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Learning outcomes :
By the end of this component students will:
1. Be able to understand the general concepts of veterinary toxicology
2. Be able to diagnose and prescribe appropriate treatment for the most common animal toxicoses.Indicative contents :
1. General principles of veterinary toxicology
- Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics
- General approach to diagnosis and treatment of toxicoses
2.Toxicology of selected toxicants
- Toxicology of pesticides
- Biotoxins
- Poisonous plants
- Industrial toxicants (organic and inorganic chemicals)Facilitator : Pie Ntampaka, BVM, MVSc
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Importance of toxicology as a discipline, its past achievements, current scientific challenges, and future development
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This is a book on sheep diseases and you are encouraged to read Part XI that focuses on plant poisoning and inorganic and organic poisons.
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This journal article focuses on medicinal plants used by Rwandese traditional healers in refugee camps in Tanzania
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The assignment consists of 8 topics and you (students) are grouped into 8 teams; each group will work on a specific topic.
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