COURSE CODE: VCH 601
COURSE TITLE: DISEASE DISTRIBUTION AND PREVENTION
NUMBER OF UNITS: 2 Units
COURSE DURATION: Two hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. Kehinde Olugbenga Olusegun DVM, MVPH
Email: ookehinde@yahoo.com
Office Location: COLVET, UNAAB
Other Lecturers: Prof. M.A. Dipeolu DVM, MVPH, PhD; Dr.O.O.Adebowale DVM, MVPH ; Dr. O.J. Awoyomi DVM, MVPH
Course Synopsis
Role of Epizootiology in Veterinary Practice Definition of Veterinary Epidemiology, Uses of Veterinary Epidemiology, Planning and Monitoring of Disease Control Programmes Types of Epidemiological Investigation, Components of Epidemiology Methodologies of Descriptive and Analytic Epizootiological Investigations including Design, Experimentation, Data Analysis and Result Interpretation Diseases in Population Disease Surveillance and Monitoring
Safety Precautions for Animal Handlers, Mass Action against Diseases Types of Vaccine and Immunization Procedures Active and Passive Immunization
Chemoprophylaxis Influence of Climate on Disease Spread
