Veterinary Medicine / Internal Medicine

    This topic of discussion involve medicine related to clinical examination and diagnostic which is used to investigate the alimentary canal, establishing a problem oriented approach to the diagnosis of underlying pathological conditions. Pathology of teeth and gums "Lumpy jaw", Foot and Mouth disease & Vesicular Stomatitis. Mucosal Disease / Bovine virus diarrhoea, Malignant Catarrh, ulcerative stomatitis, "Wooden Tongue", diphtheritic stomatitis, ulcerative stomatitis, proliferative stomatitis. Oesophageal obstruction, perforation, achalasia. Escherichia coli infections in animals. E. coli as a broad group of bacteria: general characteristics. E. coli as enteric pathogens : ETEC, EPEC, EHEC. Pathogenesis and requirements for virulence factors (toxins, adhesions, capsules, endotoxin). Inflammatory disease (enteritis). Types of inflammation with examples. Catarrhal, ulcerative, fibrous / haemorrhagic, proliferative. Veterinary Medicine as Clinical Trials: Treatments for humans may also be useful for treatments with animals (e.g. the BRCA1 gene found in 65% of human breast tumors is similar to the BRCA1 gene in dogs). Hyperthermia + radiation = more effective at killing tumours. Stimulation of cytokines for curing skin cancers