Post Graduate - Department of Medicine

Post Graduate Courses:

MED 601 Food Animal Medicine-I (3 Cr.): Etiology, epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of bacterial, viral, rickettsial, fungal and parasitic diseases. Bacterial diseases: Anthrax, pasteurellosis, colibacillosis, salmonellosis, clostridial diseases, actinomycosis, actinobacillosis, tuberculosis, Johne’s disease, navel ill, contagious bovine pyelonephritis, brucellosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, foot rot, dermatophilosis, infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, anaplasmosis and Q-fever. Mycoplasmal, chlamydial and fungal diseases: Contagious bovine and caprine pleuropneumonia, tick-borne fever, contagious ophthalmia, rhinosporidiosis, dermatophytosis, cryptococcosis and candidiasis. Viral diseases: Foot and mouth disease, ephemeral fever, rabies, bovine viral diarrhea, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, lumpy skin disease, bovine malignant catarrhal fever, papillomatosis, cowpox, blue tongue, contagious ecthyma, PPR, sheep pox and goat pox. Protozoal diseases: Babesiosis, theileriosis, coccidosis, cryptosporidiosis, balantidiasis, trypanosomiasis and trichomoniasis. Helminth infestations: Hydatid disease, lungworm disease, fascioliasis, intestinal amphistomiasis, ascariasis, strongyloidosis, stephanofilariasis, parasitic gastro-enteritis and tapeworm infestation. External parasitic infestation: Lice, tick and mite infestations.

MED 605 Paediatric Medicine (3 Cr.): Definition, scope and importance of paediatric medicine in veterinary practice; immune status of juvenile or young animals to infection; juvenile animal management and routine check-up; epidemiology of the diseases of juveniles; principles of diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of diseases of juveniles; diseases of body systems; infectious, non-infectious and parasitic diseases of juveniles.

MED 610 Pet Animal Medicine (3 Cr.): Concepts of pet animal medicine; methods of restraining and principles of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of pet animals; etiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, and control of infectious and non-infectious diseases of pet animals including leptospirosis, tetanus, brucellosis, salmonellosis, plague, yersiniosis, Tyzzer’s disease, tularemia, rabies, canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, canine parvovirus infection, canine herpesvirus infection, infectious tracheobronchitis, feline immunodeficiency, feline panleukopenia, feline leukemia, feline infectious peritonitis, esophageal worm infestation, hookworm disease, giant kidney worm disease and heartworm disease. Vaccines and vaccination of pet animals.

MED 615 Methods of Research (3 Cr.): Introduction to research methods, scientific research planning, research project preparation, code of conduct for research integrity, principles of research integrity, misconduct & questionable practices, good research practices, research protocol, scientific writing, scientific presentation, literature search, analyzing research articles, critical reading, thesis writing, novelty in scientific research, publication of research results, selection of journals, peer review, etc.

MED 620 Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (3 Cr.): Introduction to zoo & wildlife medicine. Principles of diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of diseases in wildlife reserve, safari parks and zoological garden. Etiology, epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, therapeutic management, prevention and control of infectious and non-infectious diseases of free-living and captive wildlife including mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds.

MED 625 Dairy Animal Medicine (3 Cr.): Introduction, scope and objectives of dairy animal medicine; maternal health management; management related health problems; teat and udder health management; dry cow therapy;  principles of diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of diseases of dairy animals such as mastitis, udder edema; common causes of recumbency in dairy animals, milk fever, downer cow syndrome, bovine ketosis, pregnancy toxemia, fat cow syndrome, acute hypokalemia in cattle, neonatal hypoglycemia, grass tetany, lactation tetany, hypophosphatemia, post-parturient hemoglobinuria; management of foot problems of dairy animals; monitoring of management system; cost benefit analysis; methods of controlling health and production related factors; vaccination schedule; therapeutic consideration in dairy animals.

MED 630 Zoonoses and One Health (3 Cr.): Definition and classification of zoonoses; relationship between zoonotic diseases and one health; zoonotic diseases caused by microorganisms and parasites- etiology, epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, prevention, control and public health significance under Bangladesh condition; concepts of one health; assessment, analysis and management of risk factors associated with zoonotic diseases of occupational and professional community.

MED 631 Poultry Medicine (3 Cr.): General principles of diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of poultry diseases; epidemiology, course, clinical findings, diagnosis and management of microbial, parasitic, systemic, behavioral and other non–infectious diseases of poultry; biologicals in diagnosis and control of poultry diseases under Bangladesh condition. Biosecurity and vaccination in poultry farm.

MED 635 Laboratory Animal Medicine (3 Cr.): Introduction to laboratory animals with their classification, biological characters and ethology. Methods of restraining of laboratory animals, methods of inoculation and collection of samples for isolation of pathogens. Etiology, epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of infectious, parasitic and non-infectious diseases of laboratory animals. Zoonotic diseases acquired from laboratory animals with their prevention and control.

