Integrated physiological responses III [SVETB327]

Learning outcomes

This course finalizes the bachelor curriculum in physiology, considering the entire organism as a whole, in various conditions such as: the equine athlete, the anorexic cat, the dog during pre-surgical fasting, the heat shock, or the high performance dairy cow.

Objectives

Learning activities aim the student to :

• Understand and describe homeostasis mechanisms.
• Transfer their knowledge to common cases, and describe the homeostasis adaptation to various conditions (ie heat shock)
• Describe and understand vitamins and mineral metabolism including responses to deficiency or excess.
• Understand and describe equine specificities regarding athletic activities.
• Explain the mechanisms activated with exercise.
• Describe the training-related changes and the parameters to assess athletic capacities in horses
• Describe and understand the mechanisms stimulated when animal are fasted or anorexic

Learning activities aim to link physiological concepts and body systems, and to get the full picture of physiologic responses to various conditions.

Content

This course completes your previous physiology knowledge (cellular, cardio-vascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, reproductive, urinary), and focuses on homeostasis and physiological mechanisms occurring in targeted-purpose animals. Each topic is considered by linking knowledge and understanding of all systems, and introduces you to, amongst others, sport horse specificities, reaction to fasting, or anorexia (a common cause of consultation in vet medicine).Theorical aspects are associated to practical and to future clinical practise, in order to stimulate your long-lasting learning.

Table of contents

The courses in French includes the following topics:

Homeostasis

Water balance

Acide-base balance

Electrolytes

Heat comfort

Vitamines et elements

Functions et balance

. of liposoluble vitamins

. of hydrosoluble vitamins

. of major and minors elements

The equine athlete

Muscle activity and energy

Response to exercise

Improvement with training

Assessment of the equine athlete capacities

Anorexia et fasting

Metabolic response to fasting

Specificities

Anorexia and inflammation

Exercises description

Activities (called, in French, travaux dirigés et travaux pratiques) include clinical cases stimulating reminiscence of learning and transferring them to professional situations, but also to discover the methods to assess the sport capacities (respiratory and cardio-vascular tests).

Activities will also be the opportunity for you to exercise your soft skills, organization, communication, presentation (oral, written), as well as animal handling and clinical exam.