I am glad to inform you about the second edition of the international summer school course, fully presential, dedicated to Diseases of Marine Mammals, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, from June/20 to July/8. Participants (with a limit of 30 students) will learn on the main diseases and threats that affect wild cetaceans and pinnipeds (bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections, as well as anthropogenic influences and other non-infectious problems). The course will also pay attention to the methodologies of disease detection and investigation. As part of the practical training, a full necropsy of a dolphin (frozen and thawed for the course) will be performed.

The course will be presential (at this time, there are no Covid-19 restrictions and teaching is face to face), from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and students are expected to spend between two and three hours per day on self-guided learning. A total of 6 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) will be certified once the course has been satisfactorily completed.

The course is directed to veterinary medicine and marine biology graduate students in the last years of training, and to master students willing to get a comprehensive view of marine mammal diseases.

Registration is open, and there are still a few seats available.

For registration and further details visit the UAB web site Diseases of Marine Mammals

For questions about the contents of the course, mail to: mariano.domingo@uab.cat

Best regards

Mariano Domingo

Professor del Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, UAB

Investigador del Subp. Malalties Exòtiques del CReSA

Programa de Sanitat Animal, IRTA

Edifici CReSA, s/n, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
08193  Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalunya
Tel.: +34 93 581 4567     +34 626164714
mariano.domingo@uab.cat