CHAPTER 1 OBJECTIVES - Facultade de Veterinaria de Lugo

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1CHAPTER 1OBJECTIVES1QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1CONTENTS:1.1. Major and secondary objectives of the Faculty.1.2. Method used to measure the achievement of ourobjectives.1.3. Comment on the extent to which objectives are being met.1.4. Measures taken to meet the objectives more fully.1.5. Major strengths and weaknesses of the Faculty.2QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1Before stating the objectives of our Faculty, we want to draw your attention tothe fact that they are determined by a series of laws, rules and regulations. All theseaspects have a strong influence on the objectives as well as on the working of theVeterinary Faculty in Lugo. These documents due to their great extension, are notincluded. Nevertheless we’ll mention some of the most remarkable articles as they havea direct influence on the formulation of our objectives.The simplified list of laws and regulations is the following:STATE LEGISLATION• Official Order 29 th March 1983, about minimum obligations fulfilment as regards theUniversity teaching working day. State Official Bulletin nº 85, 9 th April.• Official Order 3 th May 1983, according to which general norms are established aboutthe University official calendar. State Official Bulletin nº 111, 10 th May.• Royal Decree 2298/1983, 28 th July, about the personalized system of scholarshipsand other grants. State Official Bulletin nº 205, 27 th August.• University Reform Organic Law 11/1983, 25 th Aug. State Official Bulletin nº 209, 1 stSep.• Royal Decree 1888/1984, 25 th Sep., that rules public examinations to enter theUniversity teaching staff. State Official Bulletin nº 257, 26 th Oct.• Official Order 28 th Sep. 1984, about the university studies simultaneity system indifferent centres. State Official Bulletin nº 242, 9 th Oct.• Royal Decree 1930/1984 10 th Oct., according to which article 45.1 of the UniversityReform Organic Law is developed. State Official Bulletin nº 265, 5 th Nov.• Royal Decree 2360/1984, 12 th Dec., (about University Departments). State OfficialBulletin nº 12, 14 th Jan. 1985.• Official Order 28 th Dec. 1984, that develops the Royal Decree 1888/1984provisionally. State Official Bulletin nº 14, 16 th Jan. 1985.• Official Order 16 th Jan. 1985 which rules the University entrance exam for Spanishand Foreign students and foreign studies recognition in Spain. State Official Bulletinnº 18, 21 st Jan.• Royal Decree 185/1985, 23 rd Jan. (It regulates post-graduate work in order to obtaina master or a Ph.D. degree). State Official Bulletin nº 41, 16 th Feb.• Official Order 6 th Feb. 1985, according to which the curriculum of the VeterinaryFaculty in Lugo (Dependent upon the University of Santiago) is approved. StateOfficial Bulletin nº 58, 8 th March.• Royal Decree 898/1985, 30 th April, about University professors regulations. StateOfficial Bulletin nº 146, 19 th June.• Royal Decree 989/1986, 23 th May, about University teachers’ salaries. State OfficialBulletin nº 124, 24 th May.• Royal Decree 86/1987, 16 th Jan., about University foreign degrees validation. StateOfficial Bulletin nº 20, 23 th Aug.• Royal Decree 1496/1987, 6 th Nov., about the obtaining, granting and validation ofUniversity degrees. State Official Bulletin nº 298, 14 th Dec.3QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1• Royal Decree 1497/1987, 27 th Nov., according to which the general guidelinescommon in the University curricula leading to the obtaining of an official universitydegree with official recognition all over the State are established. State OfficialBulletin nº 298, 14 th Dec.; Error Corrections in State Official Bulletin nº 299, 15 thDec.• Royal Decree 1754/1987, 18 th Dec., about the transfer to the Galician AutonomousCommunity of the services, institutions and personal, material and economicresources in University matters. State Official Bulletin nº 16, 19 th Jan. 1988.• Royal Decree 1086/1989, 28 th Aug., about University teachers salaries. State OfficialBulletin nº 216, 9 th Sep.• Universities Board Resolution 26 th Sep. 1989, according to which the general criteriafor the evaluation of university teachers are established so as so to meet the globalevaluation ruled in the third provisional disposition of the Royal Decree 1986/1989,28 th Aug. State Official Bulletin nº 213, 6 th Oct.• Official Order 5 th Feb. 1990 about the procedure to follow in research activityevaluation, as a development of the Royal Decree 1086/1989, 28 th Aug., onUniversity teachers’ salaries. State Official Bulletin nº 32, 6 th Feb. Error correctionsin State Official Bulletin nº 34, 8 th Feb and State Official Bulletin nº 36, 10 th Feb.• Royal Decree 270/1990, 16 th Feb., about students’ insurance for Doctoral courses.State Official Bulletin nº 276, 18 th Nov.• Universities Board Resolution, 20 th June 1990, according to which the generalcriteria are established for the evaluation of University teachers teaching activitiesforeseen in article 2º 3c of the Royal Decree 1086/1989, 28 th Aug on Universityteachers’ salaries. State Official Bulletin nº 156, 30 th June.• Royal Decree 557/1991, 12 th April, on Universities creation and official recognition.State Official Bulletin nº 95, 20 th April.• Royal Decree 1005/1991, 14 th June, about the procedure to get admission inUniversity centres. State Official Bulletin nº 152, 26 th June.• Royal Decree 1384/1991, 30 th Aug., that establishes the University degree ofBachelor of Science in Veterinary and the general regulations that the Veterinarycurriculum should follow. State Official Bulletin nº 234, 30 th Sep.• Royal Decree 1627/1994, 10 th June, that modifies the Royal Decree 1497/1987, 27 thNov. and establishes the regulations that the official University Curricula shouldfollow. It also mentions various Royal Decrees that approve of these generalregulations. State Official Bulletin nº 139, 11 th June 1994.• Royal Decree 1267/1994 Error Corrections, 10 th June. It modifies Real Decree1497/1987, 27 th Nov. that establishes the regulations the official University Curriculashould follow and the various Royal Decrees that approve of these generalregulations. State Official Bulletin nº 141, 14 th June.• Royal Decree 1995/1996, 6 th Sep., about full-time contracts of associate teachers inpublic universities. State Official Bulletin nº 217, 7 th Sep.• Royal Decree 2347/1996, 8 th Nov., that modifies the Royal Decree 1497/1987, 27 thNov., which establishes the general guidelines common to the curricula of officialUniversity degrees recognized all over the country, such as it is established in theRoyal Decree 1267/1994, 10 th June that has modified the latter. State OfficialBulletin nº 283, 23 th Nov.4QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1• Universities Board Agreement, 18 th Dec. 1996, according to which severalrecommendations are given to the Universities as regards the organization of thedifferent university official degrees curricula. State Official Bulletin nº 15, 17 th Jan.1997.• Royal Decree 614/1997, 25 th April, which partially modifies the Royal Decree1497/1987, 27 th Nov., that establishes the general guidelines common to the curriculaof official University degrees recognized all over the country and partially modifiedby the Royal Decree 1267/1994, 10 th June, and 2347/1996, 8 th Nov. State OfficialBulletin nº 117, 16 th May.AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY LEGISLATION• Law 11/1989, 20 th July, about the Galician University System Regulation. GalicianOfficial Bulletin nº 156, 16 th Aug.• Decree 3/1990, 11 th Jan., about the segregation of centres and services from theUniversity of Santiago. Galician Official Bulletin 24 th Jan.• Decree 274/1991, 30 th June, about the creation of university centres andauthorization of degrees within the Galician University System. Galician OfficialBulletin nº 154, 13 th Aug.• Decree 247/1992, 30 th July, that regulates the adjustment of degrees, authorization ofnew courses of studies and creation of faculties or schools within the GalicianUniversity System. Galician Official Bulletin nº 159, 17 th Aug. Error Corrections inGalician Official Bulletin nº 183, 18 th Sep.• Decree 282/1995, 19 th Oct., about the creation of University centres andauthorization to institute courses of studies leading to University degrees within theGalician University System. Galician Official Bulletin nº 207, 27 th Oct.• Official Order 15 th May 1996 which regulates the students admission process in thedifferent university centres of the three Galician Universities for 1996-1997academic course. Galician Official Bulletin nº 107, 31 th May.• Official Order 15 th May 1996 that regulates the University entrance exam forsecondary school students that did their secondary school according to Organic Law1/1990, 3 rd Oct., of General Organization of the Educational System. Instructions aregiven for its organization during its anticipated introduction in the GalicianAutonomous Community. Galician Official Bulletin nº 107, 31 th May.SANTIAGO UNIVERSITY RULES AND REGULATIONS• Decree 204/1985, 19 th Sep., that approves Santiago University Statutes. GalicianOfficial Bulletin 8 th Oct. Error Corrections in Galician Official Bulletin 12 th Feb.1987 and 14 th June 1989 and in State Official Bulletin 4 th June 1987.• Santiago University 3 rd Cycle regulations. University Government Board meeting24 th March 1988.• European Ph.D. programme. University Government Committee 17 th Nov. 1994.5QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1• Regulations for the selection of University teachers (permanent and temporary jobs).University Government Committee 2 nd June 1995. Modified in another UniversityGovernment Board meeting 3 rd June 1996.• University calendar for 1996-97 academic course. University Government Boardmeeting 21 st Dec. 1995.• Norms for the organization of 1º and 2º cycle teaching activities. UniversityGovernment Board meeting 27 th Feb. 1997.• General Guidelines for the students’ evaluation of academic achievement. UniversityGovernment Board meeting 27 th Feb. 1997.• Academic Management Regulations. University Government Board meeting 2 nd June1995; modified in others University Government Board meetings: 3 rd June 1996, 23 thJuly 1997 and 21 th Nov. 1997.• Santiago University Guidelines for the elaboration and reform of the curricula.University Council 16 th June 1997.VETERINARY FACULTY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS• Internal management regulations. Faculty Board meeting 19 th May 1987; modifiedby another Faculty Board meeting 15 th Jan. 1991.• Regulations to obtain a Veterinary Bachelor’s degree.• Regulations for obtaining a Bs. in Veterinary Honour degree. Faculty Board 19 thDec. 1996, still to be ratified in the University Government Committee.EUROPEAN RECOMMENDATIONS• 78/1026/EEC. Council Directive of 18 December 1978 concerning the mutualrecognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications inveterinary medicine, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of theright of establishment and freedom to provide services.• 78/1027/EEC. Council Directive of 18 December 1978 concerning the coordinationof provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of theactivities of veterinary surgeons.• 78/1028/EEC. Council Decision of 18 December 1978 setting up an AdvisoryCommittee on Veterinary Training.• 78/1029/EEC. Council recommendation of 18 December 1978 concerning nationalsof the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg who hold a diplome in veterinary medicineconferred in a third country.• (OJC 308 of 23.12.1978). Council statements on the Directive concerning the mutualrecognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications inveterinary medicine, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of theright of establishment and freedom to provide services.• 81/1057/EEC. Council Directive of 14 December 1981 supplementating Directives75/362/EEC, 77/452/EEC, 78/686/EEC and 78/1026/EEC concerning the mutualrecognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of the formal qualificationsof doctors, nurses responsible for general care, dental practitioners and veterinarysurgeons respectively, with regard to acquire rights.6QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1• 89/594/EEC. Council Directive amending Directives 75/362/EEC, 77/452/EEC,78/686/EEC, 78/1026/EEC and 80/154/EEC relating to the mutual recognition ofdiplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications as doctors, nursesresponsible for general care, dental practitioners, veterinary surgeons and midwives,together with Directives 75/363/EEC, 78/1027/EEC and 80/155/EEC concerning thecoordination of provisions laid down by law, regulations or administrative actionrelating to the activities of doctors, veterinary surgeons and midwives.• 90/658/EEC. Council Directive of 4 December 1990 amending certain Directives onthe recognition of professional qualifications consequent upon the unification ofGermany.REGULATIONS ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORKING OF THEVETERINARY HOSPITAL “ROF CODINA.”• Constituent Act of “Rof Codina” Veterinary Hospital Foundation.• “Rof Codina” Veterinary Hospital Foundation Statutes.• Agreement between Santiago University and “Rof Codina” Veterinary HospitalFoundation.• “Rof Codina” Veterinary Hospital Internal Management Regulations (still to beratified by the ”Rof Codina Foundation”).A compilation of these laws and regulations are contained in the Veterinary StudentsGuide usually delivered at the beginning of the academic course. The 1996-97 Guide ispresented in an annexe. As a part of this informative Guide the draft of the InternalManagement Regulations are reproduced wholly.To make clear and to delimit the powers of the Faculty in the setting of its objectives onthe one hand and to analyse the rules and regulations that direct the Faculty’s workingon the other hand we transcribe the most important articles of these Regulations in orderto define clearly the Faculty’s performance in its general setting.7QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1The duties of the different faculties and university colleges are described in articles 23,24, 25, 26 and 27 (chapter 4) of Santiago University Statutes, which we transcribeentirely:Article 23. The Faculties and University colleges (or Schools) are in charge of themanagement and organization of their own courses of studies which lead to theacquisition of a university degree.The university colleges (or schools) are in charge of the management and organizationof their own three-year courses of studies which here in Spain lead to the acquisition ofa lower university degree called “Diplomado” (lower arts degree) or “ingeniero técnico”or “arquitecto Técnico” (lower science degree).*Article 24.1. The duties of the Faculties, Higher Technical colleges or Schools, and UniversityColleges or Schools are the following:a) To design their own curricula and syllabuses and to take part in the design of othercurricula that can be appointed to other faculties, Higher Technical Colleges orUniversity Schools.b) Manage and organize the teaching services.c) To take care of the marks registers and the students academic records. At the sametime the University might have centralized archives with all this information. (Atpresent this duty corresponds to the Centralized Administrative Units).d) Issue certifications required by the Faculty students. (At present this task correspondsto the Centralized Administrative Units).e) Coordinate and supervise the different Departments teaching activities within thefaculty.f) To have a knowledge of the research activities pursued by the different departmentswho work in the faculty.g) To manage the different faculty services and equipments.h) To pursue permanent learning activities within its field and contribute to thedevelopment of adjacent fields.Article 25.1. The Faculties, Higher Technical Schools and University Colleges (or schools) thatoffer several degrees will be able to propose the establishment of two or moresections that correspond to those degrees.2. The creation, modification and elimination of these Sections must be agreed by theFaculty Government Board, having been proposed by the corresponding faculty.Article 26.1. The creation and suppresion of Faculties, Higher Technical Colleges (or schools) andUniversity Colleges (or Schools) should be agreed by the Autonomous Communities(autonomous regions in Spain), this being proposed by the “Consejo Social” with theprevious report of the Universities Committee.2. The “Consejo Social”’ proposal already mentioned in section 1 of this article should* Four-year or five-year courses of studies at the University in Spain lead to the acquisition of a bachelor’s degree.Five- year courses for a Veterinary Bachelor in Veterinary Science.8QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1a) The Dean or Director who will preside over it and will summon the othermembers to the meeting.b) The ViceDean(s) or ViceDirector(s), the Secretary who will also act as suchin the Faculty Board’s meeting.c) All the professors, and lecturers who teach in the Faculty or School. Thevisiting professors could attend the meeting and express their opinions butthey can’t vote.d) The 10% (of the total number of the Faculty Board’s members) of assistantteachers.e) The 30% (ibidem) of students of whom the sixth part will belong to Ph.DCourses of Studies.f) The 8% (ibidem), minimum 2, representatives of the administrative and otherservices.2. All the representatives will be elected for two years, except the students who will beelected for a year only.Article 72.1. The Faculty or University School Board will draw up the internal managementregulations, specifying different aspects of its proper working.2. The Regulations will set up a permanent committee that will be made up of thefollowing members: the Dean or Director, who will preside over it and will summonthe other members, the ViceDean(s) or ViceDirector(s), the secretary, who will act assuch in this Board too, and a proportional representation of the different bodies thatmake up the Faculty or University School Board. This permanent committee dutieswill be determined by the Regulations.3. The number of the permanent committee members can never exceed by one third ofthe Faculty or University School Board.Article 73. The Faculty or University School Board has the following duties:a) To choose (or to repeal) the Dean or Director.b) To approve the general academic policy of the Faculty.c) To supervise the management of the faculty by the different administrativeand government organs.d) To make and approve projects for the elaboration of the curricula.e) To make and approve the Faculty internal management regulations.f) To advise the Dean or Director in every matter concerning the Faculty.g) All the other duties stated in the Statutes.Article 74. The Faculty (or University School) Board will hold at least an ordinarymeeting in each term. It might also hold extraordinary meetings whenever it is requiredaccording to its internal management Regulations.Article 77.1. The Dean (or Director) who represents the Faculty (or University school) has thefollowing duties:10QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1• To be the Head of the Faculty or School.• To preside over the Faculty or School collective organs and to carry out theirdecisions.2. The Dean (or Director) will be elected by the Faculty (or School) Board from amongthe Professors who hold a chair or Lecturers that teach at the Faculty. He will beappointed by the Chancellor.3. The Dean or Director will be appointed for three years. He/She can only be re-electedfor another three years.4. After the legal period, the Dean (or Director) will resign according to his own will oreven against his will as a consequence of a vote of censure (or a vote of noconfidence), presented by the Faculty (or School) Board according to the procedurestated in the regulations.Article 78.1. The Dean (or Director) has the following duties:a) To represent his Faculty (or School).b) To preside over the Faculty (or School) Board meetings or over any othercollective organ and to carry out (or execute) the agreements reached.c) To supervise all the legal aspects of the Faculty (or School) performance.d) To direct the Faculty (or School) academic policy.e) To propose to the Chancellor the appointment or withdrawal of the ViceDeanor ViceDirector and Secretary of the Faculty or University School.f) To be the Head of the administrative personnel who work in his/her Faculty(or School).g) To carry out the duties directly connected to his/her position as well as othersdescribed in the Statutes or University legislation.2. The Deans (or Directors)’ duties will comprise all kinds of Faculty (or School)government or administration matters which have not been conferred to other organs.Article 79.1. The ViceDean (or ViceDirector) will be proposed by the Dean (or Director) fromamong the members of the Faculty (or School), and appointed by the Chancellor. If itis a student, he should have an ordinary enrolment, if it is a teacher he should becompletely dedicated to the Faculty (or School), if it is a clerk he should have as hisonly job the one he holds at Santiago University.2. ViceDeans (or ViceDirectors) must direct and coordinate under the Dean (orDirector)’s rule those tasks asigned by him. If there are several ViceDeans (orViceDirectors), the Dean (or Director) will name the one who will substitute for himin case of absence or illness.3. ViceDeans (or ViceDirectors) will leave their posts if they ask so or if the Chancellorasks them to do so because of the Dean (or Director)’s proposal.Article 80.1. The Faculty (or School) Secretary testifies to the truth of all the agreements taken bythe government, representative and administrative organs, and, as such he keeps theminutes book and draws up certificates of the agreements that appear on the Faculty11QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1(or School) official documents. Besides he might carry out other functions whichhave been delegated by the Dean (or Director) or which are described in the presentlegislation or statutes.2. The Secretary will be appointed by the Chancellor from among the Faculty (orSchool) teaching staff and taking into account the Dean (or Director)’s proposal.3. The Secretary will give up his position either because of his own decision or becauseof the Chancellor’s decision who will take into account the Dean (or Director)’sproposal.The Veterinary Faculty Internal Management Regulations, which defines anddirects the working of this faculty, following the University Statutes, establishes in itsPreliminary Title (article 1º):“The Veterinary Faculty is an educational centre in chargeof the management and organization of the course ofstudies leading to the academic degree of Bachelor ofScience in Veterinary and of all the other degrees related tothis one as well as specialization diplomas, following article28 of the University Reform Law. It will gather in itsorganization all the teaching and research personnel,students, administrative and service staff. It will alsofacilitate teaching and research activities within itspremises”.The main duties of this Faculty are described in a detailed way in article 2.1 of theInternal Management Regulations, which we transcribe as follows:Article 2.1. The main duties of this Faculty are the following:a) To elaborate the curricula and syllabuses of its own courses of studies and totake part in the elaboration of other curricula and syllabuses belonging todegrees granted either by this faculty or other educational centres.b) To manage and organize the teaching service wholly or in part.c) To keep the marks records and certificates of those students that take theirsubjects in this Faculty, allowing at the same time for the Universityexistence of Centralized Archives. (This function at present corresponds tothe Enrolment Centralized Units).d) To give certifications to the students in the Faculty. (This function at presentcorresponds to the Enrolment Centralized Units).e) Coordinate and supervise the teaching activity of the different Departments inthe Faculty.f) To have a knowledge of the Faculty Departments research activities.g) To manage the services and equipments of the Faculty.h) To carry out permanent training programmes within its area of knowledge and12QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1related ones.i) To help develop a sociocultural and scientific need for knowledge in theFaculty members as well as to help in the development of students’associations in this sense.j) To carry out activities to give assitence to society as a whole.As it can be observed, some of the duties that initially belonged to the Faculty,according to the Statutes and to the Internal Management Regulations, have beenmodified taking into account Santiago University Academic Management Regulations,which are reproduced wholly in this chapter annexe dealing with documentation.As regards the foundation and working of the “Rof Codina” Veterinary Hospital whichgreatly supports the clinical teaching activities of our Faculty, we mention the mostinteresting sections of the documents as follows.“Rof Codina” Foundation Constituent Act: constituted on May 19 th 1994, protocol nº1355/1994 with the following members:• Mr. Manuel Fraga Iribarne, President of the autonomous Galician Government,representing the institution.• Mr. Ramón Villares Paz, Santiago University Chancellor, representing thisUniversity.• Mr. Francisco Cacharro Pardo, President of the local government in the province ofLugo, and reprenting it.• Mr. Tomás Notario Vacas, Lugo’s Lord Mayor, representing this city.States:I. CONSTITUTIVE WILLWe constitute a foundation of Galician interest, with no profitmaking motive in mindthat will be called “Rof Codina” Foundation following what is stated in Law 7/1983,(22 nd June), modified by Law 11/1991 (8 th Nov.) both passed by the GalicianParliament.II. STATUTESThe working of the Foundation will be regulated by the Statutes that appear in thisdocument under letter A. These are recognized by the constituent members. (We’llmention the principal articles especially those aspects that we consider the mostinteresting for our Faculty).13QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1III. OTHER COMPROMISESThe Provincial Local Government (Excma. Diputación de Lugo) will assign to theClinic Hospital the building next to the Veterinary Faculty, the description of whichappears in a document annexed to this Constituent Act. At the same time SantiagoUniversity will hand over its movable possessions to the Rof Codina Foundation, whichare described in an inventory annexed to this Constituent Act.IV. GOVERNMENT ORGANSThey are the following ones:A. President: The foundation presidency will be held by the Galician President.B. Foundation Board: will be integrated by the President and three membersrepresenting each of the three institutions who subscribe this Constituent Act.The constituent members accept their appointments and state that they don’t have anykind of incompatibilities such as those described in article 6º of the Regulations248/1992 (18 th June), which refers to the foundations of Galician interest.With respect to the “Rof Codina” Foundation Statutes of the Veterinary ClinicalHospital we transcribe the most important articles.Article 1. Following the present legislation (already mentioned) the “Rof Codina”Foundation of the Veterinary Hospital is constituted.Article 3. The Foundation will have its address in the Veterinary Faculty (Lugo), but itcould change its address within the same city after an agreement of the FoundationBoard.Article 4.Point 2. In general the foundation duties are: to support the clinic practical teaching inthe Veterinary Faculty in Lugo to help a better understanding of the theory throughpractice in the Clinical Hospital.Point 3. Taking into account what has already been said and the Statutes contents, theRof Codina Foundation will carry out the following activities:Point 3.1. Collaborative assitance in the teaching of various subjectsa) Practical training of the students.b) Recycling, bringing up to date and specialization of postgraduate students.c) Continuous training for professionals.d) Specialized training in the different clinical branches of the profession.e) Practical collaboration with other public institutions and University centres.f) Collaboration and interchange of noted national and international specialists.g) Organization of conferences, congresses , vocational guidance and other typesof courses on clinical monographic themes.h) Setting up a resource centre for professionals.i) Act as a reference centre for public, environmental and livestock health.Point 3.2. Collaboration and promotion of research work14QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1a) To collaborate and foster experimental research work in general and also topromote research work on the cases observed in the Clinical Hospital.b) To collaborate and promote interchange with well-known national and foreignspecialists.Point 3.3. Rendering of assistancea) To give assistance to cattle-raising farmers and to animal owners in general.b) Travelling clinical service.c) Technical assistance of veterinary surgeons in those fields in which they aredeficient because of a lack of instruments and various devices such as:radiography, ultrasound scan, cardiology, clinical and microbiological tests,complex surgery and others.d) Collaboration in the control of public health.Point 4. Any others that can affect or influence the general or particular interests of theFoundation or of any other institution integrated in it.We also think it essential (in order to get a thorough understanding of the Foundation’saims) to transcribe a small part of the Agreement between Santiago University andthe “Rof Codina” Foundation. This Agreement was signed by the Chancellor, D.Darío Villanueva Prieto, representing the University and by the Galician Minister ofEducation Mr. Juan Piñeiro Permuy, representing the Rof Codina Foundation,according to the scope of his powers, mentioned in article 13b of the Statutes. Theystate:First: that on May 19 th 1994, the Rof Codina Foundation is set up by public deed of theFoundation Act, with protocol nº 1355/1994, granted by the Galician Government toSantiago University and to the city of Lugo (provincial and city government), before thenotary public, D. Manuel Reigada Montoto. It is established, as the main function of theFoundation, the setting up of a clinical veterinary hospital of university character. Toreach this objective, the need to sign the corresponding agreement is stated.Second: Santiago University considers the hospital’s assistance labour as essential toimprove its teaching and research activities. At the same time the hospital can promotethe development of livestock farming paying special attention to disease prevention andrecovery of animal health.In this agreement, the Hospital government unipersonal organs are established, that is tosay, the Managing Director and the Veterinary Director, directly responsible for theproper working of the Clinical Veterinary Hospital. They also have specific dutieswhich are stated in the agreement and which are described in a more detailed way in theHospital Interior Management Regulations. All the documents already referred to areadded as an annexe.As it can be observed from the documents analized in this section, our Faculty, apartfrom its own objectives as a public university institution, has to meet its obligationswith other institutions. Therefore, it also has to coordinate its duties as a VeterinaryFaculty with those duties derived from these agreements with other institutions andfrom the structure of new government organs established by the regulations andagreements and which binds the different parts in the teaching activities of the Faculty.15QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1Anyway, the final objective of the Veterinary Faculty and of all the parts implied in theteaching activities if for the student to reach a good level of knowledge both theoreticaland practical, adequate for the future professionals who leave our Faculty. At the sametime the Faculty strives to maintain continuous training and specialization, being areference point for professionals in their careers, for the maintenance of human andanimal health and for society in general.16QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11.1 Major and secondary objectives of the Faculty.The general objective of the Veterinary course of studies in Spain is established by theMinistry of Education in the following terms:“This course of studies will lead to the knowledge of thebiological bases of livestock raising, that is to say,production, keeping and explotation of cattle, the MedicalScience applied to the latter and their relation to humanhealth. At the same time students should get a knowledgeof how to obtain, identify and classify animal products withtheir sanitary, technological and economic implications.These studies will also qualify our students for biologicaland biomedical teaching and research. Besides, andaccording to the second cycle orientation of these studiesour students will be qualified for animal medicine of bothdomestic and wild useful species, animal production,hygienic and technological production of animal andvegetable products used as food, which is the traditionalcompetence of Veterinary Science. Our graduates will alsobe able to intervene in matters of public health or in themaintenance of natural ecosystems”.These objectives are specifically transcribed in the Royal Decree 1384/1991 (30 th Aug.)published in the State Official Bulletin nº 234 (30 th Sep. 1991) in which the universitydegree of Bachelor of Science in Veterinary is established together with the generalcurricula leading to the degree. The Royal Decree states in an annexe that the generallines the curricula should agree with the EEC directions as it is described in their article1º.1. 78/1027/EEC (18 th Dec. 1978):a) Adequate knowledge of the sciences on which the veterinary surgeon activities arefounded.b) Adequate knowledge of the structure and function of healthy animals, their breedingand reproduction, their sanitary conditions and feeding including the technologyneeded for the manufacture and the preservation of animal food.c) Adequate knowledge in the field of animal behaviour and protection.d) Adequate knowledge about the causes, nature, development, effects, diagnosis andtreatment of animal diseases both in groups or individually considered, particularlyabout diseases that can be transmitted to human beings.e) Adequate knowledge of preventive medicine.f) Adequate knowledge of the technology and hygiene needed in the manufacture of17QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1animal products for human consumption.g) Adequate knowledge of legislative and administrative rules and regulations related tothe subjects already stated.h) Adequate clinical and practical experience under appropriate supervision.All these requisites, together with the structuring of every and each subject (also statedin the regulations about the Veterinary curriculum) form the basis on which we shouldbase the curriculum to obtain the official degree. At present, and taking into accountthese rules and regulations we are trying to modify the present curriculum to completelyadapt it to the regulations already mentioned.Apart from the main objective already described we also cover some general objectivessuch as the specialization of Post-graduate students, who in a third cycle have access toPh.D courses leading to the reading of their Doctoral Thesis in various areas ofknowledge. Another secondary objective is the continuous training and bringing up todate of professionals by means of postgraduate courses and other courses aboutprofessional techniques and specific methods used in the profession. Another of theseobjectives, which we are gradually reaching is the use of the Faculty as well as theveterinary hospital as a centre of reference in Sanitary and animal Medicine matters aswell as a centre of reference for various themes related to Public Health. We expect ourUniversity centre to be not only at our professionals’ disposal but also available enoughfor society at large, internationally speaking too, as we modestly believe we might haverenown prestige in certain fields of biomedical research.As it can be observed in the general objectives, the most important aspects of theveterinary profession are met, such as Animal Medicine, Animal Production, AnimalProducts, Hygiene and Food Technology, including the various aspects of biologicaland biomedical scientific training which are needed for a proper practice in the aspectsalready mentioned.These objectives also take into account the different fields of specialization which thestudent might pursue in postgraduate courses or in the third cycle studies leading to theDoctor’s degree.These specializations follow the 78/1027/EEC academic curriculum general lines forveterinary studies. We make a detailed analysis of this curriculum in chapters 10 and 11of this self-evaluation report.1.2. Method used to measure the achievement of our objectives.The methods used to evaluate and adjust the objectives to the faculty rely heavily on thequality of the teaching and on the students’ satisfaction with this teaching, which theyare able to evaluate through a questionnaire. A lot of attention is given to the teachingand research activities of the teaching staff.The methods used are those established by the University, which we can summarise infour concrete points:1. Annual questionnaire about the teachers and Departments’ activities in which the18QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1students give an opinion about various aspects of the teaching activities, such as theteacher’s fulfilment of his duties, the teacher’s knowledge and mastering of hissubject either in theoretical or practical lessons, his ability to make himselfunderstood, and other parameters that help measure the teaching quality. Thesequestionnaires are assessed by a University Technical Team and the results andconclusions are sent to the individual professors and lecturers, to the differentDepartments and to the Faculty so as to take them into account and make thenecessary corrections in those aspects that need to be improved.2. Every five years, a teacher presents his personal report (about his various activitiesand achievements) in the Faculty Board, which entitles him to obtainacknowledgment for his work together with a salary increase.3. Money grants for the teachers’ research activities, always taking into account eachteacher’s curriculum vitae such as: scientific publications, direction of DoctoralThesis, participation in Scientific Congresses. These grants are distributed by theResearch Vice-Chancellor annually and also taking into account the different meritspresented by each Department.4. Personal and individual assessment of the professors’ research work. This isvoluntarily done every six years without the need of previous reports issued by theFaculty. These research merits are analized in specific centralized committees thatdepend on the Ministry of Education. Once they are submitted to this Board theycan be approved or refused.With respect to the specific methods to verify the objectives fulfilment of the VeterinaryFaculty, they exclusively refer to the authority the Faculty has with respect to theobservance of the teaching requirements by every professor and lecturer either in thetheoretical or practical classes. These should be laid out according to the timetables andexam calendars annually established by the Faculty Board, taking into account theAnnual Teaching Plans, which are sent by the Academic Management ViceChancellorand which should comply with the minimum time each student should spend in thefaculty to get appropriate training according to the present curriculum and syllabuses.1.3. Extent to which objectives are being met.In general, the training objectives of our Veterinary surgeons meet at least the minimumrequired qualifications. Although we must acknowledge considerable diferencies anddifferent degrees of teaching quality offered in different subjects and activities aimingtowards the future professionals’ general proficiency so that their level is about thesame as the level of other qualified professionals.Theoretical teaching and practical teaching in basic subjects and in subjects of specificcontents, as well as subjects connected to animal production and food hygiene have, webelieve, a good quality level. The same happens with the theoretical teaching of clinicalcontent subjects. Even though we must acknowledge some major deficiencies in clinicalpractice, which is experimenting some delay in its functioning and development. This isdue to the fact that even though the technical means are excellent the human resources19QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1are scarce not only in clinical practice but also in the different areas of knowledge in theFaculty. That is why many teachers are working overtime.If we measure the degree of the different teaching activities acceptance, the basictraining student considers the quality degree quite acceptable and the major deficienciescan be traced in the low quantity of clinical practice as well as the particular way inwhich some of them are carried out.1.4. Measures taken to meet the objectives more fully.Due to the low number of teachers and assitant personnel it is difficult to put measuresinto practice to improve the achievement of our objectives, so long as thestudents/teacher ratio doesn’t come down considerably this won’t be possible. Theteachers’ annual working hours and the total number of students that have to attendtheoretical and practical lessons is excesively high, the timetables are full and theteachers are overworked. This kind of Annual Teaching Plan doesn’t allow us to lowerthe students/teacher ratio and follow the European Association of Veterinary TeachingCentres as regards the number of students per teacher. The Departments are slow toprovide new funds to engage new teachers and assistants, therefore, the professors andlecturers find it hard to meet the objectives of the Faculty. This situation is even worseif we take into account the fact that there are practically no assistants, so the teachershave to prepare the materials, keep the animals and infrastructure themselves.Although we acknowledge that the most important measure to ease the situation is toengage new teachers and assistants we have taken certain steps to make the situationmore reasonable. Whenever possible we have invested on good (general useful)materials such as: audiovisual aids, computers and the latests bibliography to helpteachers and students alike in their teaching-learning situation.At present, we cannot aspire to anything else unless we reduce the teaching periods.1.5. Major strengths and weaknesses of the faculty.Some of these, especially the weaknesses have already been mentioned in other sectionsof this chapter and they will be in the limelight after our global analysis in this selfevaluationreport. Nevertheless, and even after certain deficiencies detected in theFaculty we can state clearly that we have got excellent material and structuralconditions even though we still have to make them yield more fruits. We can summarizethe major strengths and weaknesses as follows:STRENGTHS• We’ve got a big modern building, with good facilities and equipment, especiallydesigned for theoretical, practical, clinical teaching sessions of high standard andquality.