Rodents
Course about exotic animals based on practical knowledge and theory
Professional lector
More than 20 years experience
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Polina Maratkanova
Course Lector
Head of the exotic animal treatment department, herpetologist at the Zoostatus Veterinary Center, Astin veterinary clinic network, Head and chief physician of the ReptiVetCare project (veterinary hospital for reptiles and amphibians).

Experience in clinical work with reptiles and amphibians since 2000.
Specialization: amphibians, reptiles.
Polina Maratkanova
Course Lector
Head of the exotic animal treatment department, herpetologist at the Zoostatus Veterinary Center, Astin veterinary clinic network, Head and chief physician of the ReptiVetCare project (veterinary hospital for reptiles and amphibians).

Experience in clinical work with reptiles and amphibians since 2000.
Specialization: amphibians, reptiles.
Course program:
Lesson 1. Introduction to Rodent Medicine (Herbivorous Rodents/Miropods).
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Feeding and Maintenance

Lesson 2. Rodent Visit
- Clinical Examination Rules
- History Taking
- Preventive and Therapeutic Procedures

Lesson 3. Diagnostics in Rodent Medicine
- Understanding Differential Diagnoses, Which Tests to Use and When?
- Laboratory Diagnostics (Blood Tests, Fecal Analysis, Urine Analysis, and Others)
- Basics of Visual Diagnostics in Rodent Medicine That Every Exotic Animal Specialist Should Know (Ultrasound, Radiography, CT/MRI)

Lesson 4. Introduction to Rodent Internal Medicine (Herbivorous Rodents/Miropods) - Gastrointestinal Tract
- Gastrointestinal stasis, obstruction, gastric tympania, gastritis, hepatitis, bacterial and viral gastrointestinal pathologies
- Clinical signs
- Diagnosis
- Treatment

Lesson 5. Dental problems (herbivorous rodents/murine-like rodents).
- Pathogenesis of dental disease
- Methods for making an accurate diagnosis
- Treatment, prevention, prognosis

Lesson 6. Introduction to internal medicine in rodents (herbivorous rodents/murine-like rodents) - Respiratory system.
- What do we encounter during a consultation?
- Clinical signs
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention

Lesson 7. Introduction to internal medicine in rodents (herbivorous rodents/murine-like rodents) - Urinary system.
- What do we encounter during a consultation?
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical signs
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention

Lesson 8. Introduction to Rodent Internal Medicine (Herbivorous Rodents/Muridae) – Dermatology.
- What do we encounter during a consultation?
- Clinical signs
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention

Lesson 9. Soft Tissue Surgery
- Anesthesia (selecting anesthesia protocol, patient monitoring)
- Principles of surgery in rodent medicine
- Basic surgical interventions in rodents

Lesson 10. Critical Conditions
- Acute situations (dyspnea, obstruction, heatstroke, trauma, seizures, ketoacidosis, alkalosis/acidosis)
- First aid and inpatient treatment to stabilize the patient
- Cardiovascular Resuscitation (CPR)

Practical Part
1. Examination Procedure
2. Fixation.
3. Injection technique: subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous
4. Blood sampling from peripheral veins (various methods)
5. Blood sampling from the cranial vena cava.
6. Insertion of an intravenous and intravenous catheter.
7. Dental examination.

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