After completing the course the student should:

Part 1: The student will:

• Know the national regulations that form the framework for the control of infectious diseases in animals and zoonotic infections, including import regulations.
• Understand the  basis for disease control, how infections spread in populations, the interaction between clinical veterinary medicine and infection control, the use of diagnostic tests, quarantine, and isolation, vaccination,
• Know the structure and function of key surveillance programs organized by the FSA and animal industry
• Know the emergency procedures, reporting obligations and principles for management of serious/ exotic infections  (A-list) in domestic animals
• Be able to review and evaluate an established control and monitoring programs
• Have knowledge and skills in the use of quantitative epidemiological methods to detect, monitor and combat infectious diseases in a population
• Understand how infectious animal diseases and zoonoses spread in populations and could simulate the path of an infectious disease in simple simulation models
• Recognize the importance of zero access of exotic diseases and to propose appropriate measures to prevent such diseases
• Be able to find information online about both diseases and the relevant epidemiological tool for assessing sample sizes, diagnostic test characteristics etc.

Part 2: The student will:

• Be able to carry out ante and post-mortem inspections, including emergency slaughter.
• Be able to make relevant technical evaluations in terms of meat inspection rating of the slaughter
• Be able to perform simple assessment of slaughter hygiene
• Be able to perform simple assessment of animal welfare in slaughterhouses.
• Have theoretical knowledge on the assessment of slaughterhouses and other food industry's Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system
• Have theoretical knowledge of inspection / auditing of food businesses

The block forms the basis so that the student after completing the course will master the following «Day one skills» by EAEVE: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.13, 3.14, 3.17, 3.20   After completing the course the student should:

Part 1 is taught mainly on Adamstua with a mix of theory, cases and group discussions. The teaching is problem-based and interactive with contact between students and student-teachers. Elements of the theory is also given as e-learning  (recorded lectures). Students will also be two days in the FSA and gain insight into FSA's work on disease control and meet the livestock industry to learn about the industry's efforts and responsibility for disease control.

Part 2 (meat inspection) is taught in Sandnes in a rotation over a week. The teaching takes place in the slaughterhouse, and the students get through practical work and group discussions an introduction to veterinary tasks linked to ante-mortem inspection and post-mortem inspection (evaluation of carcasses) which have a special focus. Knowledge of slaughter hygiene, animal welfare during transport and in slaughterhouses, inspection, and auditing of the slaughterhouse and sampling in adherence to monitoring programs are also included in the teaching.

VET341 is a compulsory course

Part 1 requires participation and participation in public discussions and group activities.

Part 2 in Sandnes meat inspection are entirely mandatory. The student has to contacts the main teacher if not the course can be completed on the scheduled week. If possible the course can be completed later that same autumn or the following year. In the week it is permitted until 1 day absence. If the student has more than one day's absence, the whole week is taken again at a later date.

Part 1 has no exams, and evaluation based on attendance and activity in teaching events. Course coordinator provides a pass / fail on this.

Part 2: Practical/oral examination in meat inspection The examination will be conducted in the premises of Fatland Jæren A/S, Friday in rotation week.  Practical:  Students will perform post-mortem examination of at least two slaughters and will be examined in relation to this. Theory: : After completing the post-mortem examination, the student will be examined in relation to the learning outcome's descriptions.  

VET317 - 3 ECTS

VET318 - 1,5 ECTS

Part 1: Lectures (10 hours); Self study (35 hours): Group work (15 hours); Deployment (15 hours)

Part 2: Practical work (meat inspection) (20 hours); Theory and group discussions (17.5 hours).

Requirements for personal equipment Lab coats, boots and helmets are handed out in slaughterhouses and at visits at the FSA

HMS On the first day at the slaughterhouse, the students get general information about safety, fire and knife use. Emphasis will be placed on getting the students into an environment where many people are working in a relatively small area, with fast movements, sharp knives, boiling water, etc. Students will stay close to the facilitator and follow direct orders about where to roam. In the practice period of meat inspection, students are always together with an educator who knows the facility well. Every morning at the various facilities, the students get a brief refresher on the use of protective equipment and an introduction to fire safety / evacuation routes. When knife use is relevant, an educator will display in practice how the knife use shall be carried out, sheath use and washing. The knife should not be used for pointing, only for sectioning. The hand not holding the knife should be kept well away from the blade leading hand. Only helthy individuals have access to slaughterhouses.