• Both the general equipment in the Faculty and the equipment in the research area andin the clinical hospital is excellent, modern and of high quality. A lot of this20QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1equipment and facilities require minimum adjustments, some of which are now wellunder way. Both the building and the equipment allow teachers and researchers toreach a standard even higher to the one already reached, even though the presentachievements are quite good.• Even though there is a shortage of teachers and assistants, the ones already workingin the Faculty are young and full of energy and willing to work a lot. Thanks to themour teaching and scientific achievements remain high.• We are on very good terms with the professionals in this province (Lugo) and in thewhole of Galicia as well. The same can be said of the companies and firms related tothe agricultural area.• There are constant contributions with the latter thanks to scientific and professionalprojects and agreements.• We are held in great esteem and respect in our province and by the GalicianCommunity at large even though we still cannot respond to the great social demandfor contributions and sevices.• The Clinical Hospital, "Rof Codina" with its excellent facilities and equipment backsup the clinical teaching in our Faculty. Even though there are some slightdiscrepancies among the teachers regarding its structure and functioning, it has gotexcellent means and a good budget to guarantee good practical teaching by theteachers who belong to the permanent staff of this Faculty.WEAKNESSES• Shortage of professors and lecturers to guarantee enough teaching sessions andresearch work.• There are practically no assistants so that teachers are overworked.• Because of what has been said, there are too many students in the classrooms. Eventhough the entrance to this Faculty has been limited, and therefore the number ofstudents matriculated hasn’t grown, this hasn’t helped much as regards thestudents/teacher ratio because of the shortage of teachers.• The ordinary budget is not enough, taking into account that the Faculty is still buyingthe necessary equipment for the practical lessons. In many cases the annual budget isnot enough to cover fungible goods consumption in practical teaching.• There is a shortage in the number and variety of the animals kept for clinicalpractical lessons.21QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1• The great diversity of competencies in the Faculty, the Departments and the ClinicalHospital with its own teachers and personnel renders decision-making difficult,multiplies bureaucratic work and directive posts. This is made worse by the shortageof personnel which reduces efficiency in every field.• Another problem is that though the teaching staff may become larger, their teachinghours don’t grow, making it difficult for the Faculty to work properly. Besides, theprofessors and lecturers working in this Faculty are scattered over a great number ofDepartments (15 of them) which have their seat and their Directors in Santiago,which is a handicap to work in an easy-going and coordinated way both for teachersand students alike. The present organization does not take into consideration the needto engage clerks to carry out bureaucratic work within the Departments. Thereforethis job has to be done by the teachers themselves.22QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2CHAPTER 2ORGANIZATION23QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2CONTENTS:2.1. Place of the Faculty in the university organization.2.2. Organization of the Faculty including the names andqualifications of the heads of Departments.2.3. University that recognizes and register its diplomas.2.4. Changes desirable or foreseen.24QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 22.1. Place of the Faculty in the University organization.The Veterinary Faculty in Lugo belongs to Santiago de Compostela University, whichat present is structured in two campuses: Santiago and Lugo.Brief Historical OutlineSantiago University is one of the universities with the greatest tradition in Europe. In1995 it celebrated its 5 th Centenary. It was founded as a Grammar EducationalInstitution by Lope Gómez de Marzoa in 1495.Don Diego de Muros III, dean of Compostela, gave a new impulse to the institution,which became definitely consolidated with Pope Julius II’s Bull in 1504. Don Alfonsode Fonseca III, Archbishop of Santiago, furthered its scope of studies and founded acollege that bears his name. This building (Fonseca Palace) is one of the mostemblematic in Santiago both because of its historical and architectural value andbecause of its important position within Santiago University. It was finished in 1544 tenyears after Fonseca's death.The definite separation of ecclesiastical studies from the University was finallyachieved by Archbishop, Juan Alvarez de Toledo when the first University Statuteswere approved in 1555 under the royal “Visitador” Dr. Cuesta’s supervision. In thisperiod the University organized itself in three Faculties with chairs in: Theology,Canonical Law, and Arts; in the seventeenth Century the Medicine and Law Facultieswere created, after having been requested by the city Council.In the eighteenth Century, Santiago University underwent a deep transformation. On theone hand the secularization process was completed, removing in this way the churchand religious orders' control completely and on the other hand part of its autonomy waslost because of the rising absolute power of the Monarchy. In this period, Charles IIIwould grant Santiago University the “Royal” condition, therefore the Royal Crown wasadded to its emblem, so that its coat of arms bore the Royal Crown on Castile, Leon andGalicia’s arms and the most noted founders’ coats of arms were also included.The end of the eighteenth Century as well as the whole of the nineteenth Centuryrepresents for our University a period of continuity and progress even though this is acomplex period in our history. New courses of studies are introduced, such as:Experimental Physics and Chemistry, showing once more our University’ specialcapacity to adapt itself to a new era without giving up tradition.During the first three decades of the XX th Century, there appeared a new intelectualgeneration that would become the protagonists of a great part of the Galician culturalrebirth. Together with this fact, we can also mention that the different schools ofthought in the various scientific fields find in Santiago University not only a quick andgood welcome but also a great and decided impulse bringing to our Universityresearchers of high renown in the different scientific fields.In the second half of the XX th Century Santiago University underwent deep changes25QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2both qualitative and quantitative. On the one hand the number of students rose steadilyand on the other hand the number of Faculties, Colleges or Schools and the courses ofstudies multiplied. Together with this, there was a descentralization process thatculminated in the creation of La Coruña and Vigo Universities (within the GalicianAutonomous Community) to which we are deeply attached.At present, Santiago University is organized in two campuses, one located in Santiagode Compostela and the other one in Lugo (a city of Roman origin “Lucus Augusta”).These campuses complement each other and they are also completely integrated withinthe University.Present day situationSantiago University buildings occupy a surface of 1,3000,000 m 2 . Besides, theUniversity has an important infrastructure equipment both for teaching and researchactivities and for the use of the 40,000 students, 2,000 teachers and researchers and1,000 administrative and service personnel who belong to the University staff.Santiago University has got 27 university centres of which 19 are in Santiago and 8 enLugo. The buildings located in Santiago can be divided into 14 Faculties and 5University schools (1 of them ascribed), whereas the ones in Lugo can be divided into 3Faculties and 4 University schools (2 of them ascribed) and the Higher PolytechnicAgricultural School. In these university centres 60 degrees are granted, of them, 40belong to University centres in Santiago and 20 belong to University centres in Lugo.The teaching staff is structured into 68 Departments, each belonging to a different areaof knowledge, of these, 6 of them have their seats in Lugo and 2 of them are specificallylocated in the Veterinary Faculty. Santiago University offers 70 Doctoral programs for3 rd cycle students (or doctorate students) and it also meets the learning demands of40,000 students from 1 st and 2 nd cycle, of these, 10,000 are enrolled in Lugo. Apart fromthe Faculties, University schools and Departments, Santiago University has also gotimportant general services that provide backing to the teaching and research activities,among them we can mention the University Library, the University Press, the ScientificExchange, 11 research institutes, 15 research support infrastructure net general services,one of which is located in our Faculty, etc.DETAILED LIST OF UNIVERSITY CENTRESSANTIAGO CAMPUS• Faculty of Biology• Faculty of Educational Sciences (Pedagogy)• Teaching Training College• Faculty of Journalism• Faculty of Economics• Faculty of Political and Social Sciences• Faculty of Law• Faculty of Pharmacy• Faculty of Classic and Modern Languages26QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2• Faculty of Philosophy• Faculty of Physics• Faculty of Geography and History• Faculty of Mathematics• Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry• Faculty of Psychology• Faculty of Chemistry• Nurses Training School• Opticians and Optometrists Training School• Labour Relationships University School• Social Work Training College (ascribed)LUGO CAMPUS• Faculty of Veterinary• Faculty of Science• Faculty of liberal Arts• Higher Polytechnic School• University School of Business Studies• Teaching Training College• Nurses Training School (ascribed)• University School of Labour Relationships (ascribed)LIST OF DEGREES AND DIPLOMASCAMPUS OF SANTIAGO• Bachelor of Science in Biology• Bachelor of Arts in Pedagogy• Bachelor of Arts in Psychopedagogy• Social Education Diploma• Primary School Teacher Diploma (Nursery school)• Primary School Teacher Diploma (Primary education)• Primary School Teacher Diploma (Music)• Primary School Teacher Diploma (Foreign Languages: English/French)• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism• Bachelor of Science in Administration and Management• Bachelor of Science in Economics• Bachelor of Arts in Administration and Political Science• Bachelor of Arts in Law• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy• Bachelor of Arts in German• Bachelor of Arts in Classical Languages• Bachelor of Arts in French• Bachelor of Arts in Gallego• Bachelor of Arts in Spanish• Bachelor of Arts in English27QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2• Bachelor of Arts in Italian• Bachelor of Arts in Portuguese• Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy• Bachelor of Science in Physics• Bachelor of Arts in History• Bachelor of Arts in History of Art• Bachelor of in Geography• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics• Bachelor of Science in Medicine and Surgery• Bachelor of Science in Dentistry• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry• Bachelor of Chemical Engineering• Diploma in Nursing• Diploma in Optical Science and Optometry• Diploma in Labour Relationships• Diploma in Social WorkLUGO CAMPUS• Bachelor of Science in Veterinary• Bachelor of Science in Science and Food Technology (2 nd cycle)• Bachelor of Arts in Spanish• Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts• Agronomic Engineer (2 nd cycle)• Forestry Engineer (2 nd cycle)• Technical Engineer in Industrial Chemistry• Technical Engineer in Farming• Technical Engineer in Gardening• Technical Engineer in Food Processing Industries• Technical Engineer in Agricultural Machinery and Rural Buildings• Technical Engineer in Forestry• Bachelor of Science in Administration and Management• Diploma in Business• Primary School Teacher (Physical Education)• Primary School Teacher (Nursery school)• Primary School Teacher (Primary school)• Primary School Teacher (Foreign languages: English/French)• Diploma in Nursing• Diploma in Labour RelationshipsDEPARTMENTS LIST28QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 21. ALGEBRA2. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS3. ANIMAL ANATOMY AND PRODUCTION4. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND FORENSIC SCIENCE5. ANIMAL BIOLOGY6. FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGY7. PLANT BIOLOGY8. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY9. COMMUNICATION SCIENCE10. MORPHOLOGICAL SCIENCE11. SURGERY12. COMMON LAW13. LABOUR AND COMMERCIAL LAW14. PUBLIC LAW AND THEORY OF THE STATE15. SPECIAL PUBLIC LAW16. METHODOLOGY OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS, MUSIC AND MOVEMENT17. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE METHODOLOGY18. EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY19. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND SCHOOL ORGANIZATION20. SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY21. ECONOMETRICS AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS22. APPLIED ECONOMY23. FINANCIAL ECONONOMY AND ACCOUNTING24. SOIL SCIENCE AND CHEMICAL AGRICULTURE25. ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE26. NURSING27. AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL ENGINEERING28. VEGETAL PRODUCTION29. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING30. STATISTICS AND OPERATION RESEARCH31. PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY32. PHARMACOLOGY33. SPANISH PHILOLOGY, LITERATURE THEORY AND GENERALLINGUISTICS34. FRENCH AND ITALIAN PHILOLOGY35. GALICIAN PHILOLOGY36. ENGLISH AND GERMAN PHILOLOGY37. PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY38. APPLIED PHYSICS39. PHYSICS OF THE CONDENSED MATTER40. PARTICLE PHYSICS41. PHYSIOLOGY42. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOUNDATION43. HISTORY OF ART44. HISTORY AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS45. HISTORY II46. LATIN AND GREEK29QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 247. LOGIC AND SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY, LAW PHILOSOPHY, MORALITY ANDPOLITICS.48. APPLIED MATHEMATICS49. MEDICINE50. RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY TECHNIQUES IN BEHAVIOURAL ANDEDUCATIONAL SCIENCE.51. MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY52. OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY53. COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING54. ANIMAL PATHOLOGY55. PEDIATRICS56. HISTORY I57. CLINIC PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY58. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION59. SOCIAL AND BASIC PSYCHOLOGY60. PSYCHIATRY, RADIOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLICHEALTH.61. ANALYTIC CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION AND BROMATOLOGY62. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY63. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY64. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY65. SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION SCIENCE.66. THEORY AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION67. GEOGRAPHY68. GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGYUNIVERSITY INSTITUTES LISTGALICIAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTEPOTTERY INSTITUTE (NEW MATHERIALS DEVELOPMENT)EDUCATION SCIENCE INSTITUTECRIMINOLOGY INSTITUTESTUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GALICIA INSTITUTEHIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTITUTEACQUACULTURE INSTITUTEMATHEMATICS INSTITUTELEGAL MEDICINE INSTITUTEFOOD RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS INSTITUTEUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCHNEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE “PEDRO BARRIÉ DE LA MAZA”INDUSTRIAL LAW INSTITUTEPROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZATION SCHOOLSLAW PRACTICE SCHOOLS30QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2LANGUAGES INSTITUTERESEARCH AIDS GENERAL SERVICE LISTPARTICLES ANALYSIS SERVICEBASIC ANALYSIS SERVICEX RAYS DIFRACTION SERVICE (MONOCRISTAL)CRYOGENIC SERVICE AND SQUID MAGNETOMETERVIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY SERVICEMASS SPECTROMETRY GENERAL SERVICEMAGNETIC NUCLEAR SOUND SCANNER GENERAL SERVICEQUARTZ AND GLASSBLOWING LABORATORYELECTRON MICROSCOPY SERVICERADIOISOTOPE AND RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION SERVICEX RAYS SERVICESUPPORT SERVICE FOR AGROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCHSUPPORT SERVICE FOR PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL RESEARCH AND FOR FOODTECHNOLOGY.COOPERATION AGREEMENTS LIST.Santiago University is an important centre of students and teachers cultural exchangewith the different centres of other European countries and other countries from all overthe world. Our University has signed a great amount of agreements for internationalcooperation currently in force. We’ll mention the most important ones and theeducational centres concerned.Spanish Universities:• Barcelona University• Extremadura University• Las Palmas University• Palma de Mallorca University• Valladolid University• Menéndez Pelayo International University• ICADE. Comillas Pontifical UniversityEuropean Universities:Germany:• Frankfurt Institute• Berlin University• Giessen University• Kassel University• Padeborn University• Passau University31QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2• Tréveris UniversityBelgium:• State University of Ghent• Free University of Brussels• C.G.R.I. of Brussels• Catholic University of LouvainDenmark:• Arhus School of Economics and Business Administration• University of CopenhagenFrance:• E.S.C.I.P. of Calais Country• Centre of Computer and Automation Practical Studies• Montpellier International Centre of Higher Mediterranean Agricultural Studies• University of Montpellier• Bordeaux Agricultural Engineers National School• Rennes Higher School of Agriculture• Computer and Automation National Research Institute• University of Angers• Stendhal de Grenoble III University• Burgundy University• Tolousse Social Sciences University• University of Nantes• University of Orleans• University of Rennes I• University of Rennes II• Maine-Le Mans University• University of Paul Sabatier Tolousse II• University of Paris (Pierre and Marie Curie)• University of Brest (Bretagne-Occidentale)• Compiegne University of Technology• University of Lille• Bretagne Occidentale University• CEMAGREFUnited Kingdom:• University of Hull• University of Leicester• University of Liverpool• London Thames Valley UniversityHungary:• Pecs University32QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Ireland:• Dublin University College• Cork University• University of LimerickItaly:• Instituto Adriano Olivetti di Studi per la gestione delle Economía et delle Aziende.(ISTAO)• Naples Naval University Institute• Turin Polytechnic Institute• Milan University• University of Perugia• University of Pisa• University of Rome (Tor Vergata)The Netherlands:• University of Amsterdam• University of Gröninghen• University of LeidenPoland:• Warsaw Applied Optometry Institute• University of LodzPortugal:• Portugal Lutheran Foundation• Lisbon Labour Science and Business Higher Institute• University of Coimbra• Portugal Northern Region Universities (AURN)• University of Lisbon• Minho University• Porto University• Porto Higher Institute of Information Science and Business AdministrationSwitzerland:• University of LausanneSweden:• Swedish University of Agricultural ScienceRussia:• Theoretical Biophysics Institute Science Academy• Mathematics Steklov Institute of the Science Academy• Dubna Nuclear Research Institute• Moscow ITEP33QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2• Moscow Linguistic UniversityUcrania:• Kiev UniversitySerbia-Montenegro:• Belgrade UniversityUniversities outside the EEC and EuropeArgentina:• Buenos Aires Scientific Commission• Argentinian Science and Technology• Belgrano University• University of Buenos Aires• Santiago del Estero University• Maimónides University• Mar del Plata University• La Plata National University• San Luis National University• Southern National University• National University of Central Buenos Aires ProvinceAustralia:• La Trobe UniversityBrasil:• Lavras Higher Agricultural School• Paulo Bonavides Foundation• Portugal Lutheran Foundation: “Brasil Project”• Federal University of Bahía• University of Sâo Paulo• University of BrasiliaColombia:• Santiago de Calí University• University of the ValleyCosta Rica:• University of Costa RicaCuba:• Central University of Las Villas• University of Havana• Eastern University (Santiago de Cuba)• Cuban Higher Institute of Arts34QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2• University of Matanzas "Camilo Cienfuegos"• Bayamo Agricultural Sciences Higher Institute• Holguín Technical Higher Institute• Agricultural Sciences Higher Institute, Diego de AvilaChile:• Catholic University of Valparaíso• University of Magellan• University of La Frontera• Technical University Federico Sta. María de Chile• Chile FoundationEl Salvador:• José Simeón de las Cañas UniversityUnited States:• Newheart Research Institute• New York City University• Colorado Boulder University• University of Kansas - University of Maryland• University of Oklahoma• University of San Diego• University of South Florida• Wayne State University (Detroit)• University of Wisconsin (Madison)• Brown University• Miami University• University of MaineMexico:• Astrophysics, Optometry and Electronics National Institute of Puebla• University of Yucatán• Metropolitan Autonomous University of Xochimilco• Autonomous University of Chihuahua• Autonomous University of Mexico• Autonomous University of Puebla• Autonomous University of Queretaro• Autonomous University of Sinaola• Autonomous University of Veracruz• Autonomous University of Mexico State• Autonomous University of Morelos State• Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico• Autonomous University of San Luis de Potosí• National Autonomous University of MexicoPeru:35QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2• Mayor de San Marcos National UniversityUruguay:• University of the Republic of UruguayVenezuela:• University of the EastAGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS• UNESCO• International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)• LatinAmerican Cooperation Institute• Galician Institute of Latinamerican CooperationINVENTORY OF SANTIAGO UNIVERSITY SPORTS FACILITIES• Athletics tracks and fields• Sports Hall• Covered (or heated) swimming-pool• Gymnasium• Football ground• Field Hockey• Handball• Rugby• Tennis courts• Roller skating Hockey• Basketball courts• University Nautical Club of Pontecesures• Bodybuilding roomLUGO CAMPUS• University Sports Hall• Football ground• Tennis courts• Five-a-side football indoor field• Five-a-side football open air field• Open air Basketball court• Open air Volleyball court• Bodybuilding room• Gymnasium• Open air Handball courtLIST OF UNIVERSITY HALLS OF RESIDENCE36QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Santiago de Compostela Campus• San Clemente College• Fonseca College• Rodríguez Cadarso College• Burgo de las Naciones Hall of Residence• Monte da Condesa Hall of Residence• Monte do Gozo Hall of ResidenceLugo Campus• Xesús Bal e Gay Hall of ResidenceColleges ascribed to our University (Santiago de Compostela Campus):• Gelmírez College.• La Estila College.• San Agustín College.• Arosa College.The objectives and functions of Santiago University are described in the Statutescurrently in force, which at present are going to be reformed. Now we pass on totranscribe the articles belonging to the Preliminary Title.Article 1. Santiago University is a public institution with full legal personality and itsown patrimony. It assumes and develops its functions as a public service bymeans of the different teaching-learning activities and research; for this, andaccording to article 27.10 of our Constitution, it has enough autonomywithin the limits set by the University Reform Law and by its Statutes.Article 2. The public service of higher teaching rendered by Santiago University willnot be constrained by political, economic, religious or ideological interests.It will tend to have the characteristic objectivity of knowledge and it will berespectful of all variety of opinions in every field. It will also guarantee tothe people involved in the teaching and research activities their possibilitiesof critical, creative and scientific development.The aforesaid public service gathers its users and professionals in aUniversity community.Article 3. 1. The University of Santiago de Compostela has the following functions:a) The critical creation, development, transmission of scientific andtechnical knowledge and other forms of culture.b) To prepare students to take on professional activities that need the37QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2application of knowledge or scientific methods or for the artistic creation.c) To support scientifically and technically the social and economicdevelopment of society.2. To achieve these objectives, the University of Santiago de Compostelawill try to become deeply rooted in and connected to Galician society,which supports it. Santiago University will also try to contribute to Galiciansociety’s specific social, economic and cultural development.3. Santiago University must favor the establishment of academic, scientificand cultural relationships with other Universities and Institutions.Article 4. Santiago University assumes the principles of freedom, democracy andequality as a source of inspiration for university life.The members of the University community, particularly the governmentorgans are obliged to make these principles effective and avoid any kind ofdiscrimination.Article 5. 1. Santiago University must base its activities on the principles of scientificfreedom and freedom to pursue any kind of study.2. Scientific freedom is manifested in the right each university member hasto express freely his ideas, opinions and scientific and artistic convictions inhis teaching activities, and in the free use of methodological principles. It isalso manifested in his choice of objectives and in the diffusion of the resultsobtained in his research activities.3. Freedom of study includes, besides the right to choose the educationalcentre and the course of studies according to the legal set up, the right to usethe University scientific resources to participate actively in the process ofone’s own learning, and in the free manifestation of one’s own scientific orartistic opinions.Article. 6. Santiago University should organize itself in such a way that the differentuniversity community groups can participate in its government according totheir different functions within the organization as they are described inarticle 3.1 of our Statutes.Article 7. Taking into account the University Reform Law, Santiago University has thefollowing duties:a) To elaborate and reform its Statutes.b) To elaborate and approve the Regulations derived from its Statutes, orfrom the State or Autonomous Community Regulations.c) The election, appointment and removal of the government andadministrative organs and the regulation of the procedures to follow in thismatter.d) The elaboration, approval and management of its budget.e) The administration of its patrimony.f) The establishment and modification of its personnel section.g) The selection, training and promotion of the research and teaching staffand of the administrative and service personnel. The University can also38QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2establish the conditions in which its personnel can carry out its activities.h) The elaboration and approval of the curricula and research programs.i) The creation of specific structures that support the different courses ofstudies, the teaching activities and the research.j) The admission, permanence and checking of students’ knowledge.k) The granting of degrees and academic or professional official Diplomas,in the name of the King, as well as the establishment and granting of its owndegrees and Diplomas.l) The establishment of academic, cultural or scientific relationships withSpanish or Foreign institutions.m) The organization and provision of University extention servicies and theorganization of sports and cultural activities.n) The diffusion of technical and scientific knowledgeo)* Any other competency necessary for the adequate fulfillment of thefunctions established in article 3 of the Statutes and which is not specificallyattributed to the State or to the Galician Autonomous Community.Article 8. 1. In Santiago University there are two official languages: Gallego, which isthe Autonomous Community official language, and Spanish, which is theState official language.2. Santiago University must promote the study and use of Galego as a trulycultural expression of Galician society, nevertheless, it should never, in anycase, make any kind of discrimination because of language reasons as all themembers in the University community have a right to express themselves inany of the languages already referred to.Article 9. The University emblems should be the ones that are traditional to theinstitution.* Any other competence that might have a connection to the aims and functions established in article 3 of theseStatutes and which is not expressly attributed by the State University Reform Law or by the Galician AutonomousCommunity.39QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Table 2.1. Simplified sketch of Santiago University present structure.Parameter Total Santiago Campus Lugo CampusCentresFaculties 17 14 3University Schools 7 4 3Adscribed 3 1 2Total 27 19 8Degrees 60 40 20Departments 68 62 6Institutes 11 11 0Research Services 15 13 2Doctoral Courses 70 65 5Students 45,000 35,000 10,0002.2. Organization of the Faculty including names and qualification of the heads ofDepartments.The Veterinary Faculty (at present in Lugo), initially called Veterinary Special School,was established by Santiago University thanks to the 1881 Budget Law and finallycreated in 1882, when Prof. Dr. Antonio Casares Rodrigo was the UniversityChancellor. The School was initially housed in the old San Clemente Seminary, whereit remained for 33 years, until 1915. There, the Veterinary classes were given with agreat effort on the part of the teachers due to the fact that the building had to be sharedwith other institutions such as the “Friends of the Country Society”, the Arts and CraftsSchool and even with the Organization Board of the 1909 Regional Exhibition.The need of a new building was made clear in 1894, when its Director, Mr. TiburcioAlarcón sent a written request asking for it to the Chancellor. Nineteen years later, thenew building in “El Horreo”, where the Galician Parliament is housed at present, wasinaugurated. Santiago Veterinary School remained there until its disappearance in 1924,the building being handed over to the Army.The number of professors and lecturers was always very reduced to meet the teachinglearningneeds, but it was made up of renown teachers who stood out in their respectivescientific fields. We can mention among others, professors such as: Alcolea, Gallego,García Alonso, Marcos and Rodríguez Gonzalez.The disappearance of Veterinary School located in Santiago was due to various reasons,such as, a scarcity of students, the agreements of the Reform Boards, which proposedseveral projects for Veterinary teaching all over the State. One of these projects was thereduction in the number of Schools. Another reason was the lack of compromise ofGalician society in the maintenance of this type of Schools as it couldn’t be clearly seenthe great advantage that this type of school meant for the Galician countryside. Thebeginnings of the Veterinary School and its first stages, that is to say, its history has40QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2been the object of study in Manuel Rodriguez García’s Doctoral Thesis, “History ofSantiago Veterinary School (1882-1924)”, directed by Prof. Dr. Miguel Cordero delCampillo. The dissertation was defended in the University of León in 1986 andpublished in 1994 by Santiago University Schoolar Press with the following title:“Historia da Escola de Veterinaria de Santiago (1882-1924)”.Lugo Veterinary Faculty was created after 59 years of the Veterinary Schooldisappearance from Santiago University. In a way, this new Veterinary centre was acontinuation of the old School in Santiago, although there are some remarkabledifferencies between them, such as the great compromise the Galician society hasadquired with our Faculty due to the great advances that this course of studies bearsupon the agricultural development of this region.During the last 14 years our Faculty has been directed by several government teams andwe think that they deserve to be mentioned in this report:1983-1984DEAN: Dr. Mr. José Manuel Gonzalo Cordero.SECRETARY: Mr. José Luis Benedito Castellote.1984-1986DEAN: Dr. D. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.SECRETARY: Dr. Ms. Natalia Vandenberghe.1986-1987DEAN: Dr. D. Luis Felipe de la Cruz PalominoVICEDEAN: Dr. Ms. Natalia Vandenberghe.SECRETARY: Dr. Mr. Eugenio Rodríguez Núñez.1987-1988DEAN: Dr. Mr. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino.VICEDEAN: Dr. Mr. Lucas Moya Jiménez.SECRETARY: Dr. Mr. Eugenio Rodríguez Núñez.1988-1990DEAN: Dr. D. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino.VICEDEAN: Dr. Mr. Lucas Moya Jiménez.SECRETARY: Dr. Ms. M a Teresa García Lara.1990-1992DEAN: Dr. Mr. Luciano Sánchez García.VICEDEAN: Dr. Mr. Enrique A. González García.SECRETARY: Dr. Mr. José Luis Benedito Castellote.1992-199341QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2DEAN: Dr. Mr. Luciano Sánchez García.VICEDEAN 1 st : Dr. Mr. Juan Ignacio Ramos Martínez.VICEDEAN 2 nd : Dr. Ms. M a Celia Besterio Rodríguez.SECRETARY: Dr. Mr. José Luis Benedito Castellote.1993-1996DEAN: Dr. Mr. Luciano Sánchez García.VICEDEAN 1 st : Dr. Mr. Juan Ignacio Ramos Martínez.VICEDEAN 2 nd : Dr. Mr. Pedro García Herradón.SECRETARY: Dr. Ms. M a Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.1996-1997DEAN: Dr. Mr. Enrique A. González García.VICEDEAN 1 st : Dr. Mr. Pedro García Herradón.VICEDEAN 2 nd : Dr. Ms. Ana Bravo del Moral.SECRETARY: Dr. D a Ms. Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.The Faculty organization established by Santiago University Statutes and its owninternal management Regulations is the following one:UNIPERSONAL ORGANS: THE DEAN AND HIS TEAM.DEAN: Dr. Enrique A. González García.Central Hall, 1 st Floor. Extension: 22020.VICEDEAN: Dr. Ana María Bravo del Moral.Central Hall, Ground Floor. Extension: 22010.VICEDEAN: Dr. Pedro García Herradón.Central Hall: Ground Floor. Extension: 22009.SECRETARY: Dr. María Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.Central Hall, 1 st Floor. Extension: 22022.COLLEGIAL ORGANS. THE FACULTY BOARD.According to article 71.1 of Santiago University Statutes the faculty Board is made upof the following members: the Dean; the ViceDeans; the Secretary; all the Facultyprofessors and lecturers, a representation of the assistant teachers (10% of the totalnumber of members of the Board); a representation of the students (30% of the totalnumber of members of the Faculty Board, of which 1 / 6 must be Doctoral candidates (3 rdcycle studies); a representation of the administrative and service personnel in aproportion equal to 8% of the total number of Board members.Now we pass on to enumerate the present members of the Faculty Board, thecomposition of which was modified on 1st. October because of the arrival of new42QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2teachers in the 1996-97 academic course.FACULTY BOARD COMPOSITIONProfessors and Lecturers sectorALONSO MEIJIDE, José M aLÓPEZ IGLESIAS, EnriquetaBARREIRO LOIS, AndrésLOUZAO OJEDA, M a del CarmenBECERRA GONZÁLEZ, JuanMARTÍNEZ PORTELA, PaulinoBENEDITO CASTELLOTE, José Luis MELGAR RIOL, M a JuliaBESTEIRO RODRÍGUEZ, M a Celia MORRONDO PELAYO, M a PatrocinioBLANCO ÁLVAREZ, JorgeMOYA JIMÉNEZ, LucasBOTANA LÓPEZ, Luis MiguelNIETO MARTÍNEZ, José M aBRAVO MORAL, Ana M aNOVO RODRÍGUEZ, M a de la MercedBUJÁN NÚÑEZ, M a del Carmen OUTEIRO RODRÍGUEZ, AdolfoCABEZAS DEL TORO, Buenaventura PAZO CARRERA, JesúsCASTELAO GEGUNDE, Ana M a PESINI RUÍZ, PedroCEPEDA SÁEZ, AlbertoRAMOS MARTÍNEZ, Juan IgnacioCIFUENTES MARTÍNEZ, José Manuel RODRÍGUEZ NÚÑEZ, EugenioCOBAS MARTÍNEZ, AgustínRODRÍGUEZ OTERO, JesúsCRUZ LANDEIRA, AngelinesRODRÍGUEZ OTERO, José LuisDE CASTRO LORENZO, Augusto RODRÍGUEZ VEIRA, José AntonioDE LA CRUZ PALOMINO, Luis Felipe RODRÍGUEZ VIEYTES, MercedesDÍEZ BAÑOS, PabloROMANO MOZO, JacintaFERNÁNDEZ CASAL, RubénROMERO RODRÍGUEZ, M a ÁngelesFERNÁNDEZ-TROCÓNIZ REVUELTA, RUEDA NÚÑEZ, VicentaPatriciaFERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ, Asunción SÁINZ OSÉS, M a JesúsFERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, Gonzalo SALAZAR BELOQUI, IgnacioFIDALGO ÁLVAREZ, Luis Eusebio SAN MIGUEL SALÁN, EduardoFRAGA LÓPEZ, FranciscoSANJUÁN HERNÁN-PÉREZ, M a LuisaGARCÍA HERRADÓN, PedroSÁNCHEZ GARCÍA, LucianoGARCÍA LARA, M a Teresa de Jesús SÁNCHEZ-ANDRADE FERNÁNDEZ,RitaGOICOA VALDEVIRA, AnaSÁNCHEZ PIÑÓN, LauraGONZÁLEZ BELLO, Concepción VANDENBERGHE, NataliaGONZÁLEZ GARCÍA, Enrique A. VÁZQUEZ ODÉRIZ, LourdesGUERRERO CALLEJAS, Florentina VEGA LISI, FélixIBARGUREN ARIZETA, Izaskun VILLAMARÍN CID, José AntonioIGLESIAS BECERRA, Antonio YLLERA FERNÁNDEZ, M a del MarLÓPEZ BARRERA, PabloYUS RESPALDIZA, EduardoLÓPEZ FERNÁNDEZ, ManuelAssistant Teachers and Scholars Sector:AYALA DE LA PEÑA, Ignacio MIRANDA CASTAÑÓN, Marta I.43QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2BLANCO ÁLVAREZ, MiguelMORENO GRANDE, M a ÁngelesBOUZA FERNÁNDEZ, M a Carmen QUINTELA ARIAS, Luis A.CASTILLO RODRÍGUEZ, Cristina RICO GÓMEZ, MargaritaGARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, M a Ángeles HERNÁNDEZ BERMÚDEZ, JoaquínLÓPEZ ALONSO, M a MartaSÁNCHEZ QUINTEIRO, PabloSANTAMARINA PERNAS, GermánStudents Sector:1 st and 2 nd CycleARAÚJO ARTE, Luis M.ARES GÓMEZ, SoniaARIAS GARCÍA, María D.CASTRILLÓN ABEAL, CristinaDÍAZ RIVAS, BeatrizESCUDEIRO VIEITES, AndréESPÍN FONTAL, AsunciónFERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ, María Elena3 rd Cycle (Doctoral Courses for Doctoralcandidates)FERNÁNDEZ IGLESIAS, José LuisIGLESIAS FONTAL, M a OlgaLAGO ALVARADO, JorgeOLIVEIRA OTERO, CristinaVILARIÑO DEL RÍO, NataliaAdministrative and Service PersonnelSector:FERRER BELLO, DiegoCANTALAPIEDRA ÁLVAREZ, M a JuliaGALLARDO LARA, M a Sonia CASTRO VÁZQUEZ, José A.LÓPEZ GARCÍA, GabrielFIDALGO GREGORIO, RaquelMARCOTE LAGO, José M aGORÍS PICÓN, RobertoMARTÍNEZ SOBRINO, RosaMEDINA NAVARRO, LucíaORTEGA MARTÍNEZ, IsaacPARADELA VIEITO, CristinaOUTÓN MARTÍNEZ, David PARDO QUIROGA, Manuel A.QUINTELA GARCÍA, Luis M.RÍO SILVA, MartaRODRÍGUEZ TESOURO, Ana B. RIVAS COUTO, José A.ROZAS GARCÍA, M a de la Merced ROMÁN CASTRO, AlbinaSILVA ARAÚJO, JorgeVÁZQUEZ GÓMEZ, XoánTEIXEIRA RODRÍGUEZ, RaquelVARELA PENEDO, Rosa M aVIÑA VÁZQUEZ, ManuelCOLLEGIAL ORGANS: FACULTY BOARD DELEGATE COMMISSIONS.They are the following: The Permanent Commission, Teaching Commission, EconomicCommission, Equipment and Services, Research Commission and ComplementaryActivities Commission. Besides, there is a Library Commission, which is not a FacultyBoard Delegate Commission but depends directly on the University General LibraryRegulations.According to the Internal Management Regulations, Chapter III, Sections 1 st and 2 nd theCommissions composition is the following one:Permanent Commission: it is made up of the Dean, ViceDeans, Secretary, 5 teachers,44QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 22 assistant teachers or scholars, 5 students (one of them should be a Doctoral candidate(3 rd cycle student) and 1 member of the administrative and services sector.Teaching Commission: it is made up of the Dean (or person in whom he/she mightdelegate), 6 teachers, 1 associate teacher, 2 assistant teachers or scholars, 6 students (1Doctoral candidate) and 1 administrative and services member.Complementary Activities Commission: it is made up of the Dean (or person inwhom he/she might delegate), 3 teachers, 1 associate teacher or scholar, 6 students, 6students (1 Doctoral candidate), 1 administrative and services member.Economic, equipment and services Commission: 1 member of the Dean’s team, 5teachers, 2 assistant teachers or scholars, 4 students (1 Doctoral candidate), 1administrative and services member and the Economic Administration Chief, who willact as Secretary.Research Commission: 1 member of the Dean’s team, 5 teachers, 2 assistant teachersor scholars, 4 students (1 Doctoral candidate) and 1 administrative and servicesmember.Library Commission: It is established according to the University Library provisionalnorms. Its composition is the following one: the Dean (or person in whom he/she mightdelegate), who will be the president; the library Director; 1 teacher, at least,representing each Department with teaching hours in the Faculty; and the studentsrepresentatives amounting to the 25% of the total number of the Commission members.In this Faculty the teaching staff belongs to 15 different Departments, which have theirseats and Directors mainly in Santiago Campus:DEPARTMENTS ORGANIZATION. ENUMERATION OF DEPARTMENTSWITH TEACHING HOURS IN THIS FACULTY.Animal Anatomy and Production Department. (Lugo).Comparative Anatomy and Pathological Anatomy Area.Animal Production Area.Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Sciences Department.Toxicology and legal Veterinary Area.Animal Biology Department.Fundamental Biology Department. Genetics Area.Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department.Vegetal Production Department. (Lugo)Statistics and Operational Research Department.45QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Pharmacology Department.Applied Physics Department.Physiology Department.Microbiology and Parasitology Department.Microbiology Area.Animal Pathology Department. (Lugo).Animal Medicine Area.Animal Health Area.Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology Department.Food Technology Area.Nutrition and Bromatology Area.Physical Chemistry Department.Organic Chemistry Department.The seats and Directors of the 15 Departments with teaching hours in the VeterinaryFaculty, together with their addresses and personnel working for the Departments arementioned as follows:COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITH TEACHING HOURS INTHE VETERINARY FACULTY.ANIMAL ANATOMY AND PRODUCTION DEPARTMENTSEAT: Veterinary Faculty.ADDRESS: University Campus. 27002 Lugo.TELEPHONE: 982-223325.FAX: 982-252125.DIRECTOR: Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.Hall III, 2 nd Floor E. Extensions: 22302, 22316, 22317.SECRETARY: Dr. José Manuel Cifuentes Martínez.Hall III, 2 nd Floor E. Extension 22321.CLERK: Mr. Jesús María Castiñeira FernándezHall III, 2 nd Floor E. Extension 22300.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY:Comparative Anatomy and Pathological Anatomy Area: Hall III, 2 nd Floor D and E.Animal Production Area: Hall IV, Ground Floor E and 1 st Floor E.Comparative Anatomy and Pathological Anatomy AreaPROFESSORS AND LECTURERS:Dr. José Manuel Cifuentes Martínez. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor E.46QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Extension 22319. E-mail: mcifmtz@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Patricia Fernández de Trocóniz Revuelta. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor E.Extension 22321. E-mail: patftr@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Florentina Guerrero Callejas. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor D. Extension22322. E-mail: castguer@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Lucas Moya Jiménez. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor. Extension 22326. E-mail: lmoya@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Pedro F. Pesini Ruiz. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor E. Extension 22318. E-mail: pepesini@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Jacinta Romano Mozo. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor . Extension 22323.E-mail: jromano@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui. University Professor. Hall III, 2 nd Floor E. Extensions22302, 22316, 22317. E-mail: angsab@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro. University Assistant Teacher. Hall III, 2 nd Floor E. E-mail: psanquin@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Sergio Vidal Ruibal. University Assistant Teacher. Hall III, 2 nd Floor D. Extension22325. E-mail: svidal@lugo.usc.es.Dr. M a del Mar Yllera Fernández. University Lecturer. Hall III, 2 nd Floor E. Extension22320. E-mail: mayller@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 105. Anatomy and Embryology I. First Course.Code 201. Veterinary Cytology and Histology. Second Course.Code 206. Anatomy and Embryology II. Second Course.Animal Production AreaTEACHERS:Dr. María Teresa de Jesús García Lara. University Lecturer. Hall IV, Ground Floor E.Extension 22403.Dr. Antonio Iglesias Becerra. University School Lecturer. Hall IV, Ground Floor E.Extension 22404. E-mail: anigbe@lugo.usc. es.Dr. Maria Angeles Moreno Grande. University Assistant Teacher. Hall IV, 1 st Floor E.Extension 22415. E-mail: anmorgra@lugo.usc.es.Ms. Margarita Rico Gómez. University Assistant Teacher. Hall IV, 1 st Floor E.Extension 22417. E-mail: margrigo@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Vicenta Rueda Núñez. University Lecturer. Hall IV, 1 st Floor E. Extension 22413.E-mail: nuvirunu@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Luciano Sánchez García. University Lecturer. Hall IV, Ground Floor E. Extension23400. E-mail: lusaga@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Natalia Vandenberghe. University Professor. Hall IV, 1 st Floor E. Extension 22414.SUBJECTS TAUGHTCode 303. Ethnology and Identification. Third Course.Code 304. Animal Nutrition and Food. Third Course.Code 401. Animal Production. Fourth Course.Code 503. Agrarian Economy. Fifth Course.47QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND FORENSIC SCIENCESEAT: Medicine Faculty.ADDRESS: Rúa de San Francisco, s/n. 15704 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.DIRECTOR: Dr. Manuel Lopez-Rivadulla Lamas. Extension 12205.SECRETARY: Dr. Purificación Fernández Gómez. Extensions 12206 and 12316.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 12216.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall II, 1 st Floor D.TEACHERS:Dr. Angelines Cruz Landeira. University Lecturer. Extension 22204.Dr. Ángeles García Fernández. University Assistant Teacher. Extension 22204.Dr. M a Julia Melgar Riol. University Lecturer. Extension 22204. E-mail:mjmelgar@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 502. Toxicology and Legal Veterinary (including Veterinary Deontology). FifthCourse.ANIMAL BIOLOGY DEPARTMENTSEAT: Biology Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.FAX: 981-596904.DIRECTOR: Dr. Jesús Domínguez Conde. Extension 13268SECRETARY: Dr. M a Eulalia Eiroa Álvarez. Extension 13278.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 13275.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall III, 1 st Floor E.TEACHERS:Dr. María Celia Besteiro Rodríguez. University Lecturer. Extension 22309. E-mail:besteiro@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Adolfo Outeiro Rodríguez. University Lecturer (without a "tenure"). Extension22315. E-mail: outeiro@lugo.usc.es.Mr. Augusto de Castro Lorenzo. University Associate Teacher. Extension 22314.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code: 104. Biology (Zoology and Botany). First Course.FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGY DEPARTMENTSEAT: Biology Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.FAX: 981-596904.DIRECTOR: Dr. Alejo Carballeira Ocaña. Extension 13312.SECRETARY: Dr. Isabel Rodríguez-Moldes Rey. Extension 13299.48QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2ADMINISTRATION: Extension 13260.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall IV, 2 nd Floor E.TEACHERS:Dr. Carmen Bouza Fernández. University Assistant Teacher. Extension 22431. E-mail:genelugo@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Paulino Martínez Portela. University Lecturer. Extensions 22425 and 22417. E-mail: paumarpo@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Eduardo San Miguel Salán. University Lecturer. Extension 22430. E-mail:edusam@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Laura Sánchez Piñón. University Lecturer. Extension 22429. E-mail:lasanche@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 205. Genetics. Second CourseBIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY DEPARTMENTSEAT: Medicine Faculty.ADDRESS: Rúa San Francisco s/n. 15704 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-581442.DIRECTOR: Dr. Germán Sierra Marcuño. Extension 12262.SECRETARY: Dr. Concepción Elena Aguilar Veiga. Extension 12263.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 12263.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall II, 1 st Floor E.PROFESSORS AND LECTURERS WITH TEACHING HOURS IN THE FACULTYDURING 1996-97 ACADEMIC COURSE:Dr. Izaskun Ibarguren Arizeta. University Lecturer. Extension 22209. E-mail:bnibargu@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Juan Ignacio Ramos Martínez. University Professor. Extension 22207. E-mail:bniramos@lugo.usc.es.Dr. José Antonio Villamarín Cid. University Lecturer. Extension 22210. E-mail:bnavilla@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 203. Biochemistry. Second Course.DEPARTMENT OF VEGETAL PRODUCTION.SEAT: Higher Polytechnic School.ADDRESS: University Campus. 27002 Lugo.TELEPHONE: 982-223325.FAX: 982-252195.DIRECTOR: Dr. M a Jesús Sáinz Osés. Extension 22438.SECRETARY: Dr. Isabel Iglesias Díaz. Extension 23131.ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK: Mr. Jorge Raposo. Extension 22437.49QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall IV, 2 nd Floor D.TEACHERS:Dr. Ana María Castelao Gegunde. University Lecturer. Extension 22436. E-mail:anacas@lugo.usc.es.Dr. M a Jesús Sáinz Osés. University Lecturer. Extension 22438. E-mail:mjsainz@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code: 305. Agriculture and Agronomy. Third CourseDEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.SEAT: Mathematics Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.DIRECTOR: Dr. José Manuel Prada Sánchez. Extension 13189.SECRETARY: Dr. Manuel Febrero Bande. Extension 13187.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 13201.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Sciencies Faculty.TEACHERS:Mr. José Mª Alonso Meijide. University School Lecturer. Extension 24057.Mr. Rubén Fernández Casal. University Associate Teacher. Extension 24057.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 101. Mathematics (Biometrics and Statistics). First Course.DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY.SEAT: Pharmacy Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100DIRECTOR: Dr. José M a Calleja Suárez. Extension 14900.SECRETARY: Dr. Ramón Martínez Pacheco. Extension 14987.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 14898.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall II, 2 nd Floor E.TEACHERS:Dr. Luis M. Botana López. University Lecturer. Extension 22211. E-mail:ffbotana@lugo.usc.es.Dr. M a del Carmen Louzao Ojeda. University Lecturer. Extension 22214. E-mail:ffmaloo@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 301. Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Third Course.DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICSSEAT: Physics Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.50QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2DIRECTOR: Dr. José Rivas Rey. Extension 14021.SECRETARY: Dr. M a Carmen Baluja Santos. Extension 14050.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Sciences Faculty and Higher Polytechnic School.TEACHERS:Dr. Francisco Fraga López. University Associate Teacher. Science Faculty. Extension24081.Mr. Pablo López Barrera. University School Lecturer. Science Faculty. Extension24080.Dr. Manuel López Fernández. University Lecturer. Higher Polytechnic School.Extension 23234.Dr. Enriqueta López Iglesias. University Associate Teacher. Extension 24080.Dr. Eugenio Rodríguez Núñez. University Lecturer. Science Faculty. Extension 24080.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 102. Physics. First Course.PHYSIOLOGY DEPARTMENTSEAT: Medicine Faculty.ADDRESS: Rúa de San Francisco s/n. 15704 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-581442.DIRECTOR: Dr. Jesús Otero Costas. Extension 12290.SECRETARY: Dr. M a Asunción Lamas Aneiros. Extension 14929.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 12259.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall III, 2 nd Floor D.PROFESSORS AND LECTURERS WITH TEACHING HOURS IN THE FACULTYDURING 1995-96 ACADEMIC COURSE:Dr. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino. University Professor. Extension 22219. E-mail:lfdlcp@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Jesús Angel Pazo Carrera. University Lecturer. Extension 22215. E-mail:japclu@lugo.usc.esDr. José Antonio Rodríguez Veira. University Lecturer. Extension 22216. E-mail:jarveira@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes. University Lecturer. Extension 22218. E-mail:mrvtes@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Félix Vega Lisi. University Lecturer. Extension 22217. E-mail:fevega@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 204. Animal Physiology. Second Course.Code 406. Ethology and Animal Protection. Fourth Course.DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGYSEAT: Pharmacy Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.DIRECTOR: Dr. M a Isabel Bernárdez Hermida. Extension 13250.51QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2SECRETARY: Dr. M a Isabel Santos Rodríguez. Extension 13253.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 14945.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall I, 2 nd Floor.TEACHERS:Dr. Jorge Blanco Alvarez. University Lecturer. Extension 22108. E-mail:jba@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Miguel Blanco Alvarez. University Assitant Teacher. Extension 22107. E-mail:mba@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Buenaventura Cabezas del Toro. University Lecturer. Extension 22112. E-mail:bcabezas@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Enrique A. González García. University Lecturer. Extension 22110. E-mail:enriqueg@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Concepción Virginia Sáinz Rivadulla. University Lecturer. Extension 22111. E-mail: vsainzri@lugo.usc.es.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 202. Microbiology (Bacteriology, Immunology & Virology). Second Course.ANIMAL PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENTSEAT: Veterinary Faculty.ADDRESS: University Campus. 27002 Lugo.TELEPHONE: 982-223325.FAX: 982-252195.DIRECTOR: Dr. Pablo Díez Baños. Extension 22100.SECRETARY: Dr. Ana Goicoa Valdevira. Extensión 22611.ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK: Mr. Jorge Gómez Raposo. Extension 22615.ASSISTANTS: Mr. Antonio Castro Alvaredo. Mr. Manuel A. Pardo Quiroga.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Hall I, Ground Floor and 1 st Floor, Hall III, 1 st FloorD and Veterinary Clinical Hospital, 1 st Floor C, 1 st Floor D and 1 st Floor E.TEACHERS:Dr. Ignacio Ayala de la Peña. University Assistant Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor D.Extension 22615.Dr. Andrés Barreiro Lois. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor C. Extension22610. E-mail: abarr@lugo.usc.es.D. Juan Becerra González. University Associate Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor E.Dr. José Luis Benedito Castellote. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor D.Extension 22619.Dr. Ana M a Bravo del Moral. University Lecturer. Hall III, 1 st Floor D. Extension22303.Dr. Cristina Castillo Rodríguez. University Assistant Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor D.Extension 22614. E-mail: ccasti@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Pablo Díez Baños. University Professor. Hall I, Ground Floor. Extension 22100. E-mail: dibapa@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Gonzalo Fernández Rodríguez. University Associate Teacher. Hall I, 1 st Floor. E-mail: gonferna@lugo.usc.es.52QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Dr. Luis Eusebio Fidalgo Álvarez. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor D.Extension 22613. E-mail: pafida@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Pedro García Herradón. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics. 1 st Floor. Extension22604. E-mail: pgarherr@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Ana Goicoa Valdevira. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor D. Extension22611. E-mail: pagoicoa@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Joaquín Hernández Bermúdez. University Assistant Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 st FloorD. Extension 22618. E-mail: avebus@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo. University Lecturer. Hall I, Ground Floor. Extension22102. E-mail: mopela@lugo.usc.es.Dr. José M a Nieto Martínez. University Lecturer. Hall III, 1 st Floor. Extension 22307.E-mail: jnieto@lugo.usc.es.Dr. M a Rosario Panadero Fontán. University Assistant Teacher. Hall I, Ground Floor.Extension 22101. E-mail: charopan@lugo.usc.es.Dr. José Luis Pereira Espinel. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor C. Extension22608. E-mail: pespinel@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Luis Angel Quintela Arias. University Assistant Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor.Extension 22605. E-mail: laquiari@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández. University Associate Teacher. Hall I, GroundFloor. Extension 22101. E-mail: ritasan@lugo.usc.es.Dr. M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-Pérez. University Lecturer. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor.Extension 22104.Dr. Germán Santamarina Pernas. University Assistant Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 st Floor.Extension 22617.Dr. Eduardo Yus Respaldiza. University Lecturer. Hall I, 1 st Floor. Extension 22103.Dr. Antonio González Cantalapiedra. Health Science Associate Hospital Teacher.Clinical Hall, 1 st Floor. Extension.Dr. Ana M a López Beceiro. Health Science Associate Hospital Teacher. Hall Clinics, 1 stFloor. Extension.Dr. Mónica López Peña. Health Science Associate Hospital Teacher. Hall III, 1 st Floor.Extension.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 302. Veterinary Pathological Anatomy. Third Course.Code 306. General Pathology. Third Course.Code 403. Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases. Fourth Course.Code 404. Infectious Pathology and Epizootiology. Fourth CourseCode 405. Surgical Pathology and Surgery. Fourth Course.Code 504. Medical Pathology (Clinics). Fifth CourseCode 505. Obstetrics, Reproduction Pathology and Artificial Insemination. FifthCourse.DEPARTMENT OF ANALYTIC CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION ANDBROMATOLOGY.SEAT: Chemistry Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.DIRECTOR: Dr. Rafael Cela Torrijos. Extension 14271.53QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2SECRETARY: Dr. Herminia Bollaín Rodríguez. Extension 14270.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 14273.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY:Food Technology Area, Hall IV, Ground Floor D.Hygiene and Food Inspection Area. Hall IV, 1 st Floor D.Food Technology Area (of Knowledge).Dr. Olga Díaz Rubio. University Assisstant Teacher. Extension 22423.Dr. M a Asunción Fernández Martínez. University Lecturer. Extension 22424. E-mail:afmap@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Ángeles Romero Rodríguez. University Lecturer. Extension 22421.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 402. Food Technology. Fourth Course.Nutrition and Bromatology Area (of Knowledge).Dr. Alberto Cepeda Sáez. University Lecturer. Extension 22410. E-mail:cepeda@lugo.usc.es.Dr. Carlos Manuel Franco Abuín. University Assistant Teacher. Extension 22407. E-mail: cmfranco@lugo.usc.es.Dr. José Luis Rodríguez Otero. University Lecturer. Extension 22408.Dr. M a Lourdes Vázquez Odériz. University Lecturer. Extension 24069.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 501. Hygiene and Food Inspection. Fifth Course.PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT.SEAT: Chemistry Faculty.ADDRESS: Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.DIRECTOR: Dr. Miguel A. Ríos Fernández. Extension 14230.ADMINISTRATION: Extension 14123.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Sciencie Faculty.TEACHERS:Dr. Maria del Camen Buján Núñez. University Lecturer. Extension 24090.Dr. M a de la Merced Novo Rodríguez. University Lecturer (without a “tenure”).Extension 24090.Dr. Jesús Rodríguez Otero. University Lecturer (without a “tenure”). Extension 24091.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 103. Chemistry. First Course.ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT.SEAT: Chemistry Faculty.ADDRESS:Southern Campus. 15706 Santiago de Compostela.TELEPHONE: 981-563100.DIRECTOR: Dr. Ramón José Estévez Cabanas. Extension 14242.SECRETARY: Dr. Gabriel Tojo Suárez. Extension 14244.54QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2ADMINISTRATION: Extension 14236.LOCATION IN THE FACULTY: Science Faculty.TEACHERS:Dr. Agustín Cobas Martínez. University Associate Teacher. Extension 24087.Dr. Concepción González Bello.SUBJECTS TAUGHT:Code 103. Chemistry. First Course.The Faculty general services as well as the personnel responsible for them areenumerated as follows:FACULTY GENERAL SERVICESDirection Secretary.Central Hall, 1 st Floor. Extension 22024.Ms. Teresa María Iglesias AmadoEconomic Management.Central Hall, Ground Floor.Ms. Cristina Paradela Vieito. Extension 22011.Administration.Central Hall, Ground floor.Ms. Carmen Montes Prado. Extension 22013.Reception.Central Hall, Ground Floor. Extension 22012.Janitor: Mr. Roberto Gorís Picón.Assistant Personnel: Morning shift: Mr. Javier Nogueira Fernández and Mr. XoánVázquez Gómez.Afternoon shift: Ms. Raquel Fidalgo Gregorio and Mr. Xosé Anxo Castro Vázquez.Incineration, Document Destruction and Paper Recycling Service.Annexed Building (Lazareto). Extension 22012.Mr. Xosé Antonio Rivas Couto.Library.Central Hall, First and Second Basement.DIRECTOR: Ms. Maria Julia Cantalapiedra Alvarez. First Basement. Extension 22002.ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN: Ms. Ana Isabel Portugués del Rio. Second Basement.Extension 22005/6.TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS: Morning shift: Ms. Elisa Salgado González.Afternoon shift: Mr. José Antonio Alvarez Fernández and Ms. Rosario TorreiroMartínez.Cafeteria.55QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2Central Hall, first basement. Extension 22003Awardee: Mr. Antonio Carballo Ameijeiras.Photocopier Service.Classrooms Hall. Extension 22008.Awardee: Mr. Francisco García Fernández.LOCATION OF THE DIFFERENT TEACHING UNITS IN OUR FACULTYBUILDING.This is a short enumeration of our Faculty different teaching units location. We give afull treatment to this subject in Chapter 5 of this Report.Hall 1Ground Floor: Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases.1 st Floor: Infectious Pathology and Epizootiology.2 nd Floor: Microbiology (Bacteriology, Virology and Immunology).Hall IIGround Floor, D: Research General Services.Herbarium Víctor López Seoane.Ground Floor, E: Agrobiological Reasearch Support Service.1 st Floor, D: Toxicology and Legal Veterinary.1 st Floor, E: Biochemistry.2 nd Floor, D: Physiology.2 nd Floor, E: Pharmacology and Therapeutics.Hall IIIGround Floor, D: Necropsies Room.Ground Floor, E: Disection Room.1 st Floor, D: Pathological Anatomy.1 st Floor, E: Animal Biology.2 nd Floor, D: Veterinary Cytology and Histology.2 nd Floor, E: Anatomy and Embryology (I and II).Hall IVGround Floor, D: Food Hygiene and InspectionGround Floor, E: Ethnology and Identification. Animal Production.1 st Floor, D: Food Technology.1 st Floor, E: Agrarian Economy, Nutrition and Food.2 nd Floor, D: Agriculture2 nd Floor, E: GeneticsClinics Hall1 st Floor, D: General Pathology. Medical Pathology.1 st Floor, C: Surgical Pathology and Surgery56QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 21 st Floor, E: Obstetrics, Reproduction Pathology and Artificial Insemination.2.3. University that recognizes and register its diplomas.As it was already said, the Veterinary Faculty in this campus (Lugo) belongs to“Santiago de Compostela University” and it has enough competency as a publicuniversity to grant and recognize the Bachelor of Science Degree in Veterinary. TheUniversity of Santiago de Compostela is the only one of the three ones located inGalicia that can offer this course of studies.2.4. Changes desirable or foreseen.It would be convenient to achieve a more homogeneous departmental structure withinthe areas of knowledge that have teaching hours in this Faculty. We also think itadviseable for the Departments to have their own seats in Lugo. This doesn’t mean thatthe contact and colaboration with the Departments in Santiago is going to end, just theopposite. We have to keep on good terms and in close contact with the predominantlyDepartmental structure of our University.This possible change is limited by the Departments composition, according to theUniversity Reform Law, as well as by the importance the Departments in Santiago havewhen decisions have to be taken in the University collegiate organs, Therefore, it ismuch more difficult to reach agreements that would allow a more flexible andautonomous organization of our campus at present.Short note on educational system in Spain.The General Law for Education was directed toward a complete reform of the educationalsystem in Spain. Associated reforms include: obligatory basic general education from 3 to 16year-old students, removal of rural-urban differentials in educational opportunity; equal accessto the University, and University autonomy and the creation of new Universities. Aid tostudents is also to be given in a broad variety of scholarships, loans and other subsidies.University education proper may be undertaken in the Universities or in advanced technicaleducation schools. In the latter case, there are three cycles or programmes of study, a firstdevoted to basic disciplines over a three-year period (a diploma is granted), a second ofspecialization, which lasts for two years (a bachelor’s degree is granted, here in Spain thisdegree is called “licenciado” degree of licentiate = this means that the student is given a licenceto put his profession into practice; there is also a third cycle of specialization and preparation for57QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 2research work leading to the reading of the Doctoral thesis.Students who have completed in the University or in the first cycle of a advanced technicalschool obtain the diploma that enables them to work in their field of competency. Those whocomplete studies through the second cycle receive the degree of licentiate = Bachelor’s degree,engineer, or architect, allowing them to practise professionally or to continue their studies in thethird cycle, together with the writing and approval of a thesis that leads to the degree of Doctorin the field of specialization.58QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3CHAPTER 3FINANCING59QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3CONTENTS:3.1. Description of the sources of financing and amount ofincome (distribution between teaching and researchcredits).3.2. Description of allocation of funds to salaries, supplies,general costs, etc. as a whole and to individualdepartments.3.3. Stating per capita cost of education (per year perstudent).3.4. Comment on the adequacy of funds.3.5. Changes desirable or foreseen.60QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 33.1. Description of the sources of financing and amount of income (distributionbetween teaching and research credits).To calculate the total cost of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Veterinary we only takeinto account the number of hours the teachers dedicate to this Faculty, and not the totalamount of hours taught by them. The reason is that most of the teachers of Veterinaryalso give classes in other universitary institutions in Lugo and even in Santiago.To make this calculation we take the total cost for the University of each teacher duringthe academic year 1996-97 (fiscal year 1996) -data provided by the ManagementService of the University- and correct it according to the numbers of hours taught byeach of them in this Faculty. In this way we have that the all-in cost of the 87 teachersin the staff means 381,625,231 pts. (2,374,029.43 ECU) for the University, while theactual cost of the teaching activity in Veterinary is 302,741,894 pts (1,883,308.83ECU). The remaining 78,883,336 pts. (490,720.83 ECU) goes to the hours taugth bythese teachers in other University institutions.The overall budget of the Faculty of Veterinary for the academic year 1996-97 (fiscalyear 1996) was 582,911,521 pts. (3,626,199.20 ECU), which added to 169,000,000 pts.(1,051,321.93 ECU) budgeted for the running of the Veterinary Clinical Hospital “RofCodina” during the same period, equals a total of 169,000,000 pts. (1,051,321.93 ECU).431,847,893 pts. (2,686,456.57 ECU) out of the 582,911,521 pts. (3,626,199.20 ECU)administered by the Faculty were allocated to the payment of salaries of all the staff, aswell as to the general runnig of the institution with regard to teaching needs, while151,063,628 pts. (939,742.63 ECU) were specifically allocated to research. The fundsfor the general running of the faculty and teaching needs were supplied by theUniversity of Santiago. As regards the funds for researching 133,249,853 pts.(828,955.99 ECU) were obtained by teachers and researchers of the Faculty for theexecution of projects and contracts of researching, as well as the improvement ofresearching equipment, while the reamining 17,813,775 pts. (110,816.64 ECU) comesfrom the money shared out by the University among its departments on the basis of theirscientific output. 112,979,920 pts. (702,829.98 ECU) out of the total budget for projectsand contracts comes from public financing at different levels: European (EEC), national(Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, CICYT, DGICIT, National InsurenceFund for Health Researching-FISs, etc.) and regional (Xunta de Galicia, Consellería deEducación, Consellería de Ganadería, etc.) while the remaining 20,269,933 pts.