MED 640 Nutritional Medicine (3 Cr.): Definition, classification, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of nutritional diseases of animals and birds; protein-energy deficiency diseases, vitamin-mineral deficiency diseases (e.g., vitamin A, D, E, B₁₂, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, zinc, selenium deficiency diseases).

MED 645 Transboundary and Emerging Animal Diseases (3 Cr.): Overview of foreign animal diseases (FAD); emerging, re-emerging and transboundary animal diseases (TADs); causes and consequences; introduction and transmission; diagnosis and management; agencies involved in response to a FAD outbreak; roles and responsibilities of veterinarians in a FAD outbreak; outbreak investigation and risk communication; prevention and control strategies; veterinary health impact; socio-economic and public health impact; effect of FADs on food and nutrition security and livestock production and trade.

MED 650 Animal Welfare, Jurisprudence and Forensic Medicine (3 Cr.): Introduction to animal welfare; causes of welfare problems of animals; management and control of animal welfare problems. Introduction to jurisprudence; criminal courts; offenses; frauds in the sales of livestock and their products. Introduction to forensic medicine; veterolegal aspects of wounds and death; methods of examination of live and dead animals in criminal cases; collection, preservation and dispatch of materials; veterolegal reports and certificates; evidence and witness; animal disease acts; veterinary ethics and laws.

MED 655 Clinical and Professional Skills (3 Cr.): Management of veterinary clinics, hospital and ambulatory clinical services. Methods of diagnosis and treatment of different species of sick animals and birds. Clinical handling of patients with follow up treatment, nursing, care and advice up to recovery or death (case study). Immunization. Physical examination techniques for diagnosis of diseases of systems and organs of the body. Methods of compounding and dispensing of drugs to body systems; clinical uses of drugs. Methods of assessment of therapeutic efficacy of drugs in clinical practice; adverse drug reactions.

MED 661 Epidemiology and Population Medicine (3 Cr.): Epidemiology: Questionnaire design, population and sampling, causality, epidemiological study design, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation: estimation of basic and effective reproductive numbers and their use in disease control decisions, construction and interpretation of epi-curves, evaluation of diagnostic tests; spatial epidemiology: identification of disease hotspots and clusters, space time clustering, measures of disease frequency and association, principles of risk analysis, assessment and management, epidemiological data analysis. Population Medicine: Introduction, the role of ecology, epidemiology and hygiene; disease control strategies; principles and methods of prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases; interaction between disease and health; principles of disease control program in population; planning, execution and evaluation of disease management programs in population; vaccine and vaccination.

MED 665 Food Animal Medicine-II (3 Cr.): Systemic diseases of food animals; diseases of unknown etiology, congenital defects and inherited diseases, diseases caused by poisonings; lightning stroke and electrocution; burns and scalds; yoke gall; dermatoses due to ploughing, transportation, etc.

MED 668 Tropical Medicine (3 Cr.): Introduction, scope and objectives. Etiology, transmission, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of tropical animal diseases including schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, hydatidosis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, cysticercosis, onchocerciasis, classical swine fever, West Nile fever, Rift Valley fever, leprosy and other bacterial, viral, parasitic and vector-borne diseases. Evaluation of threats to human health from keeping or consuming animals in tropical environments.

MED 670 Equine Medicine (3 Cr.): Systemic diseases of horses. Etiology, epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the important infectious and non-infectious diseases of horses.

MED 675 Environmental Medicine (3 Cr.): Environmental factors influencing health and wellbeing of animals and poultry with an emphasis on characterization, assessment, and control of environmental hazards. Application of toxicological and epidemiologic methods in setting exposure limits and assessing risks of environmental hazards. Environmental factors and animal diseases. Role of environmental factors in the transmission of infectious animal and poultry diseases globally. Management of animals in adversed environmental conditions. Animal induced environmental degradation and its impacts on public health. Exploration and evaluation of the efficiency of novel and alternative approaches in the prevention and treatment of animal diseases related to environmental exposures.

MED 680 Aquatic Animal Medicine (3 Cr.): General principles of diagnosis, treatment and control of aquatic animal diseases. Etiology, epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the important infectious and non-infectious diseases of aquatic animals.

MED 696 Reading and Conference (Credit to be arranged but not more than 3 Cr.): Special study assigned by the Major Professor on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and/or interest of the student.

MED 697 Special Problems (Credit to be arranged but not more than 3 Cr.): Investigation of special problems in veterinary medicine not related to a thesis problem. The investigations may consist of original research and/or literature survey.

MED 698 Seminar (1 cr.): Discussion on an assigned topic in the field of veterinary medicine.

MED 699 Thesis Research (Credit to be arranged but not less than 12 Cr.): Original Thesis Research.

Note: Students having cumulative CGPA below 3.000 will not be allowed to enroll MED 696 and MED 697 until he/she raised the cumulative CGPA to 3.000 or above.

Table 1. Minimum course and research requirement for MS degree¹

¹Degree requirements may be changed on the recommendation of the Board of Studies and the Advisory Committee

²Approved by the Advisory Committee