Course: Rinderpest Disease Recognition
This is the first of a series of courses on rinderpest, offered through the FAO e-Learning Academy, that aims to improve knowledge and capacities to suspect and rapidly identify and control an outbreak if re-emergence occurs. The course provides an overview of rinderpest eradication and illustrates the consequences of a possible re-emergence. It also describes the disease etiology and epidemiology, clinical signs, post-mortem findings, and differential diagnosis.
Audience
This e-learning course is intended for a range of professionals who play a role in detecting and facing a possible re-emergence of the disease, including:
- Veterinary services
- Veterinary professionals
- Laboratory personnel
- Researchers, teachers and students of veterinary faculties
You will learn about
- Basics of rinderpest and the consequences of a possible re-emergence
- The organism that causes the disease and its epidemiology and transmission
- Clinical signs and different forms of the disease infection in cattle and buffaloes
- Typical post-mortem findings in cattle and buffaloes
- Common differential diagnosis of rinderpest from similar disease
Course structure
The course consists of 5 lessons, ranging from approximately 10 to 40 minutes duration each:
- Lesson 1 – Rinderpest eradication and consequences of re-emergence
- Lesson 2 – Etiology and disease epidemiology
- Lesson 3 – Clinical signs of rinderpest
- Lesson 4 – Post-mortem findings
- Lesson 5 – Differential diagnosis
CPD points
This course is a 2 CPD points accredited course by the Kenya Veterinary Board.