(126,096.01 ECU) were obtained through contracts and agreements signed byresearchers with different firms following the channels established by the UniversitaryReform Law and the University of Santiago regulations.The general budget of the Faculty and its distribution is shown in detail and graphicallyanalized in the Table 3.1 and Figures 3.1 and 3.2.61QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3At this point it would be advisable to clarify the fact that some of the general servicesfor the maintenance of the Faculty facilities directly depend on maintenance contractssigned by the University of Santiago which cover the needs of the whole campus ofLugo.Therefore the cost of this kind of maintenance do not affect the budget administered bythe Faculty. These general services are: cleaning service, gardening maintenance, liftsmaintenance, air-conditioning machinery and heating boiler maintenance. Otherservices of the Faculty such as reprography and cafeteria also depend on contractssigned with independent firms which are responsible for their operation, but the use ofthem by the Faculty affects the budget for the general running with specific budgetitems for these services. The prices of these kind of services are unified for the wholeUniversity.TABLE 3.1. GENERAL BUDGET OF THE FACULTYBUDGET PESETAS (Pts) ECU*FACULTYPersonnel 355,583,682 2,212,029.12Teaching activity 31,071,045 193,287.99Research 151,063,628 939,742.63Operating 45,193,166 3,626,199.20PROGRESSIVE TOTAL 582,911,521 3,626,199.20CLINICAL HOSPITALOperating 158,000,000 982,892.69Sundries 11,000,000 68,429.24PR. TOTAL HOSPITAL 169,000,000 1,051,321.93OVERALL BUDGET 751,911,521 4,677,521.13*The average weighted value for the ECU in 1996 was 160,75 pts. per ECU.62QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3FIGURE 3.1.GENERAL BUDGET400350FACULTYHOSPITALBUDGET (MILLIONS OF Pts.)300250200150100500PERSONNELTEACHINGRESEARCHOPERATINGHOSPITALFIGURE 3.2.GENERAL BUDGET6%22%PERSONNELTEACHING20%RESEARCHOPERATING4%48%HOSPITALThis chart shows that the personnel budget is around 48% of the total, followed by thebudget for the hospital (22%), research (20%), general operating (6%) and teachingactivity (4%). The general budget for the teaching activity, which is the result of adding63QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3the budget for the teaching staff and the budget specifically dedicated to give classes, is333,812,940 pts. (2,076,596.83 ECU) which represents 57.3% of the overall budgetadministered by the Faculty. The correspondent part of the budget of the Hospitalshould be added to this budget.For the basic teaching activity we should take into account the general budget of theFaculty and that of the Hospital, with the exception of that specifically allocated toresearch. This means a total of 600,847,893 pts. (3,737,778.49 ECU) which is theamount allocated for the teaching activity and which represents 79.9% of the overallbudget.3.2. Description of allocation of funds to salaries, supplies, general costs, etc. as awhole and to individual departments.The breakdown of expenditure of the budget of the Faculty is shown in detail in theTable 3.2 and Figure 3.3.TABLE 3.2. BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE OF THE BUDGETOF THE FACULTYCLASSIFICATIONOF EXPENDITUREPURPOSE OFEXPENDITUREPESETASECUPERSONNEL Teaching staff 302,741,895 1,883,308.83Auxiliary staff 52,841,787 328,720.29PROGRESSIVE TOTAL 355,583,682 2,212,029.12TEACHINGACTIVITYOrdinary budget 21,516,630 133,851.51Extraordinary budget 3,623,000 22,538.10Library budget 3,374,209 20,990.41Field study 1,113,250 6,925.35Postgraduate teaching 1,443,956 8,982.62PROGRESSIVE TOTAL 31,071,045 193,287.99RESEARCH Projects 112,979,920 702,829.98Contracts and agreements 20,269,933 126,096.01Research aid 17,813,775 110,816.64PROGRESSIVE TOTAL 151,063,628 939,742.63OPERATING Supplies 34,351,932 213,697.87Transport aid 3,966,431 24,674.53Congresses and Courses 6,874,803 42,767.05PROGRESSIVE TOTAL 45,193,166 281,139.45TOTAL 582,911,521 3,626,199.2064QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3FIGURE 3.3. BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE OF THEBUDGETOF THE FACULTY400350MILLIONS OF PTS.300250200150100500PERSONNELTEACHINGRESEARCHOPERATINGBREAKDOWN OF EXPENDIUREThe distribution of the budget of the Veterinary Clinical Hospital “Rof Codina” isshown in detail in the Table 3.3 and Figure 3.4.TABLE 3.3. BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE OF THE BUDGETOF THE CLINICAL HOSPITALCLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE PESETAS ECUOrdinary transfer 136,000,000 846,034.22Patrimony income 9,000,000 55,987.56Capital transfer 13,000,000 80,870.92Other activities 11,000,000 68,429.24TOTAL 169,000,000 1,051,321.9365QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3FIGURE 3.4. BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE OF THEBUDGET OF THE HOSPITAL140120MILLIONS OF PTS100806040200ORDINARYTRANSFERSPATRIMONIUMCAPITALTRANSFERSOTHERACTIVITIESBREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITUREThe specific budget allocation for each teaching unit distributed according to theconcepts of basic teaching, postgraduate teaching and reseach aid, is indicated inChapter 5 where we deal with the personnel and budget each teaching unit had duringthe academic year 1996-97. Here we just indicate the total cost of the staff of eachteaching unit as well as the raising of economic resources for teaching and researching.The budget allocation per teaching unit is shown in Tables 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7. The budgetfor the academic year 1996-97 is broken down into teaching staffs, teaching allocationsand researching allocations.66QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3TABLE 3.4. TEACHING STAFF COST PER TEACHING UNITTEACHING UNITHOURS PERYEARTOTAL COST OFTHE STAFFACTUAL COSTPERDEDICATIONMathematics 220 6,176,046 3,285,156Physics 320 19,748,614 4,795,376Chemistry 413 19,949,242 7,122,164Biology 390 13,051,211 10,895,769Anatomy I 830 22,807,902 22,807,902Cytology & Histology 660 15,390,379 15,390,379Microbiology 700 22,617,170 15,964,559Biochemistry 640 16,094,024 15,476,156Animal Physiology 812 25,386,207 18,405,766Genetics 370 19,876,503 7,354,317Anatomy II 440 10,433,465 10,433,465Pharmacology 400 11,592,710 11,592,710Pathological Anatomy 520 9,542,670 9,542,670Ethnology 310 13,809,367 7,535,148Nutrition 480 10,003,585 8,526,427Agriculture 380 10,045,481 10,045,481General Pathology 970 13,923,793 13,923,793Animal Production 340 6,422,375 5,855,193Food Technology 450 13,240,004 9,135,057Parasitology 710 18,650,635 18,650,635Infectious Pathology 670 11,389,295 11,389,295Surgical Pathology 530 12,396,536 12,396,536Ethology 120 4,670,297 4,670,297Hygiene & Inspection 640 14,796,507 8,849,285Toxicology 360 12,941,238 7,107,028Agrarian Economy 240 6,773,976 6,773,976Medical Pathology 650 13,693,704 13,693,704Obstetrics 610 11,123,651 11,123,65167QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3TABLE 3.5. BUDGETS OF TEACHING ACTIVITY PER TEACHING UNITTEACHING UNITBASICTEACHINGPOSTGRADUATETEACHINGTOTALMathematics 197,192 0 197,192Physics 238,541 - 238,541Chemistry 307,200 126,590 433,790Biology 282,956 89,441 372,397Anatomy I 547,005 0 547,005Cytology & Histology 437,921 0 437,921Microbiology 458,417 185,371 643,788Biochemistry 475,377 58,200 533,577Animal Physiology 559,685 - 559,685Genetics 284,599 66,000 350,599Anatomy II 398,980 0 398,980Pharmacology 317,290 100,000 417,290Pathological Anatomy 303,406 8,198 311,604Ethnology 252,300 53,616 305,916Nutrition 331,149 0 331,149Agriculture 302,244 33,664 335,908General Pathology 456,951 171,494 628,445Animal Production 203,138 0 203,138Food Technology 309,230 43,783 353,013Parasitology 399,386 161,628 561,014Infectious Pathology 333,395 46,801 380,196Surgical Pathology 305,055 37,037 342,092Ethology 89,915 0 89,915Hygiene & Inspection 350,819 129,384 480,203Toxicology 272,366 40,580 312,946Agrarian Economy 134,957 0 134,957Medical Pathology 404,277 79,351 483,628Obstetrics 323,374 12,818 336,19268QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 3TABLE 3.6. RESEARCHING BUDGET PER TEACHING UNITTEACHING UNIT PROJECTS CONTRACTS AIDS TOTALMathematics - - 161,330 161,330Physics - - - -Chemistry - - 1,039,886 1,039,886Biology 3,410,531 0 751,538 4,162,069Anatomy I 323,999 0 100,126 424,125Cytology & Histology 2,921,806 961,275 308,048 4,191,129Microbiology 6,503,774 0 1,766,009 8,269,783Biochemistry 8,883,267 0 431,731 9,314,998Animal Physiology 11,065,506 0 1,877,907 12,943,413Genetics 15,760,926 0 1,970,314 17,731,240Anatomy II 0 0 100,000 100,000Pharmacology 6,185,410 9,717,434 1,400,000 17,302,844Pathological Anatomy 1,501,142 162,271 382,245 2,045,658Ethnology 5,655,517 0 247,346 5,902,863Nutrition 0 0 29,232 29,232Agriculture 6,417,447 0 130,683 6,548,130General Pathology 294,079 0 1,000,582 1,294,661Animal Production 0 0 83,198 83,198Food Technology 3,480,041 0 125,793 3,605,834Parasitology 5,831,525 20,546 1,184,959 7,037,030Infectious Pathology 5,619,483 0 629,580 6,249,063Surgical Pathology 5,058,778 0 377,748 5,436,526Ethology 3,106,207 0 0 3,106,207Hygiene & Inspection 10,340,000 6,988,536 2,187,402 19,515,938Toxicology 10,620,662 0 504,784 11,125,446Agrarian Economy 0 0 55,091 55,091Medical Pathology 0 2,419,871 533,493 2,953,364Obstetrics 0 0 314,790 314,790TABLE 3.7. FINANCING OF COURSES AND CONGRESSESTEACHING UNITCOURSES AND CONGRESSESAnatomy and Embryology 2,493,974Cytology and Histology 11,214Pharmacology and Therapeutics 320,990Surgical Pathology and Surgery 350,000Toxicology and Legal Veterinary 3,698,62569QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 33.3. Stating per capita cost of education (per year per student).Being a Public University Institution, the Faculty of Veterinary main objective isteaching. Taking this into account we will ignore here the budget items assignedspecifically to research and postgraduate teaching. We are aware, though, that the totalamount assigned to teaching staff covers more than teaching activities and generaloperating.In order to establish the cost of the teaching activities, we have assumed an averageteaching dedication of 75% for teaching staff and of 100% for assistant staff. As far asthe Veterinary Clinical Hospital is concerned, we have assumed that 50% of the budgetis assigned to complement the basic teaching activity in clinics and the reminder 50% isallocated to different assistance concepts.Taking into account the estimates indicated above, the cost of basic teaching per studentand year is 309,964 pts. (1,928.24 ECU). The starting data for this calculation areshown in the Table 3.8.TABLE 3.8. PER CAPITA COST OF EDUCATIONCLASSIFICATION TOTAL COST BASIC TEACHINGOF EXPENDITURE PESETAS PESETAS ECUTeaching staff 302,741,895 227,056,421 1,412,481.62Assistant staff 52,841,787 52,841,787 328,720.29Teaching 31,071,045 29,627,089 184,305.38Operating 45,193,166 45,193,166 281,139.45Clinical Hospital 169,000,000 84,500,000 525,66,.96TOTAL 600,847,893 439,218,463 2,732,307.70Nº OF STUDENTS 1,417 1,417 1,417COST/STUDENT 424,028 309,964 1,928.24The result of applying the cost of teaching to the five years of the degree, is that everygraduate in Veterinary studies should represent an average cost of 1,549,820 pts.(9,641.18 ECU), while the actual data of the number of graduates during the last fiveyears (532) (see Chapter 7) mean an average cost of 4,127,993 pts. (25,679.58 ECU).70QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 33.4. Comment on the adequacy of funds.The funds for the development of the Faculty are not sufficient, particularly those thataffect the basic teaching, such as those allocated to teaching and assistant staff and theordinary budgets assigned for the development of specific teaching units. We think thatthe funds return could be improved if the teaching staff were large enough to allow amore personal dedication to students, particularly in what refers to clinical practice andlaboratories.3.5. Changes desirable or foreseen.It would be desirable, though it is not specifically projected, to reorganize de teachingand assistant staff in order to be able to offer a better degree of attention to the student,as well as to reduce the ratio teacher/student and teaching staff/auxiliary staff to thefigures recommended by EAEVE for the European Faculties of Veterinary. In Chapter 9we analize in detail the ratios of our Faculty.71QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4CHAPTER 4PHYSICAL FACILITIESAND EQUIPMENT72QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4CONTENTS:4.1. Suitability of the buildings in general.4.2. Suitability of the equipment in general.4.3. Number of animal species kept for teaching purposesother than clinical.4.4. Changes desirable or foreseen.73QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4The Lugo Veterinary Faculty is equipped with an excellent modular building, built onassignment by the Goverment Commission of the Excma. Diputación Provincial deLugo after a meeting held on November 11, 1983 and according to a document issuedby the Rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Being the Rector’s wish tohave a full Faculty projected and eventually built, the assignment for the building tookshape with the purpose of housing the Veterinary Faculty in full on the grounds that, ifthe different facilities are integrated into a compact Faculty, they function better and aremore efficient than if they are broken up and dispersed, which would seriously mark theSchool’s working power.The building, charged to the budget of the Excma. Diputación Provincial de Lugo, wasopened in May of 1991, and it comprises a 51,620 m 2 estate on which 40,934 m 2 havebeen developed and a total extension of 31,728 m 2 has been built in order toaccommodate the Faculty’s eight basic structural units. These are: the Central Block,the Auditorium, the Classrooms, four Department Blocks, and the Clinics, whichinclude the Veterinary Clinical Hospital.The general plan of the whole of the School facilities is shown in Figure 4.1, indicatingthe location of all buildings, which are described in detail below.AUDITORIUMANIMALARIUMFIGURE 4.1BLOCK ICENTRALBLOCKBLOCK IIHOSPITALBLOCK IVBLOCK IIICLASSROOMSCLINICSLAZARETO74QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4Central Block. The Central Block has a total area of 3,178 m 2 , which is divided intothree storeys: the ground floor (1,598 m 2 ), the first floor (1,676 m 2 ), and the secondfloor (444 m 2 ). It houses the various Direction offices (Dean’s office, Vice-dean’soffice, Secretary’s office), Administrative and Financial Affairs offices, Archives,Meeting Room and Assembly Room, Porter’s Lodge, Computer and computer-assistedteaching Rooms, Library and Cafeteria-Dinning Room, as well as spacious halls.(Figures 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6).Figure 4.2. and 4.3. First and ground floors in the Central Block.75QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4The Library extends over 902 m 2 in two different levels, and it comprises book storageroom (139 m 2 ), Newspaper Library and computer-search rooms (135 m 2 ), Direction andCataloguing offices (67 m 2 ), as well as a 326 m 2 air-conditioned reading room with 263seats for reading and studying.Figure 4.4. Central BlockFigure 4.5. LibraryAuditorium. The 1,707 m 2 Auditorium is externally connected with the general hallthat gives access to the building, and internally with the Central Block. It has an amplefoyer and showroom, and a conference hall with 635 seats fitted with an attachedcollapsible desk which are distributed in various levels in the lecture theatre. Theconference hall is air-conditioned and fit to host conferences and conventions as well asvisual shows and musical performances. It is equipped with projection systems, a fullsizescreen, a professional sound system, a projection and sound control both, and fourboxes for simultaneous translation. The sound equipment is suitable for auditions and itincludes wire-free microphones. As a whole, the conference hall is superbly preparedand it is regularly used not only for those events specifically related to the VeterinarySchool and the University, but also for most scientific conventions and conferences heldin Lugo. The Auditorium facilities are completed with the 170 m 2 engine room, roomsfor the reception of congress-attendants, rooms for provisional offices, storage rooms,restrooms, and ample independent areas that give access to the lecture theatre and thetranslation and control rooms in two different levels.Figure 4.6. Auditorium76QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4Classroom Area. Seven large classrooms are available in the Faculty, all of themplaced forming a whole and located near the Department Pavillions, which facilitatesthe mobility both to students and professors for theoretical and practical teaching,seminars, and tutorial activities. The classroom area extends over 5,000 m 2 , and allrooms are oriented in the same direction and built as a graded lecture theatre with itsdesks organized in tiers. Three of the classrooms can hold up to 250 people, while theremaining four have 125 seats each. (Figure 4.7)Figure 4.7. Plan of the Classroom area.The seven classrooms are fully independent from each other except for the amplecorridors that connect them and the main hall that covers the whole of the classroomarea in its upper part. This hall has ample windows and skylights that let through a greatamount of daylight (Figures 4.8 and 4.9). All classrooms are equipped with electric77QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4curtains to keep the light out, slide projectors with remote control, overhead projectorsand air conditioning. Besides, the three bigger classrooms (Room 1. “Severo Ochoa”,Rooms 2 and 3) (Figure 4.10.) are fitted with a public-address system, and Room 3 inparticular is provided with a video projection system which allows for the showing ofpreviously taped as well as live material, through closed-circuit television, of operationson large animals which may be performed in the main operating room the Faculty’sClinical Hospital.Figure 4.8.Classroom AreaFigure 4.9. Classroom AreaApart from the rooms destined to lectures and theoretical teaching, the Classroom Areaalso provides space for the Reprography and Bookbinding Service, the room for StudentRepresentatives, several rooms for Student Associations in the campus, the room of theTuna de Veterinaria (Veterinary Student Minstrels), and rooms for several associationssuch as {Veterinarios sin Fronteras/Vets without Frontiers}, the Ecologist Collective forthe Defense of Nature, Solidary Students, Friends of Animals and Plants Association,etc. One of the rooms is used by the Theatre Group.Figure 4.10. Room 1. “Severo Ochoa”Figure 4.11. Ouside of the Classroom AreaThe Classroom Area has spacious restrooms for the students, and there are ramps allover it which help physically disabled people to move around and clear the steps that78QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4lead to the various levels. There is a wider tier at the top of every classroom for them tohave easy access to (Figure 4.11.).Department Blocks. The four Blocks destined to Departments and Teaching Unitsextend over 14,650 m 2 (Figures 4.12 and 4.13.). They house the different teachingbranches of the Faculty except Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, which find theirplace in the premises of the Science School. There are other installations located inthese Blocks, such as the Animalarium, the Necropsy Room, the Anatomical DissectionRoom, the Museum, the General Service for the Support of Research, etc.Figure 4.12.General view of the PavillionsPavillionsFigure 4.13. DepartmentAll the different services and units housed by these Blocks are listed below, togetherwith their location and the space available for them. However, it must be said that someof the floors in these Blocks may be occupied not only by professors teaching in theVeterinary Faculty, but also by professors who belong to those Departments which havebeen assigned teaching at other schools/faculties in the Campus.Block I. With a total extension of 2,802 m 2 , it is divided into three floors: ground floor(1,394 m 2 ), first floor (751 m 2 ) and second floor (657 m 2 ).• Ground floor: Animalarium and Cremation Service (643 m 2 ).• Ground floor: Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases (751 m 2 ).• First floor: Infectious Pathology and Epizootiology (751 m 2 ).• Second floor:Microbiology (Bacteriology, Immunology and Virology)(657 m 2 ).The re-structuration of the Experimentation Animalarium is about to be finished inorder to house rodent sections, middle-sized animals, and an aquarium complex (forboth salt and fresh water).Block II. Comprising a total extension of 3,426 m 2 , it is divided into three storeys with1,142 m 2 and two wings each (left and right), and it houses Teaching Units and generalresearch services.79QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4• Ground floor, right wing: General Research Service, Electronic Microscopy,Radioisotopes Lab, and Herbarium (571 m 2 ).• Ground floor, left wing: Service for the Support of Agrobiological Research(FEDER) (571 m 2 ).• First floor, right wing: Toxicology and Legal Veterinary (571 m 2 ).• First floor, left wing: Biochemistry (571 m 2 ).• Second floor, right wing: Physiology and Ethology and Animal Protection (571 m 2 ).• Second floor, left wing: Pharmacology and Therapeutics (571 m 2 ).Block III. With a total extension of 4,069 m 2 , it comprises three storeys: ground floor(1,787 m 2 ), first floor (1,136 m 2 ), and second floor (1,146 m 2 ). This Block houses theNecropsy Room with its annexed rooms, as well as the Anatomical Dissection Room,the Museum and annexed rooms.• Ground floor, right wing: Necropsy Room and annexed rooms (590 m 2 ).• Ground floor, left wing:Anatomical Dissection Room, Museum and annexedrooms (1.190 m 2 ).• First floor, right wing: Veterinary Pathological Anatomy (573 m 2 ).• First floor, left wing: Biology (Zoology and Botany) (573 m 2 ).• Second floor, right wing: Cytology and Veterinary Histology (573 m 2 ).• Second floor, left wing: Anatomy and Veterinary Embryology I and II (573 m 2 ).Block IV. With a total extension of 4,351 m 2 , it is divided into four storeys and onebasement fitted to house the Dairy Products Room, which will shortly move itspremises to a different building. The three bottom floors extend over 1,142 m 2 each,while the fourth floor extends over 925 m 2 , its reminding area being covered withskylight windows.• Basement: Dairy Products Room (182 m 2 ).• Ground floor, right wing: Hygiene and Food Inspection (571 m 2 ).• Ground floor, left wing: Ethnology and Animal Production and Identification (571m 2 ).• First floor, right wing: Food Technology (571 m 2 ).• First floor, left wing:Agrarian Economy and Animal Feeding and Nutrition(571 m 2 ).• Second floor, right wing: Agriculture and Agronomy (571 m 2 ).• Second floor, left wing: Genetic Science (568 m 2 ).• Third floor, right wing: *Vegetable Physiology Departament (462 m 2 ).• Third floor, left wing:*Vice-Chancellorship and Vice-Management Office of theLugo Campus (462 m 2 ).*On a provisional basis, the building houses some central offices of the Campus which will find a new location oncethe Central Services Building is finished.80QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4Clinical Block and Veterinary Clinical Hospital. Comprising a total extension of4,341 m 2 , the Clinical Block occupies two storeys: ground floor (2,492 m 2 ) and topfloor (1,848 m 2 ). It houses the four teaching branches dealing with purely clinicalmatters as well as the consulting, surgery, and service areas.• Ground wing: “Rof Codina” Veterinary Clinical Hospital (2,492 m 2 ).• Right wing: General Pathology and Medical Pathology (616 m 2 ).• Central wing: Surgery and Surgical Pathology (616 m 2 ).• Left wing: Obstetrics, Reproduction Pathology and Artificial Insemination(616 m 2 ).The Hospital installations are completed with the Hospitalization Area (1,309 m 2 ), theInfectious and Contagious Animals Area (403 m 2 ), and the Food Storage Area (205 m 2 ).The remainding area of the School is occupied by the porter’s dwelling (114 m 2 ), themaintenance services (100 m 2 ), the electrical system (54 m 2 ), the sectioning centre (70m 2 ), and the transformation centre (38 m 2 ). All these complete the whole built extensionof the Veterinary Faculty, a total of 31,728 m 2 devoted to its teaching, research andassistance tasks.Development, communication and gardens:The various buildings of the School are communicated with each other by means ofpedestrian porchs which cover a total extension of 1,600 m 2 , as well as by a large 1,334m 2 multiple-use porch underneath the platform leading into the Central Block, which isat present fitted as a provisional animal yard (mainly dogs) whose owners work or studyat the Faculty, or are simply visiting the premises. The remainding developed areaincludes 14,000 m 2 of pavement and sidewalks and some 24,000 m 2 of green areas, aswell as a gardened area which at present covers 10,686 m 2 . All the Faculty buildingsand communication passages and porches have ramps and/or elevating devices forphysically disabled people to move around as well as for the transportation of goods andmaterials.Apart from the main access to the Central Block and Auditorium through the elevatedaccess platform, the Faculty has other several means of access of people and goods,which communicate the exterior passages with the Animalarium and Cremation Service,Classroom Area, Deparment Blocks and Hospital.Graphic analysis and area distribution:For a better understanding of the spatial allocation within the School, we provide a briefgraphic analysis of it according to the use given to the different rooms and areas, to itsdistribuiton in the various teaching units, and to the availability of space for thestudents, respective of the total number of students registered in the academic yearexamined (that is 1996-97).81QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4The distribution of the total area of the estate on which the Faculty was built, and thesize of the area corresponding to the different buildings that constitute it is shown inFigure 4.14.FIGURE 4.14. DISTRIBUTION OF THE AREA OF THE SCHOOLArea in square meters (m2)60000500004000030000200001000005162040934317289206370017005000146505650ESTATEBUILDINGGARDENSPAVEMENTCENTRAL BLOCKOBJECTIVEAUDITORIUMCLASSROOMSDEPARTMENTSCLINICSThe percentage of each building of the school in relation to the total area built is shownin Figure 4.15.FIGURE 4.15. PERCENTAGE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS18%12%6%48%16%CENTRAL BLOCK AUDITORIUM CLASSROOMS DEPARTMENTS CLINICS82QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4Figure 4.16 shows the area available specifically per each of the teaching units locatedin the Faculty for the carrying out of their teaching and research tasks. This is alsoshown in Figure 4.17 as its percentage with regard to the total area devoted to teachingunits.FIGURE 4.16. SPACE AVAILABLE PER TEACHING UNITOBSTETRICSTOXICOLOGYHYGIENESURGERYINFECT. PATHOLPARASITOLOGYFOOD TECH.GENERAL PATH.-MNUTRIT.-A. ECONOMYAGRICULTUREETHNOLOGY616571571616571616571571571751751PATH. ANATOMY1163PHARMACOLOGYGENETICSPHYSIOLOGYBIOCHEMISTRYMICROBIOLOGYCYTOLOGYANATOMYBIOLOGY57156857157165757357317630 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800AREA IN SQUARE METERS (m 2 )83QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4FIGURE 4.17. SPACE AVAILABLE PER TEACHING UNIT4%4% 5% 5%4% 4% 4%4% 4%13%4%4%4%8%4%4%4%4%5%4%BIOLOGY ANATOMY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGYBIOCHEMISTRY PHYSIOLOGY GENETICS PHARMACOLOGYPATH. ANATOMY ETHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE NUTRIT.-A. ECONOMYGENERAL PATH.-M FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY INFECT. PATHOLSURGERY HYGIENE TOXICOLOGY OBSTETRICSFigure 4.18 shows the percentage analysis of the total area of the building with regardto the use given to the different sections: whether they are used for teaching (practicaland theoretical), research, study (library), assistance (hospital), or for general servicesand administration.FIGURE 4.18. PERCENTAGE OF BUILDING AREA ACCORDING TOITS USE3% 6% 16%21%34%20%THEORETICAL TEACHING PRACTICAL TEACHING RESEARCH LIBRARY HOSPITAL OTHER USES84QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4Finally, a global analysis has been done of the use given to the different areas of thebuilding measured against the students registered in the academic year 1996-97. Figure4.19. shows the average area per student per each of the uses given to the different areasof the Faculty. Thus, we can infer that, during the academic year mentioned, everystudent had at least 36.5 m 2 of the estate, 22.4 m 2 of the building in general, and 7.6 m 2of the gardened area. As regards teaching and study areas specifically, every studenthad 4.7 m 2 of the theoretical teaching area, 4.5 m 2 of the practical teaching area, 0.6 m 2of the study area available in the library, 7.6 m 2 of research areas, and 1.4 m 2 of thoseareas devoted specifically to hospitalary assistance and hospitalization.FIGURE 4.19. SQUARE METERS PER STUDENT IN 1996-974036,53530RATIO IN SQUARE METERS2520151022,47,6 7,64,7 4,551,4 0,60STATEBUILDINGGARDENRESEARCHTHEORETICALTEACHINGPRACTICAL TEACHINGHOSPITALLIBRARYThis ends the part devoted to the Building in general together with a brief analysis ofthe use given to its different sections. Below are the answers and explanations to thequestions asked in the guide provided for the making of the self-evaluation report;where the information is restricted to those aspects.85QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 44.1. Suitability of the buildings in general.The school building is more than sufficiently prepared and equipped for the theoreticaland practical teaching of the Veterinary Sciences, as well as for all research andassistance tasks undertaken by the teaching staff and the students attending the Faculty.Some insufficiencies, which are minor and pertaining to very specific necessities ofsome teaching units, are dealt with in Chapter 5 by those people responsible for them.From a general point of view, some precise modifications and fitting up in several of thepremises are necessary, such as the improvement and restructuring of the NechropsyRoom and the Experimentation Animalarium. Both projects are being undertaken whilethis report is being written and we expect to have them finished by the time theEuropean experts visit the Faculty in March of 1998.4.2. Suitability of the equipment in general.The various Teaching Units and general Services are well equipped in what regards themeans and equipment alloted both to theoretical teaching and research. Theinsufficiencies affect part of the equipment alloted to non-hospitalary practical teachingin some particular subjects, whose resources are not enough to provide for the largeamount of students who must attend such practical classes; this provokes an excessiveuse and lack of availability of the equipment.An important deficiency in this sense was the lack of rooms specifically devoted to theComputer Room and to Computer-Assisted Teaching, which were primarily intendedfor the students’ own use. There was enough computing equipment and high standardprocessing and printing material, but free seats for the students to work and study on thecomputers were lacking. The Campus Centralized Registering Unit, which took up anample room in the Faculty’s Central Block, has been finally moved elsewhere, and wecan enjoy an excellent room for computerized teaching. We have begun to fit it with ourown server for computer-assisted teaching, as well as with 25 autonomous seats withmodern large-capacity equipment, connection to the Internet and to the University ofSantiago’s net; this equipment will be enlarged in subsequent finantial years.Up till now, the School had never had a budget item specifically designed to provide forthe purchasing and fitting of computer equipment, since a Central Computer Room tookcare of the whole Campus. It is now still running and mainly oriented to the teachingand updating of the staff and the students on the use of computer programs andequipment.As we know the Faculty closely, we may express our particular opinion on the fact that,while by no means can its equipment be considered low-standard, there is an importantlack of balance between the equipment specifically used for teaching and the equipmentused for research, which has been obtained due to the efforts and worries of the teachingstaff according to the needs of their own research projects and following in many casestheir personal requests for supplies and installations. The research equipment can betermed excellent, to the point that not many faculties have such a wide variety and large86QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 4availability of equipment for research ends. On the other hand, the equipment devotedto practical teaching is not so complete and does not have the high standards of thatused for research, to the extent that it does not meet the basic requirements desired forthe teaching expected from some Teaching Units, as they themselves point out inChapter 5 of this report.4.3. Number of animal species kept for purposes other than clinical.Animals kept specifically for teaching include equine, bovine and canine livestock, aswell as rodents and fish.The bovine and canine livestocks are kept in yards which are run by the VeterinaryClinical Hospital regardless of the teaching purposes to which they might be destined.The rodents -some breeding units of which are still run in particular Teaching Unitswhich need them all throughout the year- are mainly provided from the UniversityCentral Animalarium. The Faculty only takes care of its keeping in the ExperimentationAnimalarium for teaching and reseach purposes. The larger use of rodents affectsmouses (BALB/C), rats (WISTAR), New Zealand Albino Rabbit, and, occasionally,Guinea pigs (cricetum). As regards the fish, salmon and trouts mainly are kept forteaching and research purposes in the aquarium complex of the ExperimentationAnimalarium, and are either provided from fish hatcheries with which the TeachingUnits maintain working and collaboration links, projects or contracts, or they aredirectly caught by natural means by the researchers working in the projects.4.4. Changes desirable or foreseen.Undoubtedly, the best investment to be undertaken in the Faculty would not be one thatimproved the Faculty’s physical or material means, for these are fairly good on ageneral basis, but one that increased its human resources, both in what refers to theteaching staff and to the staff assisting in teaching and research duties. This matter isseriously deficient and forces all people in the Faculty to overwork. The teaching staffis insufficient not only in order to attend to the clinical aspects of the training andbringing up to date of our students, but also as a whole in order to attain a desirablelevel of quality for the teaching in our first and second cycles of basic education.Apart from the desirable improvements in personnel, we can refer to a few otherchanges related to those matters dealt with in this chapter. Some of them are to beundertaken shortly.• Complete fitting out of the Animalarium, comprising not only rodents and fish, butalso medium-size animals (dogs, sheep, pigs, etc.).• Larger provision of computer equipment to complete the Computer Room andincrease the number of workings seats for students.• Provision of a budget specifically ortiented to the acquisition of practical equipment,which is partially insufficient in some Teaching Units.87QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5CHAPTER 5MEANS AVAILABLE ANDACTIVITIES88QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTIONS:(A) BASIC SUBJECTS AND SCIENCES(B) ANIMAL PRODUCTION(C1) CLINICAL TEACHING: GENERAL(C2) CLINICS: HOSPITAL*(D) FOOD HYGIENECONTENTS: TEACHING UNITS, TYPE (A), (B), (C1), (D):1. STATE THE AIMS OF INSTRUCTION2. LECTURE COURSES IN THE SUBJECT(S) COVERED3. PRACTICAL COURSES AND METHODS OF TEACHING4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES5. RESOURCES (HUMAN AND ECONOMIC)6. AVAILABLE BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENTS7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDSBUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT?8. CHANGES DESIRABLES OR FORESEENCONTENTS: (C2) CLINICS. VETERINARY CLINICALHOSPITAL ROF CODINA1. FUNCTIONING AND FINANCING OF CLINICAL ACTIVITIES2. DESCRIPTION OF THE HOSPITAL FACILITIES3. CASE RECORD SYSTEM, FIVE-YEAR STATISTICAL RECORDOF ANIMAL ARRIVALS INCLUDING NECROPSIES4. FIELD SERVICE CLINIC EQUIPMENT AND ACTIVITY5. SATELLITE CLINICS6. NUMBER AND SPECIES OF ANIMALS MAINTAINED FORCLINICAL TEACHING7. EXTRAMURAL CLINICAL PROGRAMME8. COMMENT ON THE ADQUACY OF CLINICAL FACILITIESAND MATERIAL AND ANIMAL SUPPLIES9. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN89QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5TEACHING UNITSSECTION (A): BASIC SUBJECTS AND SCIENCES.A.1. PHYSICS.A.2. CHEMISTRY.A.3. BIOLOGY (Zoology and Botany).A.4. MATHEMATICS (Biometrics and Statistics).A.5. VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY I.A.6. VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY II.A.7. VETERINARY CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY.A.8. PHYSIOLOGY.A.9. BIOCHEMISTRY.A.10. GENETICS.A.11. PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS.A.12. TOXICOLOGY AND LEGAL VETERINARY(Deonthology).A.13. MICROBIOLOGY(Bacteriology, Immunology and Virology).SECTION (B): ANIMAL PRODUCTION.B.1. ANIMAL PRODUCTION(Handling of animals and Veterinary Hygiene).B.2. NUTRITION AND ANIMAL FEEDING.B.3. AGRICULTURE AND AGRONOMY.B.4. AGRARIAN ECONOMY.B.5. ETHNOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION.B.6. ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL PROTECTION.B.7. EXPERIMENTAL FARM “GAYOSO-CASTRO”.(C): CLINICAL SCIENCE.90QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTION (C.1): GENERAL FUNCTIONING.C.1.1. OBSTETRICS, REPRODUCTION PATHOLOGYAND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION.C.1.2. GENERAL PATHOLOGY(Nosology, Physiopathology, Propaedeutics).C.1.3. VETERINARY PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.C.1.4. PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES.C.1.5. INFECTIOUS PATHOLOGY ANDEPIZOOTIOLOGY (Epidemiology).C.1.6. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY(Anaesthetics and Radiology).C.1.7. MEDICAL PATHOLOGY (and Nutrition Pathology).SECTION (C.2): CLINICS. VETERINARY HOSPITAL.SECTION (D): FOOD HYGIENE.D.1. FOOD HYGIENE AND INSPECTION.D.2. FOOD TECHNOLOGY.91QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTION (A): BASIC SUBJECTS AND SCIENCES.92QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.A.1. PHYSICS TEACHING UNITThe Veterinary student should be able to acknowledge the importance this subject hasin order to understand the basic laws that rule the physical phenomena in our world.This subject is particularly important for his/her course of studies and for his/her futurecareer. He/she will fall back on it if he/she wants to achieve accuracy and rigour invarious matters related to other specific branches such as animal physiology, anatomy,etc. In this way the students will be able to go into various research fields that otherwisewould have proved inaccessible.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 1 st YEARTheoretical classes are taught according to the syllabus that has already been annexed.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY10-11PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS11-12ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS PHYSICS*12-13ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY ANATOMY I13-14CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 30 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS*17-18PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS ANATOMY I18-19ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS19-20ANATOMY I ANATOMY I CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY20-21CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 30 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 1 st YEARThe practical classes are carried out in the laboratories located in the Science Facultyaccording to the syllabus that has already been annexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.Study of aggregation and gelation of:93QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5• Biliary salts and analogous compounds.• Polysaccharides: poligalacturonic acid and derivatives (pectins).Inclusion complexes with cyclodextrins:• Synthesis and characterization of cyclodextrins monomers and dimers.• Cyclodextrins and polysaccharide derivatives.Experimental determination of the thermophysical properties of industrial fluids:Absorbent-coolant. Lubricating-coolant. Development of theoretical models to analysecorrelation and prediction.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. Eugenio A. Rodríguez combines his teaching post with adirective post: He is the Dean of the Science and Food Technology Faculty.NAME & SURNAMES RANK 1 TYPE 2 DEGREE 3 SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSEUGENIO A. RODRIGUEZ NUÑEZ UN-LEC T DR 10/24/84 20MANUEL LOPEZ FERNANDEZ UN-LEC T DR 12/04/92 10PABLO LOPEZ BARRERA UN-S-LEC T BSc. 10/01/72 90ENRIQUETA LOPEZ IGLESIAS ASSO. C BSc. 03/17/93 70FRANCISCO FRAGA LOPEZ ASSO. C DR 10/24/95 130ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 4,795,3761 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 238,5413 rd cycle teaching budget -SUBTOTAL TEACHING 238,541Research projects -Research agreements and contracts -Research financial help -Financial help for courses and congresses -SUBTOTAL RESEARCH -TOTAL 5,033,9171 PROF.= University Professor; UN-LEC = University Lecturer; UN-S-LEC = University School Lecturer; UN-ASSI= University Assistant; ASSO = Associate Teacher; H-ASSO = Hospital Associate Teacher; G-HOLDER = GrantHolder.2 T = Tenured; U = Untenured; C = Contract.3 Dr = Doctor; BSc= Bachelor Science; TECH.= Technician.94QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 56. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.Laboratories and equipment are located in the Faculty of Science. We have also gotaudiovisual aids and practice materials.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.It can be improved both as regards building and equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.95QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.A.2. CHEMISTRY TEACHING UNITTo achieve a sound knowledge of the subject according to the syllabus that has beenannexed.2. LECTURES COURSE COVERED: 1 st YEARTheoretical teaching and Seminars according to the syllabus that has been annexed.