow evaluating the knowledge acquired in those sessions (20% of the total qualification). Students must complete this test during their personal work time, and must present it in a pdf file in approximately one week.
• Continuous evaluation: attendance, participation and attitude of the student in the theoretical and practical sessions. Presentation of an academic work during the last 2 hours of the seminars; clarity and defense will be assessed (30% of the total qualification).
The results obtained in the test of practical sessions and in the continuous evaluation will be kept for the next two academic years, although students may repeat them in order to obtain higher marks.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, there will be applied the provisions included in “Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications”.
It is not appropriate to dispense the class in any activity.
The subject "Molecular epidemiology of animal diseases" consists of 3 ECTS credits, each ECTS credit corresponding to 25 hours. Therefore, the total time of the subject will be 75 hours divided between face-to-face work and independent work.
Total in-person hours: 24 h
• Theoretical classes (expository sessions) 10h
• Practical lessons (laboratory/computer) 5h
• interactive sessions: 7h
• Personalized tutoring: 2h
Student's personal work: 51 h
• Individual study: 31 hours
• Elaboration of seminars: 12 hours
• Solution of practical cases: 5 hours
• Oral presentations: 1 hour
• Exams: 2 hours
Active participation in the proposed activities is needed, so it is essential that the student interact with the teachers to clarify any doubts during their implementation. Students who do not have studies on animal diseases should use the tutorials to review the most important aspects of their epidemiology.
Alberto Prieto Lago
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- alberto.prieto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Pablo Díaz Fernández
Coordinador/a- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- pablo.diaz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer