NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 反芻動物疾病學(4126)
(Eng.) Disease of Ruminant
Offering Dept Department of Veterinary Medicine
Course Type Required Credits 3 Teacher CHAN JACKY PENG-WEN et al.
Department Department of Veterinary Medicine / Undergraduate Language Chinese Semester 2026-FALL
Course Description 每週上課三小時,以器官系統分類或疾病類型分類為單元,使修課學生學習反芻動物包括牛與羊疾病基本的流行病學、病因學、臨床症狀、診斷及區別診斷技術、治療及預防方法等。Epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of diseases in cattle and goat.
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This course equips students with the knowledge and clinical reasoning skills necessary to effectively manage ruminant diseases and health, especially in farm animal practice.
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Infertility in dairy cows (3hrs)
Week 2 Feeding and management in dairy cattle-1 (3hrs)
Week 3 Feeding and management in dairy cattle-2 (3hrs)
Week 4 Diagnosis, treatment, and control of calf diseases-1 (3hrs)
Week 5 Diagnosis, treatment, and control of calf diseases-2 (3hrs)
Week 6 Lameness and Miscellaneous diseases in dairy cows (3hrs)
Week 7 Masitis in dairy cows (3hrs)
Week 8 Mid-term exam (1-2hrs)
Week 9 Diseases in digestive system-1 (3hrs)
Week 10 Diseases in digestive system-2 (3hrs)
Week 11 Metabolic disorders in dairy cows (3hrs)
Week 12 Bovine tuberculosis (3hrs)
Week 13 Bovine parasitic diseases (3hrs)
Week 14 Bovine viral diseases (3hrs)
Week 15 Goat and Sheep diseases (3 hrs)
Week 16 Final exam (1-2 hrs)
self-directed
learning
   02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.

Evaluation
1. Mid-term exam
2. Final exam
Textbook & other References
1. 吳永惠。1988。牛病學。藝軒圖書出版社,台北。
2. OM Radostits, CC Gay, DC Blood, KW Hinchcliff, Veterinary Medicine, Saunders, 2017, 11th ed.,
3. Bradford P. Smith, Large Animal Internal Medicine, Elsevier, 2014, 5th ed.,
4. Noakes, Parkinson, Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, England, Saunders, 2009, 9th ed.,
5. MC Smith, DM Sherman, Goat Medicine, Wiley Blackwell, 2009, 2nd ed.,
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
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