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY10-11PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS11-12ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS PHYSICS12-13ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY ANATOMY I13-14CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY**Seminars 30 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS17-18PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS ANATOMY I18-19ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS19-20ANATOMY I ANATOMY I CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*20-21CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 30 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 1 st YEARThe practical classes are carried out in the chemical laboratories located in the ScienceFaculty according to the syllabus that has been annexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Generation, reactivity and synthetic applications of arinos.• Anediinic and piridocarbozolic complexes synthesis.• Isolation and synthesis of biological compounds. Development of new biocatalysts.• Inclusion complexes formation with cyclodextrins and pharmacological compounds.• Synthesis and evaluation of carbocyclic and heterocyclic biological and indsutrialcomplexes.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.96QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSJESUS RODRIGUEZ OTERO UN-LEC T DR 10/08/90 25M a CARMEN BUJAN NUÑEZ UN-LEC T DR 03/15/91 28MERCEDES NOVO RODRIGUEZ UN-LEC U DR 01/31/92 160AGUSTIN COBAS MARTINEZ ASSO. C DR 10/24/95 110CONCEPCION GONZALEZ BELLO ASSO. C DR 10/21/96 90ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 7,122,1641 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 307,2003 rd cycle teaching budget 126,590SUBTOTAL TEACHING 433,790Research projects -Research agreements and contracts -Research financial help 1,039,886Financial help for courses and congresses -SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 1,039,886TOTAL 8,595,8406. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.The practice laboratories to Chemistry are located in the Faculty of Science.Available equipment: Membrane Osmometer and freezing point, Rheometer, SprayDryer, DSC differential linear sweep colorimeter, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR),gas-liquid chromatographs, Basic analysis equipment, Computer aided molecularmodelling software and hardware, Capillary electrophoresis, Refractometer,Polarimeter.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Equipment facilities might be improved.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.97QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.A.3. BIOLOGY TEACHING UNIT(ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY)The main aim is to get the student acquainted with the diversity of the animal andvegetable kingdom in a broad sense of the definition. Proctoctista, Animalia, Fungi andPlantae kingdoms as they are defined by MARGULIS and SCHWARTZ (1985). As itcan be inferred from the number of hours taught to each student, a heavy emphasis islaid on the proctistae study of animal traits and on the latter as opposed to theautotrofos beings.The subject is divided into three parts: Introduction, Zoology and Botany. Theintroduction, delivered in three lectures deals with a series of general concepts relatingto different aspects of animate beings (Phylogenesis, systematics, taxonomy, amongothers), which are necessary to understand the zoological and botanical classifications.The following part, Zoology, comprises the study of “heterótrofos protoctistas” andanimals. For the first ones the general organization traits are studied, reproduction andvital cycles, followed by the general characteristics of the most interesting groups. Theanimal kingdom is studied following the most important groups anatomical complexityorder. At the same time, the biological bases for the exploitation of those groups thathave an economic or applied interest are explained briefly, paying special attention toinvertebrates.Finally, the third part, Botany, studies unicellular vegetable beings and theirdescendants, mushrooms and plants kingdom. As regards the latter, attention isconcentrated on the different vegetative and reproductive organs, as well as the mainadaptations to the terrestrial environment.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 1 st YEARA GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY10-11PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS11-12ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS PHYSICS12-13ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY ANATOMY I13-14CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRYB GROUP98QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS17-18PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS ANATOMY I18-19ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS19-20ANATOMY I ANATOMY I CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY20-21CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRYThe theoretical classes consist of a series of lectures about the subject being explained.These lectures are enhanced by means of slides and by the use of the overheadprojector. A selection of this graphic material is available for the students in thephotocopier.Before each term paper, teacher and students spend two teaching periods revising thepart of the subject that is going to be tested. Slides are shown, in which themorphological diversity of the different groups of animate beings can be observedpreferently.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 1 st YEARThe practical classes consist fundamentally in animal dissection and in the observationof the external morphology of vegetal organs. Besides, a reduced number of classes aredevoted to code identification of the different species.The methodology used is a short introduction on the part of the teacher followed by theactual dissection carried out by the student, who follows the guidelines described in anoutline. The teacher supervises and helps the students whenever it is required. Thecorresponding practical classes outlines can be obtained by the students in thephotocopier.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.Galician marine meiofauna:• Cartography, faunistic and ecology of major taxonomic groups.• Taxonomy of the most representative groups.• Meiofauna and relationships with the environment.Terrestrial and freshwater Gasteropod molluscs: The malacofauna in Lugo and Ourenseprovinces:• Faunistic aspects. Species distribution. Anatomical studies, description andtaxonomical revision.• Ecological and biogeographical aspects: Environmental parameters conditioning thepresence and species distribution. Abiotic factors and statistical analysis.99QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 55. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. María Celia Besteiro Rodríguez combines her teachingactivities with the directive post as secretary of the Veterinary Faculty.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSMª CELIA BESTEIRO RODRIGUEZ UN-LEC T DR 02/01/85 140ADOLFO M. OUTEIRO RODRIGUEZ UN-LEC T DR 10/01/89 220AUGUSTO DE CASTRO LORENZO ASSO. C BSc. 10/15/81 130ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 10,895,7691 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 282,9563 rd cycle teaching budget 89,441SUBTOTAL TEACHING 372,397Research projects 3,410,531Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 751,538Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 4,162,069TOTAL 15,430,2356. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.The lectures are given in classroom nº 6, which is big enough to hold both groups ofstudents.The laboratory is big and it can hold more students than the standard numberestablished by Santiago University, which is 20 students per practice group. When it isnecessary, this laboratory is shared with the Advanced Polytechnic School, as theBiology Department also has teaching hours there.Finally, each teacher has a private office in which he/she can pursue his own activitiesand his tutorial work in the hours allocated to it. Besides, there is an office that can beused by all the members of a teaching unit.The laboratory has ten binocular magnifying glasses and ten microscopes. This is100QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5enough for the number of students that work in each session. Besides, there is a videocassette recorder, a screen, blackboards, a fridge, a freezer, an entomological cupboardand another room where the practical lessons are prepared and where the collections arearranged. This room is used mainly as a store room by the Department.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, it s is, both as regards building and equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.We stimate convenient to carry out the practical teaching timetables in the same way aswe are programming the theoretical teaching. The lack of a practical teachingprogrammation for the whole curriculum subjects constitutes a problem for Biologypractices because during 1996-97 and in the actual course there was someincompatibilities with another subjects to stablish practical timetables for the firstcourse students.101QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.A.4. MATHEMATICS UNIT(BIOMETRICS AND STATISTICS)To transmit to the students the basic notions and applications of Biometrics andStatistics (according to the annexed syllabus) so that they can use them in theirprofessional careers.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 1 st YearThe lectures transmit the basic theoretical ideas contained in the syllabus, with plenty ofpractical examples related to Veterinary Science. Most of these practical problems aresolved by the teacher in class, whereas some others are solved by the students ashomework.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY10-11PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS*11-12ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS PHYSICS12-13ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY ANATOMY I13-14CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 30 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS17-18PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS ANATOMY I18-19ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS*19-20ANATOMY I ANATOMY I CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY20-21CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 30 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSES COVERED: 1 st YearThere’s a lot of work on the blackboard, which consist of setting out and solvingstatistical problems applied to Veterinary Science.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Games Theory.• Geostatistics.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.102QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSJOSE M a ALONSO MEIJIDE UN-S-LEC U BSc. 04/19/95 150RUBEN FERNANDEZ CASAL ASSO. C BSc. 12/13/96 70ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 3,285,1561 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 197,1923 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 197,192Research projects -Research agreements and contracts -Research financial help 161,330Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 161,330TOTAL 3,643,6786. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.Classrooms of the Veterinary Faculty are used for the lectures and practical classes inwhich the blackboard is used. We can also mention the Mathematics Department officeslocated in the Faculty of Science.There are computers with Pentium 100 Mhz and 166 Mhz processors available.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.There is no answer to this question.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.103QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5A.5. VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY ITEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.According to the curriculum our main objective is for the students to reach a goodknowledge of the internal organization and anatomy of domestic animals: ComparativeSystematic Anatomy and basic Topography oriented towards clinical applications.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 1 st YearThe teaching activities consist of a series of lectures given to the students. During the 1 stterm (from Oct. to Jan.), they are about the subject generalities and the carnivorouslocomotor apparatus; in the second term (Feb. to May), they cover the study ofEsplacnology, the nervous system and the carnivorous sense organs. In both cases, thetheoretical sessions spread over five hours a week: on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY10-11PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS11-12ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS PHYSICS12-13ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS CHEMISTRY ANATOMY I*13-14CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 20 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS17-18PHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS MATHEMATICS ANATOMY I*18-19ANATOMY I ANATOMY I MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS19-20ANATOMY I ANATOMY I CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY20-21CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY*Seminars 20 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 1 st YearThe practical classes always take place after the theoretical ones throughout theacademic year until the subject has been completely covered according to the syllabus.When each practical unit is finished there are a series of revision sessions. Therefore,we should add 20 revision hours to the number of hours that appear in the syllabus.104QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 54. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Anatomy of the Central Nervous Sistem in domestic mammals.• Clinical Anatomy in Ungulate.• Study of the Vomer-nasal system in mammals.• Chemical Neuroanatomy of dog´s encephalus.• Study of the visual cortex.• Microtubule distribution during fecundation in diverse animal species.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.Professor Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui combines his teaching activities with his post asHead of the Department of Animal Anatomy and Production.University Lecturer Dr. José Manuel Cifuentes Martínez combines his teachingactivities with his post as Secretary of the Department of Animal Anatomy andProduction.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSIGNACIO SALAZAR BELOQUI PROF. T DR 10/01/84 140PEDRO PESINI RUIZ UN-LEC T DR 10/24/84 220JOSE MANUEL CIFUENTES MARTINEZ UN-LEC T DR 01/20/86 140PABLO SANCHEZ QUINTEIRO UN-ASSI C DR 02/13/95 220SERGIO VIDAL RUIBAL UN-ASSI C DR 10/02/95 110ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 22,807,9021 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 547,0053 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 547,005Research projects 323,999Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 100,126Financial help for courses and congresses 2,493,974SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 2,918,099TOTAL 26,273,006105QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 56. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.Apart from the Classrooms in the Faculty, there is a Dissecting-Room, individualoffices for the teachers and Laboratories. Among other resources we can mention: theAnatomy Museum, Hystological Collections, Bone Collections and other audiovisualaids.We have also got all the necessary materials to enhance teaching activities.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, although everything can be improved.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.106QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5A.6. VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY IITEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective of this subject is the study of systematic and comparative anatomytogether with basic topography oriented towards clinical applications as well asproduction, hygiene and food industrialization. It also deals with the embryonicdevelopment of those species that are particularly important in Veterinary Science,embryonic manipulation and congenital anomalies.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe classes consist of a number of lectures given to the students. During the 1 st term(Oct. To Jan.), they deal with Embryology; during the second term they refer toungulates Anatomy from a topographic and comparative point of view. In both termsthe theoretical sessions take up three hours a week: from Mondays to Wednesdays.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II GENETICS GENETICS10-11BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY11-12PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY12-13CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY13-14MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICSB GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY15-16ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II CYTOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY16-17CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY GENETICS GENETICS17-18MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY18-19PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY19-20BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe practical classes always take place after the corresponding theoretical unitsthroughout the academic course until the whole syllabus is finished.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Chronological study on the fetal morphological evolution in dogs.• Ovule cytoskeleton in mammals during first phases after fertilization: Distribution of107QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5microtubules in fertilised ovules from rabbit, sheep and mouse origins.• Endocrine regulation of fetal growth in mink by “in situ” hybridisation techniquesand immunohystochemistry techniques using paraffin and epon thin sectors.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. María del Mar Yllera Fernández combines her teaching withher post as manager of Santiago University Animalarium (General Animal Hall).NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSPATRICIA FERNANDEZ DE TROCOÑIZ UN-LEC T DR 02/01/85 220M a DEL MAR YLLERA FERNANDEZ UN-LEC T DR 11/01/88 220ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 10,433,4651 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 398,9803 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 398,980Research projects 0Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 100,000Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 100,000TOTAL 10,932,4456. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.Apart from the classrooms in the Faculty, there is a Dissecting-Room and somelaboratories. Among other teaching aids we can mention: the Anatomy Museum,Hystological Collections, Bone Collections and various visual aids.We think we have all the necessary material for our teaching activities.The Department of Animal Anatomy and Production (Anatomy and Histology Sections)is perfectly equipped to do research work: there are all the necessary devices for theinclussion and carrying out of paraffin cuts. On the other hand, the Faculty ofVeterinary has got an electron microscopy Service (with two microscopes). Thanks tothem, it is possible to process various samples to study the ultrastructure. We have108QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5recently acquired the necessary infrastructure to carry out “in situ” hybridization. Wehave also got financial help to get biological material (pregnant female minks) and toget the necessary perishable goods.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, we think so, although everything can be improved.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.109QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5A.7. VETERINARY CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGYTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.For the students to get a sound knowledge of Veterinary Cytology and Histology,according to the syllabus annexed.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARIt is made up of a series of lectures on the part of the teacher, who follows the syllabusannexed.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II GENETICS GENETICS10-11BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY11-12PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY12-13CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY13-14MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICSB GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY15-16ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II CYTOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY16-17CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY GENETICS GENETICS17-18MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY18-19PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY19-20BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARGroups of 20 students practise in the laboratory, according to the practical syllabusannexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.Study of endocrine glands:• Anatomopathological changes due to intracellular parasites.• Study of the mink’s adenopituitary gland.110QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 55. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSLUCAS MOYA JIMÉNEZ UN-LEC T DR 02/04/87 220FLORENTINA GUERRERO CALLEJAS UN-LEC T DR 02/04/87 220JACINTA ROMANO MOZO UN-LEC T DR 10/01/90 220ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 15,390,3791 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 437,9213 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 437,921Research projects 2,921,806Research agreements and contracts 961,275Research financial help 308,048Financial help for courses and congresses 11,214SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 4,202,343TOTAL 20,030,6436. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.We can mention the equipment located in the Veterinary Cytology and HistologyLaboratories apart from the General University Equipment and the one obtained forresearch projects.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.There is no answer to this question.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.111QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5A.8. PHYSIOLOGY TEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.To get the students well acquainted with the organism’s functions and to make themacquire the necessary methodology to study and develop the correct attitudes as regardsthe community and individual health care together with disease treatment.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe teacher gives a series of lectures following the theoretical syllabus annexed. He/sheenhances his/her classes playing videos and carrying out various seminars. In this waythe general concepts of the subject are learned. Regulating Systems (nervous andendocrine). Internal medium. Respiratory System. Kidney System. Digestive System(single stomach, herbivores and ruminants). Reproductive System.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II GENETICS GENETICS10-11BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY11-12PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY*12-13CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY13-14MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICS*Seminars 30 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY15-16ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II CYTOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY*16-17CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY GENETICS GENETICS17-18MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY18-19PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY19-20BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS*Seminars 30 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe students work in the laboratory in groups of twenty.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Central and peripheal regulation by pituitary hormones in ruminants: “in vivo” and“in vitro” studies.• Phycotoxins. Toxins synthetized by red tides (paralitic and diahorreic toxins).• Thyroid hormones in fishes.112QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 55. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSLUIS FELIPE DE LA CRUZ PALOMINO PROF. T DR 03/03/86 188JOSE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ VEIRA UN-LEC T DR 10/21/84 188JESUS ANGEL PAZO CARRERA UN-LEC T DR 01/09/87 188MERCEDES RODRIGUEZ VIEYTES UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 188FELIX VICTOR VEGA LISI UN-LEC T DR 10/18/93 188JOSEFA AGRA LAGO G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……….. 30M a CRISTINA OLIVEIRA OTERO G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……….. 30ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 18,405,7661 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 559,6853 rd cycle teaching budget -SUBTOTAL TEACHING 559,685Research projects 11,065,506Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 1,877,907Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 12,943,413TOTAL 31,908,8646. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.We’ve got a laboratory specifically designed for the students and a Seminar roombesides the research laboratories and individual offices for the teachers.As regards equipment we’ve got microscopes, polygraph, electrocardiograph,centrifuges, spectrophotometer, thermoregulated baths for organs, cellular recountchambers, pipettes, flasks, etc.The infrastructure is completed with the following items: radio immuno assay (RIA),enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), luminometry, fluorimetry,spectrophotometry, liophylization, electrophoresis, cell culture laboratory, elutriation,ultra-centrifuge, cold chamber, radioactive isotope chamber.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING AND113QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5EQUIPMENT?.No, it isn’t. We need more room and equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.A.9. BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHING UNIT114QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.According to Prof. MARTIN MUNICIO, Biochemistry can be defined as a laboratoryscience that applying principles and techniques inherent to Chemistry tries to explainthe phenomenon called life. Taking this definition into account we can state that themain aim of this subject is to make the student understand each molecular process thatcharacterizes the aforesaid phenomenon and its disfunctions; as the study of disease hashelped a lot in the development of Biochemistry in the past, whereas in BiomedicalScience it opens new fields such as clinical Biochemistry, molecular pathology andbiotechnology, which are very important at present.In our opinion, there aren’t different ways of studying Biochemistry according to thefinal degree obtained by the student as physiological phenomena are unique. In thissense metabolic pathways should be studied in the same way and with the same depthboth by a future B.S in Biology and by a future B.S. in Veterinary. The same applies toa Physician and to a Chemist, both of them should have a sound knowledge of DNAfunctioning or oncogen functioning. That is to say, Biochemistry is a science that isneeded in order to obtain different kinds of degrees.Therefore and according to the Biochemistry syllabus followed, we try to make ourstudents obtain a complete training in the discipline and above all we want them to get asound knowledge (by means of a well choosen bibliography) of the most modernaspects of vital phenomena so that they would be able to understand growing complexbiological phenomena.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARAccording to the curriculum in force in our Faculty, Biochemistry has been taught insecond year. In Academic course 1996-97 the lectures took place in the morning and inthe afternoon, four times a week.These lectures are the key element of the theoretical classes. In these type of classes theteacher uses different kinds of strategies to get not only the students’ attention but also agood understanding of the different biochemical problems and situations. This type ofdirective teaching suits overcrowded classes well (almost 150 students in each group).Nevertheless there is a sort of Selection of students as regards regular attendance that isin proportion to the interest and motivation a students has for a subject. This, in a way,helps improve the interaction between teacher and student. The lectures are enhancedwith audiovisual aids of all kinds (video, overhead projector, slides, etc.) In this course,there are no possibilities of specific seminars due to the fact that the timetable iscompletely full.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY115QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 59-10ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II GENETICS GENETICS10-11BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY11-12PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY12-13CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY13-14MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICSB GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY15-16ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II CYTOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY16-17CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY GENETICS GENETICS17-18MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY18-19PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY19-20BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe practical classes are basical for the training of the Biochemistry student. Weshouldn’t forget the fact that Biochemistry is an experimental laboratory Science. Wewant our students to practise in the laboratory different aspects of the subject such as:enzyme activity determination, protein evaluation, etc., aspects and molecules thatbecome real for the student.Practical classes are supplemented by enzyme kinetic situations calculation in computerassisted processes. Basic training ends with a video in which lengthy processes arecompressed as for example in protein purification; there are a succession of experiencesthat are well-known because they have been carried out one by one (cromatography,electrophoresis, centrifugation, etc.) but as a whole it would take a very long time tocarry out the whole sequence.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Carbohydrate metabolism in the Galician mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk.• Activity of protein Kinasea C enzymes in processing transduction signals in somatictissues and in haemolymph cells of mussels.• Activity of cAMP deppendant protein Kinase the mechanism of signal transductionand relation with AKAP transport proteins.• Improvement of methods to detect and quantify secondary messanger compounds indiverse animal species and tissues.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURS116QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5JUAN IGNACIO RAMOS MARTINEZ PROF. T DR 04/01/78 200JOSE ANTONIO VILLAMARIN CID UN-LEC T DR 02/19/90 220IZASKUN IBARGUREN ARIZETA UN-LEC T DR 10/05/90 220ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 15,476,1561 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 475,3773 rd cycle teaching budget 58,200SUBTOTAL TEACHING 533,577Research projects 8,883,267Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 431,731Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 9,314,998TOTAL 25,324,7316. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.The floor we occupy for this discipline is made up of: a 61 m 2 corridor, researchlaboratories (120 m 2 ), practice laboratory (70 m 2 ), Authorized Radioactive Installation(10 m 2 ), Photography Laboratory (4 m 2 ), storeroom (11 m 2 ), individual offices for theteachers (63 m 2 ). Seminar room (32 m 2 ), cold-storage room (7 m 2 ), a room for animals(39 m 2 ), and toilets for the Department’s staff (15 m 2 ).The floor in hall 2 occupied by the Veterinary Biochemistry teachers is shared withteachers from the Advanced Polytechnic School and teachers from the Science Facultyand Food Technology as they also belong to the same University Department.The practice Laboratory has an exterior entrance and an exit that leads to the generalLaboratory, it has enough room for 20 students at a time, even though the generalworking is improved if only 18 students work at a time. This Laboratory has got: twospectrophotometer, six electrophoresis units, two peristaltic pumps, a fraction colector,two 286S computers, chromatographic columns and a heater.The equipment we are going to mention now is for research work, but it can be used insome occasions to carry out some practice of a special character: High speedrefrigerated centrifuge, refrigerated ultra-centrifuge, chromatograph HPLC,chromatograph FPLC, two ultraviolet-vis. spectrophotometers, liquid scintillation117QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5counter, laminar flow chamber, Computer aided Image management software andhardware, two desktop centrifuges, three microcentrifuges, two hybridization furnaces,three acrylamide electrophoresis equipments, four agarose electrophoresis equipments,three culture incubators, one termocycler for PCR, two freezers, one freezer up to -80ºC.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.The classrooms are not far away from this floor so their situation is quite good. TheLaboratories are too luminous and because of their exposure to the sun they are too hot,specially in Summer. In Wintertime the type of heating system has a noxious influenceon people’s legs which is quite bad by the end of the working day. The General ServiceLaboratories, which are in the same hall, are also well situated.The location of the equipment is highly satisfactory. We should only mention the lackof some equipment which can be found in the support research laboratories.The equipment has been bought with financial help from the State Ministry ofEducation and the Autonomous Community Board of Education in these last six years,from the moment the research equipment was installed in Lugo campus. There is a lackof support personnel specialized in operating these machines. In this way we would geta greater profit from this equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.A.10. GENETICS TEACHING UNITThe main objective is the acquisition on the part of the student of a basic knowledge of118QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5General Genetics, according to the syllabus annexed.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe lectures on this subject are enhanced with the use of the overhead projector andslides, and there are also Seminar sessions to set out problems. Four seminars arecarried out for each theoretical section that appears in the syllabus annexed. In theseminars a series of problems are solved. They appear in a work sheet handed out to thestudents. This work sheet is also annexed.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II GENETICS GENETICS10-11BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY11-12PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY12-13CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY13-14MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICS**Seminars 20 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY15-16ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II CYTOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY16-17CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY GENETICS GENETICS*17-18MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY18-19PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY19-20BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS*Seminars 20 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARThe laboratory work is carried out in groups of 20 students according to the practicalsyllabus annexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Fish cytogenetic studies.• Quantitative genetic studies in fish.• Molecular analysis of the fish genome.• Fish genetic resources preservation.• Quantitative genetic studies in Gambusia holbrooki and Gasteroteus acualeatus.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. Laura Elena Sánchez Piñón combines her teaching activitieswith her post as ViceChancellor Assistant for the Campus in Lugo.119QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSLAURA ELENA SANCHEZ PIÑON UN-LEC T DR 10/14/81 30EDUARDO SAN MIGUEL SALAN UN-LEC T DR 03/16/89 70PAULINO MARTINEZ PORTELA UN-LEC T DR 10/01/93 160CARMEN BOUZA FERNANDEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 09/27/95 90BELEN GOMEZ PARDO G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 0CARLOS VAZQUEZ DIAZ G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 0M a FE ROUCO LAMAS G-HOLDER AUXILIAR TECH. ……… 0ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 7,354,3171 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 284,5993 rd cycle teaching budget 66,000SUBTOTAL TEACHING 350,599Research projects 15,760,926Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 1,970,314Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 17,731,240TOTAL 25,436,1566. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.The practice laboratory, which has enough room for 20 students per group is equippedwith: stereomicroscopes, microscopes, heaters, sterilizator, thermoregulated baths,fridges, Laminar Flow Chamber, centrifuge, etc. as well as perishable goods.The laboratory general equipment is made up of: two photomicroscopes, one invertedmicroscope, one microscope with T.V. set, one stereomicroscope with in-builtphotographic camera, five microscopes, three binocular magnifying glasses, a completephotography laboratory (with dark-room), enlarger etc., one Polaroid equipment forgels, one microcentrifuge, one high-speed refrigerated centrifuge, one desktopcentrifuge, three freezers (-80ºC, -40ºC and -20ºC), three refrigerators (4ºC), fiveincubators, one CO 2 incubator, various thermostatic baths, laminar flow chamber,extractor chamber, one distillator, one sterilizator, two assay balances, two balances,one pH-meter, one hybridization stove, two termocyclers, one ultraviolet cross-linker,one thermostatic block, manual DNA sequencer, one UV spectrophotometer, onetransilluminator UV, equipment for protein electrophoresis, equipment for DNA120QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5electrophoresis, cool chamber (4ºC), one vacuum pump, microwave oven, aquariums,electric fishing equipment.As regards computer equipment we have got: a Macintosh Classic, a MacIntosh LC3,one MacIntosh IIVX, two MacIntosh Performa, one 286 PC, A 486 PC, one PentiumPC, one HP Laser printer (5 MP), one HP Personal Laser Writter printer, oneHPDeskwritter printer, statistical packages (SPSS, JMP version: 3.1, StatviewSE+Graphics, Supernova, etc.).7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, it is.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.A.11. PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICSTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.121QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5The main objective is for the student to acquire a theoretical and practical knowledge ofVeterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics in order to use it in his/her future career.