VSC418 Public Health and Biosecurity 1 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Animal and Vet Science (ANVET)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject will be presented through a Problem Based Learning curriculum. It will address emergency animal diseases, risk assessment and biosecurity at the national, state and farm levels. The content of the subject will be tightly aligned with the relevant traditional disciplines and will address many of the Veterinary Graduate Attributes of Charles Sturt University. The principles of Public Health and Biosecurity will be reinforced in other subjects where ever it is appropriate.
Public Health & Biosecurity 1 is run over 4 weeks of the semester and includes 4 PBL packages, PBL Tutorial Sessions and weekly lectures.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: VSC418
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
ASC262 and ASC370 and ASC474 and VSC225 and VSC310 and VSC332
Enrolment restrictions:
Restricted to enrolment in the:
Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours)
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to competently investigate an emergency animal disease
- Be able to make a presumptive diagnosis of an emergency animal disease
- Be able to demonstrate working effectively in a response to an emergency animal disease
- Be able to carry out risk assessments in relation to animal diseases
- Be able to identify the legal and scientific bases for national and state biosecurity plans in relation to emergency animal disease
- Be able to prepare and implement farm biosecurity measures for different types of animal production enterprises.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Emergency animal diseases
- Clinical signs
- Immediate response to the detection of a possible emergency in animal disease
- Confirmation of a diagnosis
- Epidemiology
- Control measures
- Decontamination procedures
AUSVETPLAN
- Emergency management plans
- Relevant state legislation
Risk assessment
- Identify risks
- Analyse risks
- Treat risks
- Monitor and review risk treatment pan
- Biosecurity
- National, state and livestock industry biosecurity plans
- National and state legislation
- Roles of different veterinarians, private, industry and government, in the prevention, notification and control of livestock diseases
- Methods of spread of endemic and emergency animal diseases
- The planning process
- Factors impinging upon the biosecurity of individual livestock enterprises
Content covered by each case will be rigorously mapped against CSU Veterinary Graduate Attributes and traditional clinical curricula followed at other Veterinary Schools. In addition, preclinical subject material relevant to the cases presented (for example pathology, microbiology, etc) will be reinforced (if previously covered) or extended, as appropriate for the cases presented.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.