The program of the specialization training

Field nr 17 (Veterinary Epizootiology and Administration)

National Head of the Specialisation in election 2012-2016: Prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Grądzki

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, phone: +4481 4456200; mobile: 607926337

The full term specialization course last 5 semesters

The number of lecture hours – 335 (including 10 hours of seminars)

The lecture topics

No / Topic / Number of hours
1 / Selected problems of the penal law
  • conception, functions, goals and principles of the penal proceeding
  • participants of the process, proofs, means of obligation
  • stages of penal proceeding
  • crime definition, partition of the crime
  • basic characteristics of the crime
  • forms of the crime perpetration
  • penalties catalogue
/ 5
2 / Selected problems of the civil law
  • general regulations
  • civil code
  • insolvency law
/ 10
3 / Selected problems of the working law
  • working code
  • working administration
  • civil service statue
  • state employees statue
/ 8
4 / Selected problems of the autonomy law
  • competencies of the autonomy and regional organs
  • municipal property
  • ordinary regulations
/ 5
5 / Selected problems of the administrative law
  • public administration concept
  • administrative law concept
  • administrative act
  • administrative apparatus
  • administrative and executive proceeding in the veterinary administration
/ 40
6 / Sources of the European law
  • ordinance, directive, decision, opinion, statement
  • principles of the European Union functioning
  • principal statutory organs of the EU (European Council, European Commission, European Parliament, Court of Justice)
/ 5
7 / Practical use of the administrative proceeding code in the surveillance activity and infectious diseases control / 20
8 / Veterinary administration
  • tasks of the veterinary inspection
  • principles of the organization of veterinary inspectorates
  • tasks of the veterinary inspection organs
  • financing of the veterinary inspection and its tasks
  • public orders
  • documentation of the veterinary inspectorates
  • documents archivising
/ 15
9 / Selected problems of the feed hygiene
  • tasks of the district veterinary officer resulting from the feed law
  • feed surveillance
  • medicinal feeds
/ 10
10 / Reaction in case of crisis
  • contingency plans in the context of crisis management
/ 10
11 / Tasks of the district veterinary officer resulting from the laboratory animals experiment act / 5
12 / Selected problems of the pharmaceutical law
  • the use of the veterinary medicinal products and medicinal products
  • veterinary products turnover
  • documentation and reporting
  • antibiotic resistance
  • introducing of the program “Let’s protect antibiotics”
  • producing, use and turnover of the medicinal feeds
  • side effects
  • the use of the veterinary medicinal products in the context of the long-term program “Animal health and public health protection”
/ 15
13 / Principles of the diagnostics of infectious diseases
  • monitoring (general principles and practical use)
  • organization and functioning of the veterinary laboratories in Poland
  • functioning and practical use of the CELAB system
/ 5
14 / Environment protection and animal welfare
  • legal regulations in the scope of animal welfare
  • minimal conditions of the farm animals maintaining
/ 15
15 / Selected zoonoses
  • lecture prepared and carried by the human infectious diseases specialist
/ 10
16 / Military veterinary service
  • organization and tasks of the veterinary service in Polish Army
  • selected problems of bioterrorism
/ 5
17 / Human resources management
  • interpersonal contacts
/ 5
18 / Veterinary-medical proceeding in case of the outbreak of infectious diseases in particular animal species including: cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, fur animals, poultry, beneficial insects, fishes, molluscs, crustaceans
  • diseases notifiable to the OIE
  • diseases included in the annex 2 of the act (control obligation)
  • diseases included in the annex 3 of the act (registration obligation)
/ 50
19 / Practical training on the control of selected infectious diseases
  • training based on HPAI
/ 10
20 / Control of infectious diseases / 7
21 / Prophylaxis of infectious diseases
  • principles of the non-specific and specific prophylaxis
  • characteristics of biocidal products
  • principles of bioassurance
/ 10
22 / IT systems functioning in veterinary administration
  • principles of their use and handling
/ 5
23 / Border veterinary inspection and veterinary inspection in trading
  • compulsory legal regulations
/ 15
24 / Basic problems in general epizootiology
  • anamnesis, epizootic investigation
  • principles of the dissection performing in farm animals and poultry
  • proceeding in the disease focus, protected and surveillance zones
  • rendering
/ 10
25 / Bases of the veterinary epidemiology / 5
26 / Hygiene of slaughtered animals and foodstuffs of animal origin
  • sources of the alimentary law; general principles and requirements of the alimentary law; European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); general procedures in the food safety area
  • stages of the primary (original) production; hygienic and sanitary requirements for the slaughtered animals and milking cattle breeding; animal health, feed and feeding safety; environment protection
  • animal welfare in the raising and breeding including slaughtered animals transportation
  • sanitary and technical requirements for slaughterhouses and institutions producing and storing food of animal origin and for other institutions of the food industry; registration and approving of institutions
  • official control of the products of animal origin intended for human consumption; principles of the slaughtered animals and meat inspection
  • official control of foodstuffs in the production and turnover; methodology and procedures to check for the compliance with the feed and foodstuffs law and animal health and welfare rules
  • hazard analysis and risqué analysis in the food chain
  • laboratory examination of the raw materials and food products in the food chain in the frame of official control and internal control system
  • principles of the foodstuffs and feed monitoring and its significance in the safety assurance in food chain; Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in the food chain
  • systems of the food safety and quality management (ISO, CEN, HACCP) and their application in the official control; audit techniques; methods of the verification and improvement of the system
  • principles of the administrative procedure in connection with the administrative decisions publishing process in relation to foodstuffs not-fulfilling specific requirements; liability for damage; penal regulations and penalties
/ 40

Recommended references:

Veterinary law

  • EU regulations
  • National regulations

Administrative proceeding code

Civil code

Working code

Current literature concerning diagnostics and control of the animal infectious diseases