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARPharmacology and therapeutics are taught as a single subject. The theoretical classes aremade up of a series of lectures enhanced by the use of video, slides and the overheadprojector. The theoretical syllabus has been annexed. Besides, there is a coordination ofthe theoretical and practical work carried out by the students for which they need toconsult an extensive bibliography and there are also meetings with veterinarians andchemists.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY ETHNOLOGY10-11GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY11-12AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION12-13PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY13-14PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTUREB GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY17-18PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE18-19GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY19-20AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY ETHNOLOGY20-21PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY NUTRITION3. PRACTICAL COURSES COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe practical classes consist of computer simulations, together with the knowledge andoperation of different laboratory devices. The syllabus has been annexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Intracellular signal transduction mechanism, using rat mastocytes and humanlymphocytes.• Development of alternative techniques for detection and quantification of musselsdiahorreic and paralytic phycotoxins.• Toxicity mechanisms of diahorreic phycotoxins.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.122QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5University Lecturer, Dr. Luis Miguel Botana López, combines his teaching activitieswith the attention he pays to the Veterinary Hospital Pharmacy’s Service, and he is alsothe head of the Agrobiological Research General Support Service.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSLUIS MIGUEL BOTANA LOPEZ UN-LEC T DR 10/23/85 185M a DEL CARMEN LOUZAO OJEDA UN-LEC U DR 09/25/95 215ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 11,592,7101 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 317,2903 rd cycle teaching budget 100,000SUBTOTAL TEACHING 417,290Research projects 6,185,410Research agreements and contracts 9,717,434Research financial help 1,400,000Financial help for courses and congresses 320,990SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 17,623,834TOTAL 29,633,8346. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.The theoretical classes are taught in the different classrooms of the Faculty, besides,there is a Seminar room to practise computer simulation. There is also a laboratory tocarry out the practical work.Among the different pieces of equipment we can mention: video cassette player,overhead projector, slides projector, computers, organs baths, Presure isometrictransductor, electrocardiograph.The research equipment is made up of: two fluorimeters with channel relationingsystem, two full-featured chromatographs HPLC with gradients, two fluorescencescanners, two ultra-violet scanners, one ELISA ultra-violet scanner, one fluorescencescanner for microtitter plates, one presure-meter chromatographic system (gradients)with UV scanner, one γ-radiation scanner, one β-radiation scanner, one Geïger scanner,two assay balances, two balances, two osmotic-presure meters, one spectrophotometer123QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5vis-UV with Peltier and autochanger, three cooling centrifuges, one microcentrifuga,two distillators, two 4ºC chambers, two fluorescence microscopes with filters andchannels for emission and excitation, 22 Apple and PC computers, two printers, oneoptic-scanner, three full-featured electrophoresis systems (one preparative), oneisoelectric focusing system, one critical point fluids extractor, one centrifugeevaporator, one CO 2 incubator, one laminar flow chamber, one electrocardiograph, onepresure isometric transducer, one cellular microinjection system, one phographiccamera, one copying machine.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.As regards the building the situation is satisfactory, but as regards the equipment itisn’t, it could be improved.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.A.12. TEACHING UNIT OF TOXICOLOGYAND LEGAL VETERINARY (DEONTHOLOGY)1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.Our main objective is for the students to get a sound knowledge of General Toxicology124QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5(concepts, classification, etc.) as well as of Special Toxicology (clinical). Natural orsynthetic agents that can produce acute or chronic poissoning are studied as well astheir identification, action mechanism, clinical or experimental diagnosis of theirtoxicity, the knowledge of residues in food products with possible risk, theenvironmental pollutants. The toxicological and legal bases to guarantee medicines andadditives harmlessness.Deonthology studies the ethical principles that veterinarians should follow.The study of this subject also includes the legal rules and laws that regulate thecommerce and the use of animals and their products as well as the norms that regulatethe profession.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARToxicology, Legal Veterinary (including Deonthology) is taught as a single subject bymeans of a series of lectures and according to the syllabus annexed. These lectures areenhanced with audiovisual aids such as: the overhead projector, slides projectors, videocassette players and computers. During the Seminars there is an extensive checking offundamental bibliography. Apart from these activities, each teacher is tutor in his/hersubject to the undergraduates who are studying it.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSTOXICOLOGY*10-11MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. AGRARIAN EC.11-12AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. TOXICOLOGY HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.12-13HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE MEDICAL PATH.HYGIENE13-14TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH.10-11AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSHYGIENE11-12OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS HYGIENETOXICOLOGY12-13TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY AGRARIAN EC.13-14HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARThe practical classes are conducted in the laboratory in groups of 20 students.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.125QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5Studies of environmental pollution:• In Food: fresh water quality, plaguicide residues, heavy metals accumulation.• Influence of pollutants on fish.• “In vitro” cytotoxicity using cellular cultures.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSM a JULIA MELGAR RIOL UN-LEC T DR 02/03/89 190ANGELINES CRUZ LANDEIRA UN-LEC T DR 05/01/87 20M a ANGELES GARCIA FERNANDEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 11/30/92 150ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 7,107,0281 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 272,3663 rd cycle teaching budget 40,580SUBTOTAL TEACHING 312,946Research projects 10,620,662Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 504,784Financial help for courses and congresses 3,698,625SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 14,824,071TOTAL 22,244,0456. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.We’ve got the Faculty classrooms for the theoretical lessons, a Seminar room in theDepartment, a laboratory to conduct practical work, research laboratories, and theteachers’ individual offices to conduct the tutorials.The equipment is made up of: Vis-UV Spectrophotometer, gas chromatograph withseveral scanners, volt-amperimeter, luminometer, sterilized room equiped for cellularcultures, assay balances, and other appropriate instruments usually found inlaboratories.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.126QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5Yes, we think so, as regards the building, it is quite good. As regards the equipment, wewant to make clear that except for the spectrophotometer, the rest of the equipment wasacquired with financial help coming from research work.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.A.13. MICROBIOLOGY(BACTERIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND VIROLOGY)TEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective of our subject is for the students to get a sound knowledge ofmicrobiology, specially the general characteristics of morphology, physiology, geneticsand taxonomy of viruses, bacteria and fungi that cause infections and are therefore127QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5important in Veterinary Medicine; or fungi with industrial, biotechnological andecological applications. They should also get a good knowledge of the immuneresponse and its technical application, the immunological principles of vaccines andserotherapy. Immunological methods of diagnosis constitute an adequate complementof this type of learning.We try to transmit a good knowledge of the whole discipline, paying special attention tothose aspects of the subject which are specific and unique: microbiological techniquesand methods, metabolism and growth, virology, bacteria genetics, microorganismsdiseaserelation, immunologic bases and techniques, microbial systematics, with specialemphasis on those microorganisms which have a great importance in VeterinaryClinical Microbiology.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARWhen the academic course begins, the student is given a bibliographical selection to gointo depth in those aspects taught during the theoretical lessons. These lectures usuallytake up 45 minutes and they are enhanced by different teaching aids: sketches drawn onthe blackboard, the use of the overhead projector, or the slides projector and videosessions. The last 10 minutes of the class are used by the students to discuss or to askquestions about some of the ideas previously presented in the lecture. Certain subjects(not necessarily included in the syllabus annexed) which are relevant for the studentswho want to know more about them, constitute the subject-matter of the Seminarsessions.To sum it up, the theoretical classes are presented through a series of lectures enhancedby various audiovisual aids, then a final discussion follows and the solution of differentproblems presented by the students is finally reached. The students are given a copy ofthe pictures presented by means of the overhead projector or the slides projector and ofcertain sketches that are graphically complex.The Seminars consist of an exposition on the part of a student of a subject of specialinterest or of a subject choosen by the students. To carry out this, the student gets helpfrom the teacher and enough information is distributed to the rest of the students so thatat the end they coud have a discussion.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II GENETICS GENETICS10-11BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY11-12PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY12-13CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY*13-14MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY GENETICS*Seminars 30 hours per year.B GROUP128QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY15-16ANATOMY II ANATOMY II ANATOMY II CYTOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY16-17CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY CYTOLOGY GENETICS GENETICS17-18MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY*18-19PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY19-20BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS*Seminars 30 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 2 nd YEARPractical classes are wholly conducted in the laboratory in groups of 20 students. Beforestarting, each student is given a detailed outline of the kind of practical work they aregoing to do, with all the steps they should follow and with the objectives they shouldreach. Before carrying out practical work the teacher explains in a detailed and conciseway the foundation underlying this type of work, describes the material to be used andhe/she also performs a practical demonstration showing what they should do. Thesyllabus and a detailed outline of these practical classes is annexed. Practical work iscontinuous and intensive during a week so that the student should use his/her own workperformed the previous day and then continue with microorganisms and serologicanalysis, identifications, quantifications. In this way, he/she is introduced in thepractical everyday routine of a microbiology laboratory.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Pathogenic mechanisms, epidemiology and microbiological diagnostic procedures ofEscherichia coli strains causing human and animal infections.• Animals as reservoirs of E. coli pathogenic for human beings.• Detection and characterization of pathogenic E. coli in clinical and food samples.• Virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms in E. coli from human an animalorigins. Enrotoxigenic strains (characterization, toxic and adhesive factors), classicalenterophatogenic strains (cyclotoxins, verotoxin determination), enteroadherentstrains (detection) and enteroinvasive strains (detection).• Development and improvement of classical bacterial vaccines (bacterians) againstenterotoxigenic E. coli, and new immunization systems (ISCOMs, microspheres,nanospheres) with fimbriae antigens for protection against colibacillary diahorrea inanimals. At date, applied to porcine diahorrea.• Detection and quantization of serological responses against E. coli colonizationantigens (K88, K99, F41, P987, F107), both vaccinated and unvaccinated pigs. IgGand IgA levels in serum and colostrum of immunized animals.• Incidence of Listeria monocytogenes in foods and location of putative animalreservoirs in Galicia.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. Enrique González García combines his teaching activities(exclusively in this Faculty) with his post as Dean of the Veterinary Faculty.129QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5The following teachers: Dr. Concepción Virginia Sáinz Rivadulla, Dr. BuenaventuraCabezas del Toro y Miguel Blanco Álvarez, combine their teaching activities in thisFaculty with their classes in Food Technology, the Science Faculty and the AdvancedPolytechnic School.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSENRIQUE A. GONZALEZ GARCIA UN-LEC T DR 01/01/80 180JORGE BLANCO ALVAREZ UN-LEC T DR 10/24/84 180CONCEPCION VIRGINIA SAINZ RIVADULLA UN-LEC T DR 03/26/87 130BUENAVENTURA CABEZAS DEL TORO UN-LEC T DR 12/09/87 80MIGUEL BLANCO ALVAREZ UN-ASSI. C DR 06/03/94 80FROILAN VAZQUEZ SANCHEZ G-HOLDER G-HOLDER DR ……… 25JESUS EULOGIO BLANCO ALVARAEZ G-HOLDER G-HOLDER DR ……… 25AZUCENA MORA GUTIERREZ G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 0M a JOSE DIAZ FERNANDEZ G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 0LIDIA CARTEA VAZQUEZ G-HOLDER AUXILIAR TECH. ……… 0ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 15,964,5591 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 458,4173 rd cycle teaching budget 185,371SUBTOTAL TEACHING 643,788Research projects 6,503,774Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 1,766,009Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 8,269,783TOTAL 24,878,1306. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.The Microbiology Laboratory (Bacteriology, Immunology and Virology) is located inHall I, upper floor and it has got the following rooms: Practice Laboratory (76 m 2 andenough room for 20 students at a time), a Seminar room (28 m 2 ); 5 research laboratories(2 of them have got 42 m 2 , one 28m 2 , one 20 m 2 , and another one with 18 m 2 ; fiveoffices for the teachers, four of them have got 9 m 2 and one of them used by severalassistants has got 20 m 2 ; a dark room (6 m 2 ); a room to prepare the cultures and to washand sterilize the materials (30 m 2 ); a cold room (4ºC) which has got 9 m 2 .The available equipment for practical classes is made up of: 10 light microscopes, a130QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5phase-contrast microscope with T.V. camera and monitor, one UV-visspectrophotometer, centrifuges, two stoves (37ºC), fridges (4ºC), two sterilizators, oneair-forced sterilization furnace, and several small tools and perishable goods speciallyadapted for microbiology and immunology practices.The research Laboratory equipment is made up of: equipment for cell cultures, threevertical laminar flow chamber, CO 2 incubator, inverted microscope with photographicsystem, fluorescence microscope, tangential filtering and ultra-filtering equipment,freezers (30ºC), fridges (4ºC), sterilizator, air-forced furnace, water distillator anddeionizator, automated ELISA equipment (auto-EIA), liquid chromatographyequipment (FPLC), fast electrophoresis (Fast System), high capacity cooling centrifuge,desktop cooling centrifuge, centrifuges, microcentrifuges, gel electroelution, gelphotographic equipment (Polaroid MP4), electrophoresis power-fonts, vertical andhorizontal cubettes, cooling thermostatic bath, minifluorimeter, transilluminator UV,Computerized laboratory fermentator (5 litres), UV-vis spectrophotometer, Automaticcomputerized bacterian growth analyser (Bioscreen C), thermostatized orbital shakers,ultrasound desintegrator, vortex microdesintegrator, densitometer with electrophoresisband analysis program (Diversity One System) and with programs for 2D analysis,assay balances, pH-meters, Image processing equipment with optic-scanner, CD-ROMand optic-storage devices, gel documenting system, DNA amplifiers (PCR). Theequipment is completed with other tools as microdispensre systems, micropipettes,microdiluters, etc., so a lot of perishable goods and reactants adapted to our researchlines, some of them are made by us (specifically adsorbed antisera, coagglutinationreactants, etc.)7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, we think so. We believe that the building and rooms are adequate even though itwould be desirable to have and experimental Animalarium. We think we are going toget one soon.As regards the equipment, we also think that it is quite adequate, both the equipmentused in practical teaching and research but there is a shortage of personnel, both in thecase of teachers and in the case of support personnel for practical classes and research.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.131QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTION (B): ANIMAL PRODUCTION.132QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B.1. ANIMAL PRODUCTION TEACHING UNIT(ANIMAL HANDLING AND VETERINARY HYGIENE)1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective of the subject is to make the student acquainted with theapplications of Physiology, Nutrition, Agriculture, Ethnology, Pathology and otherbasic subjects within the context of animal production. The practical applications ofquantitative genetics are also embraced as well as farm management including aspectsto make plans about the exploitation of various species and basic knowledge of cattlefarming hygiene. Finally we concentrate on different aspects of animal production suchas those referring to milk, beef, egg production and other interesting products.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARThe teaching activities follow traditional methods according to the syllabus annexed.The teacher gives a series of lectures, which are supplemented with Seminars, field tripsand problem solving.The Animal Production syllabus is oriented towards zootechnic species and towards thegeneral contents already seen in different subjects in previous years by the student andon which he has already been tested in previous academic courses.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY10-11SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY11-12INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY12-13FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.13-14ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ETHOLOGY ANIMAL PROD.**Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10SURGERY SURGERY INF. PATH. ETHOLOGY INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY10-11PARASITOLOGY FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.11-12FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY SURGERY PARASITOLOGY12-13ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. INF. PATH.13-14INF. PATH. INF. PATH. FOOD TECH SURGERY ANIMAL PROD.**Seminars 10 hours per year.133QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 53. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARThe practical course is made up of: field trips, video projections and practical workcarried out in the Seminar room of the Department.The field trips, considered as field practice, consist of a series of visits to different cattlerearing farms. Video projections are about the handling of cattle, their geneticimprovement, meat quality, and different milking systems. In the Seminar room thestudents learn to handle the national and foreign stud catalogue, to make ovineproduction curves, reproduction indexes and they also familiarize themselves with cattlefarming buildings.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Determination of corporal condition and characteristics in ruminants: food control(pilotage). Testing methodology deppending age and physiological conditions.Sampling of fat cells in the field and slaughter house• Management of cattle-rearing farms: Analytical management techniques fordiagnosis and training.• Rabbits production: productive and reproductive factors and management of rabbitexploitations.• Growth hormone in beef cattle and sheep. Growth hormone control by means ofdifferent regulation factors.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSM a TERESA DE JESUS GARCIA LARA UN-LEC T DR 10/30/86 220MARGARITA RICO GOMEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 02/07/95 120ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 5,855,1931 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 203,1383 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 203,138Research projects 0Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 83,198Financial help for courses and congresses 0134QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 83,198TOTAL 6,141,5296. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.Apart from the teachers’ offices and the research laboratories we have got a Seminarroom for 25 people.As regards equipment there are projectors, video cassette players, some handlingmaterial, some books and a few magazines.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, we think so as regards the building, but we don’t think so as regards theequipment; it should be improved.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.135QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B.2. ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDINGTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective of this subject is to train professionals in the ability to select thenecessary information needed to solve problems related to animal feeding. At the sametime we should encourage their wish to learn, to explore and to improve in theirprofession for the rest of their lives. Applying physiological and metabolical knowledgewe introduce the student in the assessment of nutritive needs, in the proposal of the rightamount of food for each production group and we also help them detect wrong feedingtechniques, which are incompatible with a good management of the cattle-rearing farm.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe main emphasis of the subject could be described as follows: applying physiologicaland metabolical knowledge of domestic animals, the student is able to assess theirnutritive needs. This is supplemented by a study of the raw material used in animalfeeding so that finally the student can assess and formulate the right amount of foodneeded to make the productive process more profitable. In order to achieve all this, inthe first term, 80 % of the teaching time is spent on theory (a series of lectures),according to the syllabus annexed and 20 % of the teaching time is spent on practicalwork on the blackboard. In the second and third term, 50 % of the teaching time in theclassroom is spent on theory and the other 50 % is used for practical work on theblackboard.At present, our subject is annual and each group receives 110 theory hours (by means oflectures). The main teaching aids used are: the blackboard and the overhead projector.Twenty hours are used for practical work on the blackboard per group: rationingactivities are carried out and practical problems are solved.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY ETHNOLOGY10-11GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY11-12AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION*12-13PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY13-14PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE*Seminars 20 hours per year.B GROUP136QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY17-18PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE18-19GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY19-20AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY ETHNOLOGY20-21PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY NUTRITION**Seminars 20 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARApart from practical rationing and solving of problems in the classroom, during thesecond term, laboratory work (with 20 students per group) is carried out. Each studentgets 20 hours of practical work in the laboratory.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Related to the management of cattle-raising farms.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSVICENTA RUEDA NUÑEZ UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 220M a ANGELES MORENO GRANDE UN-ASSI. C DR 01/18/93 180MARGARITA RICO GOMEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 02/07/95 80ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 8,526,4271 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 331,1493 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 331,149Research projects 0Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 29,232Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 29,232TOTAL 8,886,8086. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.137QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5There are individual offices for the teachers, a Seminar room, teaching laboratories andresearch laboratories.In the laboratory we have a minimum of equipment from 6 years and it may beimproved with an assay balance, pH-meters, polarimeter, forage mill, humidityautomatic meters, etc.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.As regards the building the situation is satisfactory. As regards the equipment we shouldget more computers and rationing programmes for the different cattle in order to carryout rationing practice activities in a more satisfactory way.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.B.3. AGRICULTURE TEACHING UNIT138QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.This subject tries to offer Veterinary students enough and useful information aboutvegetal food for the cattle so that the student can understand and also take the necessarysteps to produce this type of food. It also aims at providing the students with thenecessary criteria to decide on the best systems to make good use of vegetal food andthe best systems of preservation of each product, taking into account the possibleconsequences on animal production and at the same time working together withagricultural engineers.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe theory is covered by means of 50 minutes lectures on the part of the teacher.During the class or at the end of it the students can ask questions on the subject. Thelectures are enhanced by the use of several visual aids such as: the overhead projector,the slides projector or the use of the blackboard. This kind of teaching is supplementedwith Seminar work and visits to different farms and factories.Seminar classes are conducted “in situ”, that is to say, on different farms, farmingindustries and fodder (or feeding stuffs) factories.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGYETHNOLOGY10-11GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY11-12AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION12-13PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY13-14PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE**Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY17-18PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE*18-19GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY19-20AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY ETHNOLOGY20-21PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY NUTRITION**Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEAR139QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5Practical classes are conducted in the laboratory, in groups of 20 students at a time.These practical sessions have an average length of two hours.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Influence of arbuscular mycorhiza on vegetal nutrition, tolerance to stress andreplantation of denuded soils.• Organic fertilizers application on agricultural systems.• Biological control of vegetal disease by means of arbuscular mycorhiza.• Arbuscular mycorhiza influence on agrogeological systems.• Influence of usefulness systems on meadows production.• Measures of humidity in the soil and water balance determination.• Calculation of water needs and irrigation needs of the different crops• Production calculation in times of drought. Effect of drought on agriculture.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSM a JESUS SAINZ OSES UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 160ANA M a CASTELAO GEGUNDE UN-LEC T DR 05/20/90 220ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 10,045,4811 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 302,2443 rd cycle teaching budget 33,664SUBTOTAL TEACHING 335,908Research projects 6,417,447Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 130,683Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 6,548,130TOTAL 16,929,5196. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.140QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5There is a research laboratory and another one for the students practical work withenough room for 20 students working at a time. It can also be used for research workduring six months a year. There is a Seminar room and individual offices for theteachers.The equipment is made up of: computers, laser printers, scanner, photocopier,multicopier, slides projector, overhead projector, UV-Visible spectrophotometer,laminar flow chamber, scales, heaters, muffle furnace, centrifuge, agate ball mill,microscopes, binocular magnifying glasses, water distillator, pH-meters, shackers,heating and magnetic stiner plates, reactants, glass material and field material. Besides,we have got a greenhouse, neutron sound CPN 501 for measurement of ponderal andvolumetric humidity in soils, and its density, reflectometry equipment (TDR) from SoilMoisture for hygrometric measusrements, Guelph Permeameter for measurement ofwater infiltration in soils, Data retrieval system Campbell 21X, and access to theAgrobiologic Research General Service where exists a phytotron, cool chamber,sterillizator, water distillation equipment, etc. In other research support services wehave access to an atomic abssortion spectrophotometer.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, we think so as regards the building but we don’t think so as regards the equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.141QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B.4. AGRARIAN ECONOMY TEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective is for the future veterinarian to get the necessary knowledge topursuit his/her professional activity successfully in the field of animal production,regarded as a basic activity in the primary sector of our economy:• The workings of market economy: consumers’ behaviour (demand law), companies’behaviour (offer law), market mechanisms (Offer-demand law), production factorsbehaviour (marginal productivity law).• We also include some knowledge about accounting and farming businessadministration, the functioning of Common Agricultural Policy and themacroeconomics of Spanish and Galician cattle-raising sector.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARThe theoretical classes are conducted by means of Lectures and Seminars.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSTOXICOLOGY10-11MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. AGRARIAN EC.*11-12AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. TOXICOLOGY HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.*12-13HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE MEDICAL PATH.HYGIENE13-14TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY*Seminars of 60 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH.10-11AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSHYGIENE11-12OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS HYGIENETOXICOLOGY12-13TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY AGRARIAN EC.13-14HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.*Seminars of 60 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARSeminars and field practice work.142QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 54. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.Technics and economic management of cattle-raising farms.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSNATHALIE CHARLOTTE VANDENBERGHE PROF. T DR 10/05/84 220MARGARITA RICO GOMEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 02/07/95 20ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 6,773,9761 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 134,9573 rd cycle teaching budget 0SUBTOTAL TEACHING 134,957Research projects 0Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 55,091Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 55,091TOTAL 6,964,0246. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.There are individual offices for the teachers, a Seminar room, a computer room andphotocopier service shared with Animal Nutrition and Feeding (Department).As regards the equipment we have got some computers and printers, Internet connexion,photocopier, bookbinding service, overhead projector, screen and telephone.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, we think so. It is satisfactory in both cases although everything can be improved.143QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 58. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.B.5. ETHNOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATIONTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The teaching activities in this subject comprise three well-differentiated parts: a)External Identification, b) Ethnology, and c) Zootechnical Ethology.The study of the External Morphology allows us to differentiate among individuals (Todo this we pay attention to morphological and energetic characters). It also allows us toinfer the animal usefulness and therefore its commercial value. The teaching is carriedout in a very practical way (use of natural and artificial models, slides, videos, visits tocattle-raising farms and gatherings, cattle shows, etc.), nevertheless we acknowledge theneed for a theoretical basis too. In the latter, we include all the information related toanimal identification from marks or artificial signs to DNA genetic identification.Ethnology is the longest part of the syllabus. It studies the different cattle breeds and itincludes morphological, and functional descriptions of the different breeds, theirusefulness and yields in different exploitation conditions. As a fundamental factor inAnimal production, the study of the different breeds implies a knowledge of theirorigin, rearing and expansion areas and their productive capacities in differentecological niches, with variable exploitation, feeding and handling conditions. As thedifferent breeds are not static, the student should know the change produced in theirbody structure, in their reproductive and survival capabilities both in their pure breed orin crossed or half-bred animals and their possibilities of improvement.Ethnology is a complex science and it requires a knowledge of Anatomy, Pathology,Genetics, Nutrition, etc. This knowledge is acquired mainly by means of theoreticalsessions, which are supplemented with visits to cattle-rearing farms.Both in extensive and intensive farming it is essential to know the normal andpathological patterns of behaviour in domestic animals. These patterns could have agood or bad influence on their health and yield as well as on the environment. In thesame way, the student should know at least the minimum rules for Animal Protection,which are required to avoid domestic animals suffering, and the rules and regulations togarantee the healthiness and quality of animal products. After the student is acquaintedwith animal behaviour, he/she watches videos in which animal behaviour in thedifferent stages of their life (relationship, nutrition, reproduction etc.) is shown.Students also stay in cattle-rearing farms where they can obseve animal behaviour in anatural way.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe teacher shows his/her abilities in his/her daily teaching activities. He/she has to beable to transmit knowledge in an easy, attractive and effective way. If the teaching of144QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5science is worth doing it is worth doing well, it is even possible to make it beautiful andattractive because this type of work can be as creative as a work of art performed by anartist. In order to motivate the students and reduce the growing absenteeism, thegrowing lack of illusion in the University, each lesson should be carefully planned andstructured so that it can be useful and a work of art at the same time, a lesson taught bya real master.The lecture occupies a prominent position in University teaching and there aren’tenough reasons to reject it. But we think it convenient to improve its effectiveness andsupplement it with other methods.When the information stage on a subject has been concluded, it is logically satisfying tostart the discussion of some of the most relevant aspects previously presented in thelecture, or what we can do is just to stimulate the students’ spontaneity so that they canfeel free to pose questions, discuss or solve problems related to the subject. The teachercan change from mediator to a more active role if it is needed.