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UMontrealX: The udder and its response to infection

Ideal for graduate students, dairy practitioners, educators, and individuals with a strong scientific background, this first of a series of 3 MOOCs provide comprehensive insights into bovine mastitis. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding and make a meaningful impact in the field! Register now!

The udder and its response to infection
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Welcome to the Bovine Mastitis MOOCs series!

As you may know, mastitis is a very costly disease on dairies. It is a complex, multifactorial health problem and, all around the world, a large number of scientists, and their graduate students, are conducting research on this disease.

For that reason, experts from more than 20 countries have decided to work together to produce this series of three MOOC, designed for graduate students, to give them the knowledge they need to initiate their research program. Of course, these MOOCs will also be useful for dairy practitioners, teachers, and for individuals that already have a solid scientific background, and are interested to learn on bovine mastitis.

This first MOOC (of a duration of 15 hours) covers the basic knowledge on the mammary gland and its response to infections. We will discuss, mammary gland anatomy and physiology, immune response, the role of genetics, and pathophysiology, or, if you prefer, the changes occurring in mammary tissues following an infection.

This MOOC will soon be followed by two others MOOCS, that will cover bovine mastitis epidemiology and diagnostic, and finally, mastitis control.

We hope this series of course will answer all your questions and will be useful for your professional development.

Welcome to the first MOOC on "The mammary gland and its response to infection"!

Simon Dufour, DMV, Ph.D.

Professor, Université de Montréal

MOOCs series main designer

Curso creado con el apoyo de

Université de Montréal

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  • Institution UMontrealX
  • Subject Medicina
  • Level Advanced
  • Prerequisites

    This course is designed primarily for graduate students conducting a master or doctoral project on udder health. The objective is to equip them with the knowledge they will need to conduct their research.

    This course could also be useful for veterinarians, as they provide an opportunity to deepen the basics and access to cutting-edge knowledge for continuing education. The same applies to teachers in agriculture and animal health. Similarly, anyone with a scientific background and an interest in udder health will find high-level notions within the course.

  • Language English
  • Video Transcript English

Lo que aprenderás

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  • Animal health;
  • Veterinary science;
  • Udder health.

Plan de estudios

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Module 1 : Udder anatomy and physiology

  • The general anatomy and structure of the mammary gland including teat anatomy
  • The physiology of the mammary gland including
  • Development of the mammary gland prior to first lactation and prior to subsequent calvings
  • Secretory activities during the milking phase
  • Involution of the mammary gland at drying off

Module 2 : Udder immunology

  • Bovine humoral and innate immunity
  • Mammary gland local immunity

Module 3 : Host genetics

  • Quantitative genetics
  • Genomics

Module 4 : Pathophysiology

  • Mammary tissues response following intra-mammary infection
  • Involvement of neutrophils, plasma protein, cytokines, and bacteria in tissue damage

¿Quién puede hacer este curso?

Lamentablemente, las personas residentes en uno o más de los siguientes países o regiones no podrán registrarse para este curso: Irán, Cuba y la región de Crimea en Ucrania. Si bien edX consiguió licencias de la Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros de los EE. UU. (U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC) para ofrecer nuestros cursos a personas en estos países y regiones, las licencias que hemos recibido no son lo suficientemente amplias como para permitirnos dictar este curso en todas las ubicaciones. edX lamenta profundamente que las sanciones estadounidenses impidan que ofrezcamos todos nuestros cursos a cualquier persona, sin importar dónde viva.

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