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY ETHNOLOGY10-11GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY11-12AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION12-13PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY13-14PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTUREB GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY17-18PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE18-19GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY19-20AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY ETHNOLOGY20-21PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY NUTRITION3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARTo get a good understanding of the subject on the part of the students on the one handand to motivate and stimulate them on the other hand we should (after they have thebasic knowledge) introduce practical activities both in the laboratory and in field trips,visiting cattle-rearing farms, other work centres, etc.Practical work should start by the handling of informative instruments that help tosupplement the teacher’s exposition such as: the good handling of bibliography, criticalopinion about different books and monographs, articles from journals. Students shouldalso get acquainted with forms, graphs, quantitative tables, laboratory and field145QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5instruments and their proper handling in experimentation. Both demonstration andpractice, specially the latter, should be offered to small groups (5 or 10 students pergroup), although we usually have 20 students per group in practical lessons.In a more advanced stage the students choose the subject or problem they want to dealwith, and the methodology they should follow, they collect data and results, put them inorder, interpret them and discuss them, they also reach conclusions and write a paper tobecome acquainted with documentation techniques and writing. The excursionsconsidered as field practice is a good way to put the student in contact with the realityof his/her future career, at least within the realm of our subject.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.Based on the good use of the natural resources. Mountainous cattle-rearing. Placementwithin the national programme of intensive cattle-rearing improvement. Beefproduction of the breed “Rubia Gallega” (both pure breed and crossed with “Frisson”).Breed assessment of native Galician cattle:• Genetic identification so as to be able to differentiate cattle herds in the territory andto arrange spaces with homogenous ecotypes.• Study of the different breeds ethological characteristics (ability to adapt, stress andwell-being indicators, etc.) and steps to follow before environment-animalinteraction with a view towards environment preservation.• Beef quality parameters research to establish the types of production to develop(Galician Beef, P.A.C. Veal, “Cebón”).5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSLUCIANO SANCHEZ GARCIA UN-LEC T DR 10/01/77 220ANTONIO IGLESIAS BECERRA UN-S-LEC T DR 11/06/86 50M a ANGELES MORENO GRANDE UN-ASSI. C DR 01/18/93 40ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 7,535,1481 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 252,3003 rd cycle teaching budget 53,616SUBTOTAL TEACHING 305,916Research projects 5,655,517Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 247,346Financial help for courses and congresses 0146QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 5,902,863TOTAL 13,743,9276. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.There are individual offices for the teacher, a Seminar room and a Laboratory to carryout practical activities. For the latter, there is an experimental farm, which belongs tothe Provincial Government in Lugo, but can be used by our Faculty to conduct thepractical and research activities thanks to an agreement signed by the University ofSantiago.The equipment located in our laboratory both for the practical and research activities isthe following: Orbital cooling shaker, thermostatized shaker incubator, gas analyser,assay balance, baño de agua con agitación, vacuum pump, HPLC chains with twopumps, manual injectors, diode-array scanners and fluorescence scanners, incubatorchamber, extractor, centrifuge, HP capillary columns, haematologic counter, gaschromatograph with scanning by spectrometry of mass, gas chromatograph with FIDscanner, electrophoresis cuvettes, controlled atmosphere package unit, portablespectrocolourimeter, spectrofluorimeter, atomic abssortion spectrophotometer, UV-visspectrophotometers, UV sterilizator, fat extractor, electrophoresis power supply,chromatographic integrator, microcentrifuge, portable pH-meter, photographicdeveloper, heating concentrator, programmable termocycler, texture-meter, and thereare various small-sized and perishable materials.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Generally speaking, we think so, both as regards buildings and equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.147QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B.6. ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL PROTECTIONTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective of the subject is for the student to be able to place the animal (objectof subsequent professional veterinarian action) in its natural surrounding within animatebeings, paying special attention to its particular way of living and its behaviour. Themain objective is to help the student act in a natural free-and-easy way in their futureprofession, as regards animal behaviour.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARThe lectures are given in an easy and relaxed atmosphere. They try to stimulate teacherstudentdialogue. During the classes, the teacher is more concentrated on the learningthan on the teaching. His/her classes are usually enhanced by audiovisual aids. Thesyllabus annexed includes domestic animals habitual patterns of behaviour anddiscussions about different aspects of animal protection.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY10-11SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY11-12INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY12-13FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.13-14ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ETHOLOGY ANIMAL PROD.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10SURGERY SURGERY INF. PATH. ETHOLOGY INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY10-11PARASITOLOGY FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.11-12FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY SURGERY PARASITOLOGY12-13ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. INF. PATH.13-14INF. PATH. INF. PATH. FOOD TECH SURGERY ANIMAL PROD.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 4 th YearThe present curriculum in force does not include practical lessons.148QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 54. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.At present, there are no research activities. The teacher in charge of this subject,University Lecturer, José Rodríguez Veira is scientifically trained in mammals’regulating activities (neurochemistry). At present he is trying (although he hasn’t beensuccessful) to work on fish regulating activities.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSJOSE ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ VEIRA UN-LEC T DR 10/21/84 12LUIS FELIPE DE LA CRUZ PALOMINO PROF. T DR 03/03/86 12JESUS ANGEL PAZO CARRERA UN-LEC T DR 01/09/87 12M a MERCEDES RODRIGUEZ VIEYTES UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 12FELIX VICTOR VEGA LISI UN-LEC T DR 10/18/93 12ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 4,670,2971 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 89,9153 rd cycle teaching budget -SUBTOTAL TEACHING 89,915Research projects 3,106,027Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 0Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 3,106,027TOTAL 7,866,2396. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.For the lectures we have got the classrooms located in the Faculty. In the Department,there are individual offices for the teachers, a Seminar room and a laboratory forpractical work. Even though the latter is not used as there aren’t practical classes. Asregards equipment for the teaching activities we have got video cassettes and computerprogrammes.149QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5With respect to other equipment in the laboratory, the teaching unit of Ethology andtheir teachers belong to the Department of Physiology and therefore they share thedifferent rooms with them.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.Yes, it is.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.150QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B.7. EXPERIMENTAL FARM:“GAYOSO-CASTRO” PROVINCIAL FARM.The Gayoso-Castro farm, property of the Provincial Government in Lugo, and the groupof installations and flocks of animals, which are described below, are being used by theFaculty of Veterinary, both for educational and research ends, in base to the Agreementof Utilization of the aforementioned farm laid down between the ProvincialGovernment in Lugo and the University of Santiago, in order to support scientific workand professional training of the various Centers of the University in Lugo and speciallyof those of the Veterinary Faculty and of the Higher Polytechnic School.A description of the Gayoso-Castro Farm, its characteristics, equipment anddisposability is put down bellow, as it is described in the project sent to the VeterinaryDeanery by the Farm’s responsible Delegate in representation of the ProvincialGovernment in Lugo.The Gayoso-Castro Farm was created in 1942 by the County Council, with a clearlyagricultural, stockraising and research objective. It is located in the municipality ofCastro de Rey, 18 kilometers from Lugo’s capital, with an altitude of 427 m. above sealevel. It has a total surface of 304 hectares*, a 75% of which is agronomically profitedby.Farm’s Facilities: Animals.The Gayoso-Castro Farm relies on bovine cattle-raising comprehending a total of 198animals distributed as follows:• 77 Heads of “Holstein”, assigned to milk production, for commercial and researchends, and which are the basis of the Dairy Production Unit.• 11 Heads of highly selected “Holstein”, coming from Canada and assigned toembryo production and donning, within the “Plan of Genetic Improvement” forcattle-raising at the province of Lugo. They constitute the Embryo Donner’s Unit.• 26 Heads of “Holstein”, forming an Embryo Receiver’s Unit, whose destination isthe increment of the Embryo Donner’s Unit.• 39 Heads of “Holstein”, utilised for reposition of the livestock of the Farm properand which are inseminated with doses from the better United States and Canada bullsselection.• 45 Heads of “Rubia Gallega”, maintained with the objective of preserving thisautochthonous race for meat production and for research.*1 Hectare = 2,47 acres.151QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5The Provincial Farm also possesses:• 100 Heads of “Mountain Galician Ovine”, being utilised for research purposes andfor the inbreeding of a pilot livestock.• 43 hens and 3 roosters of the “Hen of the Mós race” on which research work on meatquality, behaviour and reproductive capacity is being carrying out.• Brood of 5,000 partridges for cynegetic purposes, which are periodically distributedwithin the diverse hunt areas in this Province.• Autochthonous rabbits, in uncertain number, which are kept in brood in artificialbiotope areas.• The Property has installations and shelters equine stud inseminations, which is yearlysupported by the army’s sires. During the aforementioned studs’ meetings around100 mares, property of the cattlemen of this Province, are inseminated every year.Farm’s Facilities : CultureMost part of the Farm’s surface is allotted to culture for animal breeding, of which weshall highlight the following:Forage culture:• 27 Hectares for cultivation of different varieties of corn for forage, reaching anaverage production of 55,000 Kgr/Ha. The production is ensiled and utilised for theFarm’s livestock breeding, alternating it with annual prairie Wasterword monophitepasture.• 5 Hectares of autochthonous common rye fodder.• 2 Hectares of Lupin experimental cultivation.• 15 Hectares of prairie herb’s culture in order to increment artificial prairie extension.• 7 Hectares afoot for prairie seeding in spring.• 60 Hectares of polyphite temporal artificial prairie (gramineae and leguminous).• 20 Hectares of natural prairie.• 2 Hectares for maize’s experimental seeding.152QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5Some activities in progress:• Practices and research on infectious pathology of bovine reproduction.• Inhaling anaesthetic practices on bovine livestock.• Master on Podology of bovine livestock.• Improvement reproductive characteristics of the Galician Ovine Race.• Experimenting of “in vitro” Fecundation.• Reproductive characteristics of “Mós” Race hens.• Realisation of farm practical sessions by the students of the Faculty of Veterinary ondiverse subjects.• Realisation of monographic sessions on bovine livestock morphologic valuation,studies on coupling, medical aid and attendance to parturition, bovine and ovinepodology, study of milk quality, milk parameters, etc.• The Farm is also used as an educational centre for compulsory Secondary Educationand Professional Training, as well as for diverse experiences in progress byresearchers of the Higher Polytechnic School.Installations and Machinery of the Farm:The “Gayoso-Castro” Provincial Farm has a central very functional building in which,apart from the offices, an assembly hall is also placed, as well as five classrooms and abasic laboratory in which routine analysis and initial sampling processes could becarried out.The dairy room is provided with all the necessary equipment for one practical sessionand for the control of the process in an individualised way for each animal of the herd, acleaning and "in situ sterilisation circuit mechanism" and a maintenance milky coldsystem is available.The machinery of the farm includes diverse vehicle tractors, from 60 to 130 H.P. units,such as autonomous herb-cutting machine, rattan-packing an other necessary machineryessential for the handling of a farming.153QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTION (C.1.): CLINICAL TEACHING. GENERAL.154QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.1. OBSTETRICS, REPRODUCTION PATHOLOGYAND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATIONTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The specific objectives of our subject are the following ones:• To know and to differentiate the functional and anatomic characteristics of domesticsspecies’ genital apparatus both in males and females. Besides, the student should getan integrated knowledge of the endocrine regulation of sexual activity.• To get a knowledge of genital mating physiology, gametes transportation andfertilization.• To get a knowledge of the technology applicable to estro control and of ovulation inthe different domestic species.• To study artificial insemination methodology in domestic animals, remarking on itsspread, advantages and disadvantages.• To study embryos transference, “in vitro” fertilization and cloning as applicabletechniques to increase domestic species reproductive performance.• To recognize gestation as a physiological state, with its own characteristics and tostudy the different procedures applicable to diagnose gestation.• To describe the fetus anatomical and physiological development characteristics,paying special attention to the last gestation phase including the study of fetal staticsat the moment of labor.• To know the physiological phenomena that mark the end of gestation, the applicableprocedure for their control and the establishment of the puerperium and lactation.• To study the different processes that alter the male and female reproductive capacity,to analyse their ethyology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prognosis andtreatment.• To have a knowledge of the different diseases that appear during gestation and theprocesses that affect the fetus, as well as the teratogenic alterations.• To acquire a concrete knowledge of distocie and the obstetric operations used tosolve them.• To know the different diseases that have an influence during the puerperium.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARThe theoretical teaching is organized in two groups with 100 students in each group.These classes take place in the Faculty classroom and each group has four hours a week.The teaching-learning situation is enhanced by the use of audiovidual aids. Eachteaching hour lasts 45 minutes, in which the teacher’s exposition takes place accordingto the syllabus annexed. During the latter the students can ask questions about theirdoubts. At the end of the lecture there is a discussion of the general aspects related tothe subject.155QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5The Seminars have the same length as the lectures and the subjects discussed are thoserelated to the syllabus, which have a special interest for the students. We seek a greaterinvolvement of the students in the discussion of the different subjects, as well as in theteaching of the methodology for the search of information. These objectives are notalways easy to reach.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS*TOXICOLOGY10-11MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. AGRARIAN EC.11-12AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. TOXICOLOGY HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.12-13HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE MEDICAL PATH.HYGIENE13-14TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH.10-11AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS*HYGIENE11-12OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS HYGIENETOXICOLOGY12-13TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY AGRARIAN EC.13-14HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARPractical teaching can be divided in three types of activities:1. Laboratory practice. These classes are carried out in the practice laboratory and thestudents attend in groups of ten. In these classes they study different aspects relatedto: genital organs characteristics both normal and pathological of the differentdomestic species, using specimens obtained in the slaughter house; preparation andinterpretation of vaginal smears; seminal technology (contrast, dilution andpresevation); embryos transference; distocie solution, using fetuses obtained in theslaughter house.2. Exploration practice. To carry it out we have got four cows and a variable number ofdogs.These practice activities are offered to groups of 5 students in explorationrooms and they include gynecological and obstetric exploration as well as genitalultrasound scan. These activities are supplemented by means of visits to farms whichare related to the Veterinary Faculty, such as Gayoso-Castro Farm.3. Clinical Practice. This kind of activity is offered to groups of 5 students at a time.They attend the clinical practice during a week. This kind of service takes place inthe Reproduction and Obstetrics Service located in the Veterinary Clinical Hospital.156QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5The length of time the students remain in the practice is rather short but there aren’tany possibilities to make it longer due to the excessive number of students (200).4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Obtaining beef cattle embryos by means of “in vitro” fertilization.• Interaction between feeding and reproduction in beef cattle. Analysis of the factorsthat influence the recovering of cattle reproductive capacity.• Seminal cryopreservation in sheep and dogs.• Embryos transference and “in vitro” fertilization in bovine.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. Pedro García Herradón combines his teaching activities withthe post of Economic and Infrastructure ViceDean of the Veterinary Faculty. He alsoworks in the Veterinary Hospital.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSPEDRO GARCIA HERRADON UN-LEC T DR 10/01/88 180LUIS ANGEL QUINTELA ARIAS UN-ASSI. C DR 02/09/94 220JUAN JOSE BECERRA GONZALEZ ASSO. C BSc. 09/27/95 170MARIA MARTA LOPEZ ALONSO G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 20MARTA INES MIRANDA CASTAÑON G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 20ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 11,123,6511 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 323,3743 rd cycle teaching budget 12,818SUBTOTAL TEACHING 336,192Research projects 0Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 314,790Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 314,790TOTAL 11,774,633157QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 56. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.We have got a practice laboratory (104 m 2 ), four research laboratories (48 m 2 , 36 m 2 ,24 m 2 , 48 m 2 ), four offices (12 m 2 , 12 m 2 , 12 m 2 , and 24 m 2 ), a Seminar room (36 m 2 ), aproducts store room (24 m 2 ), a store room (15 m 2 ).As regards equipment we have got: slides projector, video equipment (camera andmagnetoscopie), research microscope, stereomicroscopes, laminar flow chamber,programmed freezer, water milli-Q, CO 2 incubator, cool room (4ºC), various obstetricsand surgical materials, basic laboratory equipment (balances spectrophotometer,shackers, centrifuges, thermostatic baths, cuvettes, thermic plates, distillator, etc.).7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.We think so, as regards the buildings, but we don’t think so as regards the equipment. Itwould be desirable to increase the equipment for laboratory work. The most urgentneeds are: the acquisition of at least 10 microscopes and 10 stereomicroscopes. Thebudget for equipment is not enough (147,000 for 1996-1997 academic course).8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.The main problem in or subject is the reduced number of teachers which together withthe high number of students to attend determine an excesive overwork level forteachers. Other suggested change might be the reduction of students in practice groupswhich during the academic course 1996-97 was fixed by the Vicechancellor forAcademic Ordering in 15 students per practice group.On the other hand, such us we have previously specified, the equipment for practicalteaching is cleraly short to teach at a high quality level.Concerning teaching activity associated to the clinical assistance at the VeterinaryHospital, this was considerably decreased to clinical consultation of small animals only.We have try in diverse ways to collaborate in Obstetric Surgery but the HospitalVeterinary Director has determined that all kind of surgery is not deppending of theObstertics and Reproduction Service.158QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.2. GENERAL PATHOLOGY TEACHING UNIT(NOSOLOGY, PHYSIOPATHOLOGY ANDPROPAEDEUTICS)1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.As General Pathology is a basic discipline with lots of contents, on which specialpathologies are based, it is necessary to explain deeply the different pathologicalprocesses that can affect the organism, as well as the interrelations established amongthem. The main purpose is to train the student in special pathology:• Knowledge of the general theory of disease.• Knowledge of the internal and external causes of disease and of the way in whichmorbid agents act.• Scientific knowledge of the alterations in the functioning of the different organs,apparatuses, and systems as a consequence of disease, organic defence reactions andthe laws that govern them.• Knowledge of the clinical signs produced by the different diseases.• Capacity to interpret the symptoms of the different illnesses and to infer possiblecauses.• Capacity to establish relations between the different morbid processes.• Development of interest and motivation on the part of the student to widen hisknowledge.• Development of the students’ habits of furthering his/her education and ofconducting his/her own self-evaluation.Clinical Propaedeutics is undoubtless a discipline with an important practicalcomponent, which requires the presence of animals that are ill or healthy as in order todetect a pathological situation it is necessary to previously know the physiological stateof the healthy individual. Therefore the student should get:• Knowledge and adecuate use of the exploratory language.• Knowledge of general exploratory methods.• Knowledge of complementary exploratory methods, their interest, their applicationpossibilities and their interpretation bases.• Knowledge of the main laboratory analytic methods, their applications andinterpretation bases.• Knowledge of normal exploratory data in the principal animal species of veterinaryinterest.• Knowledge of the most important pathological exploratory data in interesting speciesand their interpretation.• Training to carry out a good anamnesis.• Training to carry out a practical general exploration of an animal that is alive.159QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 52. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARTheoretical classes are given in two groups. Each group has four teaching periods aweek. Therefore 110 hours per group are covered during the academic course. Thelectures are given by teachers who have Ph.D degrees in the discipline, they are basedon textbooks recommended to the students. These lectures follow the outlinepreviously prepared by the teacher and they are enhanced by the use of the overheadprojector and slides. The teacher lectures the students for 45 or 50 minutes andafterwards the students have 5 minutes for questions.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY ETHNOLOGY10-11GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY11-12AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION12-13PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY13-14PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTUREB GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY17-18PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMYAGRICULTURE18-19GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY19-20AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY ETHNOLOGY20-21PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY NUTRITION3. PRACTICAL CLASSES COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe practical class is based mainly on the exploration, which is performed on twoanimal species: beef cattle and dogs. Due to the number of groups (16 groups of 15students each) we have performed practical work both on small and big animals firstbefore groups with a reduced number of students (25 practised during 3 or 4 hours).These acted as their classmates’ instructors. For this type of practical work, we usedvideos specially prepared for instructors and live animals to explore “in situ”.There aren’t any hours dedicated to clinical work in our subject. This is so, because ourintention was for the subject to be related to the Veterinary Clinical Hospital admissionservice, but the Director of the Hospital considered that our discipline wasn’t clinicaland therefore our students can’t make a medical history of sick animals. On the otherhand we believe that this is very important for the students’ training but as we havealready said, this hasn’t been recognized by the Hospital Direction, which in a way goes160QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5against 1027/1978 European Community regulations.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Analysis of variation factor in domestic animals physiological variables.• General study of ruminants’ metabolism. Therapeutics and Iatrogenia in mineralmetabolism deficit processes.• Initiation to the study of environmental pathologies in animals reared for meat.• Establishment of blood parameters in sheep belonging to Galician Ovine breed,during gestation, puerperium and lactation.• Blood and serum parameters in cows belonging to the following breeds:“Agrupación Racial Morenas del Noroeste”, Dairy “Frisson”, and “Rubia Gallega”reared for their meat.• Electrocardiographic and vectocardiographic variables in horses of “Raza Española”breed. (In collaboration with Murcia Veterinary Faculty).• Presence of heavy metals in the meat and viscera of animals used for humanconsumption.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. José Luis Benedito Castellote combines his teaching activitieswith other activities carried out in the Veterinary Clinical Hospital.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSJOSE LUIS BENEDITO CASTELLOTE UN-LEC T DR 02/24/84 200CRISTINA CASTILLO RODRIGUEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 10/18/94 230JOAQUIN HERNANDEZ BERMUDEZ UN-ASSI. C DR 09/26/95 230IGNACIO AYALA DE LA PEÑA UN-ASSI. C DR 10/01/96 230MARIA MARTA LOPEZ ALONSO G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 40MARTA INES MIRANDA CASTAÑON G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 40ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 13,923,7931 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 456,9513 rd cycle teaching budget 171,494SUBTOTAL TEACHING 628,445Research projects 294,079Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 1,000,582Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 1,294,661161QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5TOTAL 15,846,8996. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.We are located in one of the wings of the Clinical Hall (1 st Floor), sharing the locationwith Medical Pathology. We have got the following rooms:A big office (23 m 2 ) with anteroom (10 m 2 ). A Seminar room (20 m 2 ). Four assistantoffices (12 m 2 each one), Students’ Laboratory (64 m 2 ). General store room (16 m 2 ).Research Laboratory (32 m 2 ), Toilets for the laboratory personnel (15 m 2 ).Within the available equipment we have to make a difference between availableequipment for students’ use and research equipment. In the first category we includevarious exploration materials and instruments such as: vaginal speculums,vaginescopes, otoscopes, rhinoscope, ophtalmoscope, oesophagoscope, metal detector,monochannel electrocardiograph.In the second category, we include: UV-Visible pectrophotometer, atomic abssortionspectometer with graphite chamber and hydrides generator, haematologic analyzer,researching microscope (used by Medical Pathology too), coagulometer, gas analysisscanner, centrifuges, stoves, and so as.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.As regards the buildings we think that the situation is acceptable, but in the future we’llneed more room. We also have to bear in mind that other subjects taught in this Facultyhave much more room than we have.As regards the equipment, we believe it is insufficient. In fact, our Laboratory practicalwork, specially the microscopic observation of blood, urine, etc. can’t be carried outproperly because there is only one microscope, which is used for research and besides itis shared with Medical Pathology.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.162QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.3. VETERINARY PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMYTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The objective of this subject is for the student to learn the fundamental lesion groups(dystrophies, inflammations, pathologic growth), so that he/she can associate theircommon characteristics and relate them to the cause, the pathogenic character, and theirevolution.It is important for the student to understand that the subject taught in PathologicalAnatomy is included within the more general and wider concept of Pathology.It is specially important for the student to recognize the pecularities of each lesion in thevarious animal species, apparatuses or systems. He/she should also be able to relatethem to the disfunctions they originate.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe theoretical teaching is based on the lecture given by the teacher in charge of thecourse. This is supplemented with the parallel exposition of the lesions described, allthis will be finally completed with practical activities. For Seminar teaching activities amonographic theme is chosen (e.g. “equine foot”, Necropsy technique) and presentedby the teacher in a basic and easy way and it is finally discussed by the students.The theoretical teaching is carried out in groups in the morning and in the afternoon. Itis enhanced by the use of the slide projector, the overhead projector and a basic outlineis handed out to the students.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGYETHNOLOGY10-11GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY11-12AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION12-13PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY*13-14PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY PATH. ANATOMY*AGRICULTURE*Seminars 50 hours per year.163QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY16-17PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY*17-18PATH. ANATOMY PATH. ANATOMY NUTRITION NUTRITION PATH. ANATOMY*AGRICULTURE18-19GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. GENERAL PATH. ETHNOLOGY19-20AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ETHNOLOGY ETHNOLOGY20-21PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY*Seminars 50 hours per year.NUTRITION3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 3 rd YEARThe practical activities are carried out in the Necropsy Room. The teacher explains theNecropsy techniques and how the students should go about to get samples. He/she alsoexplains the different anatomopathological exploration methods applied to the differentapparatuses and systems and the interpretation of lesions. To practise Necropsytechniques low cost animal carcasses are used. The students also get practice out of thematerial collected in the Anatomopathological Diagnosis Service.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Pathogeny and morphopathology of Aujezsky Disease, of canine distemper, and fishdiseases, with special reference to turbots. Histopathological routine techniques areused, as well as inmunolabeling, electron microscopy and nucleic acids detection.(PCR and “in situ” Hybridization).• Keeping active/inactive transcriptional state of cromosomic domains in mammals.• Molecular mechanisms to control growth and epitelial differentiation: theiralterations and pathologies.• Transgenic animals use in the study of hair embryogenesis and development. Effectsof retinoic acid and of TPA.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. Ana María Bravo del Moral combines her teaching activitieswith her post as Teaching Activities ViceDean of the Veterinary Faculty.University Lecturer, Dr. José María Nieto Martínez combines his teaching activitieswith his job at the Veterinary Hospital.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSJOSE M a NIETO MARTINEZ UN-LEC T DR 01/13/87 220ANA M a BRAVO DEL MORAL UN-LEC T DR 05/03/95 140MONICA LOPEZ PEÑA H-ASSO C DR 12/26/96 80M a ISABEL QUIROGA BERDEAL G-HOLDER G-HOLDER DR. ……… 60164QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 9,542,6701 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 303,4063 rd cycle teaching budget 8,198SUBTOTAL TEACHING 311,604Research projects 1,501,142Research agreements and contracts 162,271Research financial help 382,245Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 2,045,658TOTAL 11,899,9326. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.We have offices for teachers, seminar room, practice and research laboratory, andNecropsy room.In the laboratory we have got: a dissection and sample processing chamber, paraffinmicrotome, automatic sample processor, ligth microscopy with microphotography andvideo equipment and so as. For ultrastructural study we use the transmission electronicmicroscope that belongs to the Faculty Microscopy Service.There is not enough equipment to carry out Necropsies but it is enough to performhistopathological, immunohistochemical techniques and detection of nucleic acids.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.No, as regards the Necropsies room although it will be improved in a short time.Yes, as regards the laboratories and classrooms for theoretical teaching.As regards the equipment, it isn’t satisfactory in the Necropsies room, it is more or lessO.K. in the laboratories and good in the classrooms.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.165QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.4. PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASESTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main goal is for the student to get a good knowledge of Parasitology and ParasiticDiseases according to the sections that appear in the syllabus annexed. The teachingactivities in this subject can be divided in three parts: theory, practice and clinicalassistance.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARA GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY10-11SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY11-12INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY*12-13FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.13-14ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ETHOLOGY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10SURGERY SURGERY INF. PATH. ETHOLOGY INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY*10-11PARASITOLOGY FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.11-12FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY SURGERY PARASITOLOGY12-13ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. INF. PATH.13-14INF. PATH. INF. PATH. FOOD TECH SURGERY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARThe practical work includes both practice in the laboratory and clinical assistancepractice in the Hospital.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Fasciolose: Epizootiology, diagnosis and treatment.• Ruminants lung Nematodose.• Ruminants parasitic gastroenteritis.• Bovine Hypodermosis.• Parasitofauna of cinegetic species.• Antigens and immunity in parasite helmints of Veterinary interest.166QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 55. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.Professor Dr. Pablo Diez Baños combines his teaching activities with the post as theDirector of the Department of Animal Pathology and with his activities in theVeterinary Hospital.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSPABLO DIEZ BAÑOS PROF. T DR 10/01/84 140M a PATROCINIO MORRONDO PELAYO UN-LEC T DR 12/01/90 220ROSARIO PANADERO FONTAN UN-ASSI C DR 10/01/96 120RITA SANCHEZ-ANDRADE FERNANDEZ ASSO. C DR ……… 170ADOLFO PAZ SILVA G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 60ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 18,650,6351 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 399,3863 rd cycle teaching budget 161,628SUBTOTAL TEACHING 561,014Research projects 5,831,525Research agreements and contracts 20,546Research financial help 1,184,959Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 7,037,030TOTAL 26,248,6796. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.Faculty classrooms, offices, practice and research laboratories. For clinical practice theVeterinary Hospital is used.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.There is no answer to this question.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.167QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.5. TEACHING UNIT OF INFECTIOUS PATHOLOGYAND EPIZOOTIOLOGY (EPIDEMIOLOGY)1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The specific objectives to be reached by the students are the following ones:• To know the main historical facts that have contributed to the scientific developmentof Infectious Pathology and Epizootiology.• To know the basic concepts and the terminology used in the study of infectiousdiseases and Epizootiology.• To understand the role that infectious agents, the host and the environment play asdeterminant factors of disease.• To understand the economic and sanitary importance of infectious diseases.• To introduce the student to the knowledge and application of epizootiological studiesin Infectious Pahtology.• To carry out and adequate anamnesis, to collect convenient samples and to send themto the corresponding diagnosis centre so as to get the diagnosis of the infectiousdisease.• To know the laboratory techniques habitually used to diagnose infectious diseases, tolearn how to use them, to know how to interpret them and to be able to evaluate themaccording to their practical usefulness.• To be able to recognize the most important infectious diseases in various animalspecies, to be able to diagnose them and to establish the adequate treatment andprevention.• To establish correct measures of medical prophylaxis and hygienic and sanitarymeasures as regards handling, according to the type of livestock farms so as to avoidexterior infectious diseases or hamper the dissemination of the ones that already existand decrease their effects if it is possible.• To obtain information about scientific advances in the field of Infectious Pathologyand Epizootiology. Teachers should give their students a good knowledge ofbibliographical referencies and teach them to make objective criticisms.• To introduce the student in the study of Sanitary Legislation.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 4th YEARA GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY10-11SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY11-12INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH.*PARASITOLOGY12-13FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.13-14ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ETHOLOGY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.168QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10SURGERY SURGERY INF. PATH. ETHOLOGY INF. PATH.*PARASITOLOGY10-11PARASITOLOGY FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.11-12FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY SURGERY PARASITOLOGY12-13ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. INF. PATH.13-14INF. PATH. INF. PATH. FOOD TECH SURGERY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARThe practical work roughly includes: the work performed in the laboratory, practicalassistance work in the Clinical Hospital, practical clinical suppositions with analysisand solution of the suppositions.4. RESEARCH WORK.• Bovine mastitis.• Infectious pathology affecting bovine reproduction.• Swine Influenza in Galicia: ethyologic and epidemiological aspects.• Viral hemorrhagic disease in wild rabbit.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. Eduardo Yus Respaldiza combines his teaching with hisactivities in the Veterinary Clinical Hospital.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSEDUARDO YUS RESPALDIZA UN-LEC T DR 02/27/89 220M a LUISA SANJUAN HERNAN-PEREZ UN-LEC T DR 10/01/90 220GONZALO FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ ASSO. C DR 10/01/96 170FRANCISCO JAVIER GUITIAN MARTINEZ G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 60169QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 11,389,2951 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 333,3953 rd cycle teaching budget 46,801SUBTOTAL TEACHING 380,196Research projects 5,619,483Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 629,580Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 6,249,063TOTAL 18,018,5546. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.We have got the Faculty general facilities, a practice laboratory, two researchlaboratories, a bacterial disease and serology laboratory, a viral disease laboratory. Wehave also got a small Seminar room in the teaching unit.The equipment is satisfactory although it would be good to have some more equipmentto somatic cells counting in milk, a -80ºC freezer, an optic microscope and a system forautomatic identification of bacteria.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS THE BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?No, it isn’t.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.170QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.6. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY(ANAESTHETICS AND RADIOLOGY) TEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The teaching and learning of Surgical Pathology and Surgery, including radiology andAnaesthetics, according to the syllabus annexed.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 4th YEARA GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGY10-11SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY SURGERY11-12INF. PATH. INF. PATH.INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY12-13FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. ETHOLOGY SURGERY*FOOD TECH.13-14ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ETHOLOGY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10SURGERY SURGERY INF. PATH. ETHOLOGY INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY10-11PARASITOLOGY FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY ETHOLOGY SURGERY*FOOD TECH.11-12FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY SURGERY PARASITOLOGY12-13ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. INF. PATH.13-14INF. PATH. INF. PATH. FOOD TECH SURGERY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 4 th YEARPractical teaching is of a clinical priority nature, it is carried out in the VeterinaryClinical Hospital and it includes the different sections already mentioned (Surgery,Anaesthetics and Radiology).4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Ophthalmology of exotic pets.• Veterinary Radiology. Arteriographic study of extremities in birds.• Odontology. Histocompatibility and activity of the new bioactive ceramic materialsof the Bioeutécticos type by implanting them in a dog’s jaw.• Anaesthetics in wild birds. Assessment of the different pharmacological agents ininhalation anaesthetics with isoflurane Buteo buteo surgical.171QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5• Orthopedics. Comparative study of the different internal rigid bindings and the use ofexternal bindings in the treatment of large bones fractures in birds. Systematizationof birds’ fractures and their incidence.• Orthopedics Surgery and rehabilitation of wild birds.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturer, Dr. José Luis Pereira Espinel combines his teaching activities withhis post as Assitance Director of Veterinary Hospital Rof Codina.University Lecturer, Dr. Andrés Barreiro Lois combines his teaching with his activitiesat the Veterinary Hospital.Dr. Antonio González Cantalapiedra and Dr. Ana María López Beceiro are HealthScience Associate teachers in the Veterinary Hospital.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSJOSE LUIS PEREIRA ESPINEL UN-LEC T DR 12/18/87 150ANDRES BARREIRO LOIS UN-LEC T DR 01/09/90 220ANTONIO GONZALEZ CANTALAPIEDRA H-ASSO C DR 12/26/96 80ANA MARIA LOPEZ BECEIRO H-ASSO C BSc. 12/26/96 80ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 12,396,5361 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 305,0553 rd cycle teaching budget 37,037SUBTOTAL TEACHING 342,092Research projects 5,058,778Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 377,748Financial help for courses and congresses 350,000SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 5,786,526TOTAL 18,525,154172QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 56. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.The teaching unit is located in the Clinic first floor wing. There, we can also find theteachers’ offices, a Seminar room and practice and research laboratories.We have got our own equipment from the Surgical Pathology and Surgery Unit and thegeneral infrastructure of the Surgery Service and of the Image Diagnosis Service of theVeterinary Hospital Rof Codina. This equipment includes:• Surgery and anaesthetics. Anaesthetics equipment adapted to small and biganimals, with the possibility to vary systems and circuits. Equipment to monitor thepatient (ECG, minimum and maximum artery pressure, invasive and non-invasive,gasometrys, temperature). Monitor to control anaesthetic gases. Equipment andgeneral surgical instruments, odontology, ocular microsurgery and orthopedics.Sterilization room completely equipped to sterilize by means of pressure and heat.Hospitalization rooms properly equipped for the different species.• Radiology. Mesa telemando con intensificador de imagen y Bucky. 150 kV/1000mA glow tube/lamp. Zenithal suspension for big amimals. 150 kV/1000 mA glowtube/lamp. Surgery arch. X-ray portable equipment. Dental X-ray equipment.Automatic developer, chasis, image intensifier, negatoscopes and some other gear.Radio-protection clothes (body protectors, gloves, tyroid protector, etc.)7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?.There isn’t a specific answer, although according to the reports issued by the HospitalAssistance Director and at the same time Surgery teacher it is said that it is satisfactoryas there is a good infrastructure and good material means.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.173QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.1.7. MEDICAL AND NUTRITION PATHOLOGYTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.To train the student according to the sections and contents that appear in the syllabusannexed.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 5th YEARThe lectures are given in the Faculty classroom to two different groups of students.There are from 5 to 10 Seminar sessions throughout the academic year. Neither thetheme nor the number of sessions are fixed as this depends on the interest andmotivation of the student about certain subjects.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSTOXICOLOGYMEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. AGRARIAN EC.10-1111-12AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. TOXICOLOGY HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.12-13HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE MEDICAL PATH.*HYGIENE13-14TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH.*10-11AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSHYGIENE11-12OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS HYGIENETOXICOLOGY12-13TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY AGRARIAN EC.13-14HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 5 th YEARThe practice work is carried out in the Veterinary Hospital, according to the syllabusannexed. For this type of work the students are divided in groups of ten and they attenddaily and during a whole week, the practice open by the Medical and NutritionPathology (at present in the Hospital) to the public. On the other hand, farm animals aremainly assisted by the ambulatory Clinical Service on the cattle-rearing farms.Assitance of these animal in the Hospital is less frequent. During academic course1996-1997 this type of practical work was carried out only in an exceptional waybecause the farm animals clinical Service (Ambulatory clinic) is being organized and isbeing put into practice.174QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5With respect to work on clinical suppositions, the students usually work in groups of 25.Each supposition takes up an average of three hours per group. This type of work iscarried out once the student has cover the theory. The syllabus with the six clinicalsupposition cases studied in this academic year have been annexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Ruminants mineral metabolism.• Bovine podology.• Ruminants Stress.• Environment management: Animal Health.• Research derived from small animals clinics.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.University Lecturers, Dr. Luis Eusebio Fidalgo Alvarez and Ana Goicoa Valdeviracombine their teaching with their activities in the Veterinary Hospital. Moreover, thelatter is the Secretary of the Department of Animal Pathology.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSLUIS EUSEBIO FIDALGO ALVAREZ UN-LEC T DR 04/09/87 220ANA GOICOA VALDEVIRA UN-LEC T DR 04/09/87 150GERMAN SANTAMARINA PERNAS UN-ASSI. C DR 10/20/93 220M a LUISA SUAREZ REY G-HOLDER G-HOLDER BSc. ……… 60ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 13,693,7041 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 404,2773 rd cycle teaching budget 79,351SUBTOTAL TEACHING 483,628Research projects 0Research agreements and contracts 2,419,871Research financial help 533,493Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 2,953,364TOTAL 17,130,6966. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.175QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5We have got individual offices for the teachers, a Seminar room and teaching andresearch laboratories, located in the upper floor of the clinic and shared with theGeneral Pathology Unit.Academic resources, rooms and equipment are insatisfactory.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDINGS ANDEQUIPMENT?We think so, as regards the building but we don’t think so, as regards the equipment.8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.176QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTION (C.2.): CLINICS. VETERINARY HOSPITAL.177QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5C.2. CLINIC: VETERINARY CLINICAL HOSPITAL“ROF CODINA”The data referring to the Veterinary Hospital Rof Codina have been given to theFaculty Dean by the Hospital Managing Director and the Veterinary Assitance Director,as both of them are responsible for their management and working. They have thisresponsibility both on the part of the Foundation and on the part of Santiago UniversityChancellor. The Veterinary Faculty in Lugo has a limited participation in the Hospitalfunctioning. The Faculty is represented by means of its Dean in the commission for thefollow-up of the Agreement established between the University of Santiago and RofCodina Foundation. As it was stated in Chapter 1, this agreement regulates the internalworking of the hospital. The organ with decisive power is the Rof Codina Board, inwhich the Veterinary Faculty, through its government organs legally established in theSpanish Public University, is not represented.Therefore the Dean of the Veterinary Faculty cannot and shouldn’t feel responsible forthe data presented by the Hospital Direction. That’s why he wants to place this fact onrecord, specially in this self-evaluation report that has been written to facilitate theprocess of evaluation of the Veterinary Faculties carried out by the European UnionVeterinary Teaching Advisory Committee.1. FUNCTIONING AND FINANCING OF CLINICAL ACTIVITIES.FUNCTIONING.The Veterinary Clinical Hospital, Rof Codina is managed by the Rof CodinaFoundation, managing body with its own legal status. It was constituted in May 1994being its main objective to support the clinical teaching given in the Veterinary Facultyin Lugo. This is clearly stated in its statutes.It is therefore, an organization whose objectives are exclusively directed to give thenecessary support so that the Veterinary Hospital can meet the objectives established inits statutes. These objectives are understood as to give the necessary help to the Faculty(teachers and students) so that they might have an effective instrument to develop thethree most important aspects of their work: teaching-learning, research and assistanceaspects.1996-1997 academic course started with less than half of the teachers responsible forclinical subjects related to the hospital. The total connection to the hospital becameeffective from December 1996. That is why only from January 1997, the studentsenrolled in subjects taught by the aforesaid teachers have been able to carry out clinicalpractices in the Hospital.FINANCINGThe Rof Codina Foundation follows the legal regulations that in Spain, and morespecifically in our Galician Autonomous Community, regulate and control thefoundations. Therefore, in the economic aspect it must follow the official budgetary178QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5accounting. This is annually presented for approval by its government organs and it isalso sent to the Foundations Protectorate in the Galician Presidence and PublicAdministration Ministry. From now onwards it is also presented to the AutonomousCommunity Accounts Board.Because of what has been said, the information we present follows the officialarrangement, but we include a short explanation so as to get to know the origin of theincome and/or expenditure, which are indicated in the corresponding budgetaryChapters. Within the figures given, we differentiate what has been budgeted, what hasbeen executed and what is still pending, so that we can get to know with greaterexactitude the real budgetary situation during the referred period.Finally, we would like to mention that the Rof Codina Foundation is considered afoundation of mixed character, that is to say, its income comes from its own activities(services rendered, courses, agreements, etc.) and from official subsidies (officialfounding organisms such as: Santiago University, Lugo Provincial Government, LugoCity government and Galician Autonomous Community Government -through its threeministries implied: Education, Agriculture and Health).1996 INCOME BUDGETBudgeted concept and short explanation of its contents.CHAPTER III: Fees and other sources of income: Under this heading we include theincome for services rendered, courses, publications and other miscellanea income.11,000,000 ptas.CHAPTER IV: Current Transfers: Credit transfers from the AutonomousCommunity, Santiago University, Health, Education and Agriculture Ministries, localorganisms: Lugo Provincial Government, Lugo City Government and miscellaneacontributions. 136,000,000 ptas.CHAPTER V: Patrimonial sources of income: Interests of State securities-Bondsissued by the State; or as a result of commercial operations: current accounts interests,the product of leasing and other sources of income. 9,000,000 ptas.CHAPTER VII: Capital transfers: From public companies and other State publicorganizations, from autonomous communities: from public companies and other publicorganizations and organizations of the Autonomous Community GeneralAdministration; subsidies or capital transfer from private companies. 13,000,000 ptas.CHAPTER VIII: Financial assets: Coming form refunds. 0 ptas.Total amount budgeted to function: 169,000,000 ptas.2. HOSPITAL FACILITIES.179QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5Total area occupied by the hospital: The Veterinary Hospital occupies a built area of2 27,390 m , of these, 2,700 m are used by part of the Animal Pathology Department ofSantiago University. It is located in the first floor, where we can find the laboratories2and administrative sections. Then, there are 2,855 m in the ground floor of theprincipal building, which are used to house the Diagnosis and Surgery areas. There are2 2another 1,835 m occupied by the hospitalization wards, of these, 405 m are taken upby the Infectious and Parasitic Diseases ward, which is physically separated from therest.Total area allocated to small animals: Of the total number of square meters2mentioned before, 3,090 m are allotted to small animals, even though there are areasshared by animals belonging to different species that make it difficult to establishspecial areas for each type of animal (laboratories, internal traffic circuit area forhospital personnel, etc.).Total area allocated to big animals: They have 1,600 m approximately if we take theprevious areas into account.Considering the aforesaid total we specify the hospitalization vacant places for:• Cattle: 25 collars and 4 boxes with enough room for 3 to 5 heads per box. There is2also an exterior exercise courtyard of 300 m .• Horses: 8 boxes, approximately from 1 to 3 heads per box, according to the animal’ssize.• Small ruminants: 6 boxes, from 4 to 8 units of approximate capacity.• Swine: 6 boxes, from 4 to 8 heads approximate capacity.• Dogs: There are 15 cages, 3 courtyards with 3 pounds each and with a capacity for10 to 20 dogs per courtyard besides 8 boxes, each, with a different surface. Thecapacity may vary according to the breed that is going to be hospitalized. There are aminimum of 32 rooms that could hold more than 100 dogs approximately.• Cats: There are two specific rooms. Their capacity could vary according to thenumber of individual cages that can be placed in them. Nevertheless, they could holdmore than 40 cats.• Infectious/contagious animals: (Project in course).The ward allocated to them willbe enought for 6 hospitalization rooms that meet the isolation criteria in force2(individualized air circuits, etc.) and they occupy 200 m approximately. They couldhold different species in groups or individually separated according to pathology.The project was adjudicated in a total amount of 13,378,897 pts (83,227.97 ECU).2Total area allocated to animal stabling for teaching-learning purposes: Of the2available surface in hospitalization wards, there are 811 m to hold animals forteaching-learning purposes.180QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5On the previous total we specify the hospitalization vacant places for:• Cattle: 20 collars and 4 boxes with enough room for 3 to 5 heads per box.• Horses: 4 boxes, approximately from 1 to 3 heads per box, according to the animal’ssize.• Small ruminants: 6 boxes, from 4 to 8 units of approximate capacity.• Swine: 6 boxes, from 4 to 8 heads of approximate capacity.• Dogs: There are 5 cages, 3 courtyards with 3 pounds each that can hold from 10 to20 dogs in each courtyard.• Cats: 1 specific room.Total area allocated to laboratory animals: There are 74 m divided in three rooms.The surgery or practice is open on working days during the whole year. At thebeginning of the present academic year only the Surgery and Radiology students couldattend the Veterinarians’ practice. This was due to the fact that not all the teachers whotaught clinical subjects were related to the Hospital. The students of AnatomicalPathology also attended the Hospital practice. A change in the teaching programme inthe middle of the term, with the morning and afternoon shifts changed to twosimultaneous groups in the morning changed the initial clinical practice programme.From January onwards the students began to attend all the specialities of the Hospitalclinical practice. These practices have worked during the whole academic course andthey will continue up to the end of the course. The practice remains open 5 days a week.The practice hours are the following ones: from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. This is the timetableoffered to the patient but the practice frequently remains open until 8 p.m. or 9 p.m.This type of clinical activity has been carried out in the Hospital since February 1996.Before, it had been the Animal Pathology Department the one who used to carry out thepublic practice and the ambulatory clinical practice so as to allow second cycle studentsto practise.3. CASE RECORD SYSTEM, FIVE YEARS STATISTICAL RECORD OFANIMAL ARRIVALS INCLUDING NECROPSIES.During 1996-1997 academic course, the Hospital external practice remained open everyworking day from 4 p.m to 7 p.m. During the rest of the working day, there is aveterinarian who belongs to the Continuous Assistance Service. He usually gets hold ofthe most urgent cases and redistributes them in the different services. He also takessamples for analysis. Up to now there isn’t a previous appointment system in theHospital.The collection of cases in the clinic corresponds with the admission lists obtained in theVeterinary Hospital Admission Service (they are included in an annex), in which thereis also a list of clinical histories with their corresponding discharges from the beginningof the activity in the Hospital in March 1996. These lists are totalized according tospecies and for their correct interpretation, we have to bear in mind that only clinicalhistories are listed. Therefore, readmission cases or successive medical care practised1812QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5on the same animal are not reflected. This means that the real number of animalsconsulted in the Veterinary Hospital is always superior to the number of clinicalhistories that have been discharged. Therefore, there have been more cases than theones that already appear in the following statistics.Consultations according to clinical histories open: 62 cattle, 17 horses, 19 smallruminants, 33 swine, 8 farm animals, 657 dogs, 89 cats and another 6 various pets.Besides, 231 wild birds have been assisted (prey birds mainly), and 75 wild mammals(deer, fallow deer, foxes etc.).The Necropsies carried out while the Anatomical Pathology Service was working werethe following ones: 25 cattle, 2 horses, 9 small ruminants, 5 swine, 50 farm animals(principally minks from mink farms), 122 dogs, 14 cats, 33 pets.4. FIELD SERVICE CLINIC EQUIPMENT AND ACTIVITY.During 1996-1997 academic course there wasn’t an ambulatory service due to theshortgage of Hospital Veterinary personnel and the great number of hours assigned tothe teachers related to the hospital.Nevertheless, the ambulatory Clinical Service is equipped with two 4x4 drive wheelvehicles (Ford Explorer and Nissan Patrol) as well as a trailer adapted to transport biganimals to the Hospital.5. SATELLITE CLINICS.In the present teaching programme in our Faculty (i.e. the curriculum in force) there isno provision for the students to practise in approved private clinics. There is a growingnumber of clinics in our Community that send their cases periodically to the Hospital.6. NUMBER AND SPECIES OF ANIMALS MAINTAINED FOR CLINICALTEACHING.For the practical teaching in the Clinic, which is carried out in the Hospital, we have got5 cattle and 6 dogs. Besides, to carry out the Laparoscopic Surgery Course: advancedthpractices for post-graduates, anaesthetic practices for 4 Year students, we get 55 swinest ndannually. Even though these are not 1 or 2 Cycle teaching activities, the animals areundoubtedly used for a basic teaching purpose.7. EXTRAMURAL CLINICAL PROGRAMME.The Hospital extramural Clinic is carried out in its five clinical areas: Medical area,Surgery area, Obstetrics area, Parasitic-Infectious Diseases area, and Central Servicesarea. Each of the first four areas has got its own consulting-room. The Central Servicesarea is made up of the following services: Anatomopathological Diagnosis Service,Image Diagnosis Service, Biopathological, Parasitological and Infectious DiseasesDiagnosis Laboratory, Pharmacy’s. The clinical practices of the different specialities areopen to the public from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to check in new cases but they don’t usually182QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5finish their job until 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. or even later. The Image Diagnoses service has thesame timetable. The collection of samples for analysis is during the whole working day.At present, all the services are working, except for the Biopathological DiagnosisService, which will start working soon. The following services: Surgery, InternalMedicine, Obstetrics and Reproduction, Image Diagnosis, AnatomopathologicalDiagnosis and the Pharmacy’s started to work in February 1996. The rest of theServices started to work from January 1997 onwards.Besides, there is a Continuous Attention Service in charge of receiving the morningemergencies out of the usual practice timetable. This Service also monitors hospitalizedanimals during the 24 hours including weekends.Even though there isn’t an ambularory clinical service for the reasons already stated,once in a while some Hospital specialists, usually from the Medical and Parasitic-Infectious Diseases areas, have visitied some cattle-rearing farms to see the animals orto take samples to analyse as they have been asked by the farms veterinarians to do so.In this way they can also carry out some field practice with a reduced group of students.8. COMMENT ON THE ADEQUACY OF CLINICAL FACILITIES ANDMATERIAL AND ANIMAL SUPPLIES.The facilities are wide enough, modern and adequate for excellent practical teaching ofa clinical nature. As regard clinical and diagnosis equipment the Veterinary Hospitalhas, in general, the big, necessary and good quality equipment lacking, on the otherhand, in specific equipment, which is being acquired as the need arises.The Hospital casuistry is small and mostly concentrates on pets and wild fauna (thelatter is quite abundant thanks to an agreement between the Pathological Surgery andSurgery teaching unit and the Galician Environment Service. At present it is being dealtwith by the Surgery area and the Image Diagnosis area of the Veterinary Hospital.Nevertheless, if we take into account the future development of the Ambulatory Clinicand the growing importance of horse riding and horse-rearing in our AutonomousCommunity together with the fact that our Hospital is becoming well-known to smallanimals clinics there will be an increase and a progressive diversification in thehospital’s casuistry.9. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.They are enumerated as follows:• Establishment of the system of previous appointment.• An increase in the number of veterinarians and teachers specially in the most activeservice.• To get the Ambulatory Clinic running so as to move the clinical teaching closer tothe practical veterinary reality of the region.• To cater for the development of the specialities within each area or service.• To develop the rules and regulations about structure, organization and working (it isbeing written at present) that will allow the proper organic and coordinated working183QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5of the Hospital.• To cater for the proper coordination between the Faculty and the Hospital clinicalwork. In this way the Hospital casuistry could be made good use of in the teachingactivities of the Faculty. This might imply certain modifications in the curriculumaimed at helping the students to stay in a continuous way in the Hospital variousclinical services.• Development of internship and residency programmes so as to maintain coherencewith the latter point.• Establishment of satellite or collaborating clinics with the ones that usually sendtheir cases to the Hospital. In this way, we could help the students to get enoughpractice and at the same time give a strong impulse to the Hospital as a referencecentre.*Comment by the Veterinary Faculty Dean on this point:“Without understimating the economic help that the Rof Codina Foundation is giving to the VeterinaryHospital, I believe that it would be convenient for the Faculty and the Hospital to work in a morecoordinated way. The Faculty should participate more in the management of the Hospital, specially in theelection of the directive posts, through its legally established collegiate organs, such as the Faculty Board.This hasn’t happened up to now and as a consequence this erroneous outlook has created a sort of parallelinstitution totally alien to the Faculty. We should strive for a Hospital that is really integrated in theFaculty and which is regarded as a permanent support of the clinical teaching. This was the real objectivefor the existence of the Rof Codina Foundation, and which was lost sight of once the agreement betweenthe latter and Santiago University was signed without taking into account the Veterinary Faculty, whichis legally authorized to supervise the teaching activities that lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science inVeterinary awarded by the public University of Santiago de Compostela”.184QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5SECTION (D): FOOD HYGIENE.185QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5D.1. HYGIENE AND FOOD INSPECTIONTEACHING UNIT1. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.This subject should include every aspect of the study and control of the food destined tohuman consumption, from the moment in which it is produced until it reaches theconsumer. Special attention should be paid to all the important point in the food chain(production, transformation, manipulation, preservation, storing and comercialization).The three fundamental objectives stated in this subject syllabus are:• Students should get to know the scientific basis for the production of healthy,nutritive and appetizing food.• They should acquire the necessary scientific knowledge to decide on theinnocuousness, nutritive and commercial value of food.• They should have a good knowledge of and be able to interpret food legislation so asto carry out a correct inspection and control of food.The knowledge presented in this subject can be systematized in three big sections: Thefirst section deals with the concept of food and edibility, food legislation, the literatureon the subject (i.e. the bibliography) and the fundamental basis to take food samples.The second section introduces the student in the food general hygiene, considering thenatural toxicity, the chemical and biological pollution of food, the hygienic problemsthat arise from food manipulation and food industries. They are also introduced to thestudy of the different systems of risk analysis and critical points control, and to the useof food which is not apt for human consumption and the treatment of residues.The thirdsection studies each food group specially those that are most important for theveterinary student. It pays special attention to bromatological, hygienic, sanitary aspectsand to food inspection and control as well as to food specific legislation. Students studythe requirements animal food should meet specially those related to public health, preand post-mortem inspection in slaughter houses, establishments hygiene and foodmanipulation including meat and meat derivatives inspection, fish, honey, dairyproducts etc. The syllabus has been annexed.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 5 YEARthThe theoretical lessons consist of a series of lectures with an approximate length of 45or 50 minutes. Whenever necessary audiovisual aids are used. The syllabus has beenannexed.During the Seminars we allow for even participation of all the students once the mainstheme has been choosen for the discussion.186QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSTOXICOLOGY10-11MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. AGRARIAN EC.11-12AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. TOXICOLOGY HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.12-13HYGIENEHYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE MEDICAL PATH.HYGIENE*13-14TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH. MEDICAL PATH.10-11AGRARIAN EC. AGRARIAN EC. OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICSHYGIENE*11-12OBSTETRICS OBSTETRICS HYGIENETOXICOLOGY12-13TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY TOXICOLOGY AGRARIAN EC.13-14HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE HYGIENE AGRARIAN EC.*Seminars 10 hours per year.3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 5 YEARThe practical classes are carried out in the laboratory, in a way that every student carriesout his/her own manipulations during the practical session. This practical work isoptional for the student. The corresponding syllabus has been annexed.4. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Veterinary medicines residues control in different foods.• Sensory analysis and Reology of solid products.• Study of products characterization with guarantee of origin and quality.• Study of microbial contamination and its origin in food and in food industries.• Production of barriers to counteract food pathogens growth.• Study of instrumental analytic techniques for milk and dairy products analysis: milkmineral elements. Infrared spectrophotometry in milk analysis. NIRspectrophotometry in dairy products analysis.• Study of Galician cheese: Sanitary aspects. Composition aspects. Study of nativemicrobial flora. Study of maturation process.th5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.187QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSALBERTO CEPEDA SÁEZ UN-LEC T DR 03/25/87 190M a LOURDES VAZQUEZ ODÉRIZ UN-LEC T DR 10/14/88 74JOSE LUIS RODRÍGUEZ OTERO UN-LEC T DR 10/14/91 156CARLOS M. FRANCO ABUÍN UN-ASSI. C DR …….. 220ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 8,849,285st nd1 and 2 cycle teaching budget 350,819rd3 cycle teaching budget129,384SUBTOTAL TEACHING 480,203Research projects 10,340,000Research agreements and contracts 6,988,536Research financial help 2,187,402Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 19,515,938TOTAL 28,845,4266. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.There are four offices, a practice laboratory, three research laboratories, a Seminarroom, a small store room and toilest for the staff.As regards equipment we have got: a Microbiology Laboratory with several culturestoves, laminar flow chamber, homogenizer, etc. Instrumental Techniques Laboratoryequiped with: mass-liquid chromatograph, mass-gas chromatograph, fluorimeter,ELISA equipment, HPTLC and four high-presured liquid chromatographs (HPLC) withseveral scanning systems. Physico-chemical tests Laboratory with: Shoxthec,desecación chamber, pH-meters, etc.7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS THE BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.No, it isn’t.8. CHANGES DESIRBLE OR FORESEEN.There is no answer to this question.D.2. FOOD TECHNOLOGY TEACHING UNIT188QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 51. AIMS OF INSTRUCTION.The main objective of this subject is for the students to acquire enough knowledge onchemical composition, preservation treatments, and food diversification, dealing in amore specific and wider way with animal food technology so that this will lay thethfoundation for the study of Food Hygiene and Inspection in 5 year.2. LECTURE COURSE COVERED: 4 YEARthThe students are lectured in two groups with the support of audiovisual aids and asummary of the lecture. The syllabus has been annexed. The visits to various industriestake place after the students have the theoretical knowledge necessary for the visit theyare going to make. In this way they can verificate “in situ” what they have learnt andthey can also undertand easily the technical information previouly given.A GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOG PARASITOLOGY PARASITOLOGYY10-11SURGERY SURGERY SURGERYSURGERY11-12INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH. INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY12-13FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. FOOD TECH. ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.13-14ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ETHOLOGY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.B GROUPTIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY9-10SURGERY SURGERY INF. PATH. ETHOLOGY INF. PATH.PARASITOLOGY10-11PARASITOLOGY FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOGY ETHOLOGY SURGERYFOOD TECH.*11-12FOOD TECH. PARASITOLOG SURGERYYPARASITOLOGY12-13ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. ANIMAL PROD. INF. PATH.13-14INF. PATH. INF. PATH. FOOD TECH SURGERY ANIMAL PROD.*Seminars 10 hours per year.th3. PRACTICAL COURSE COVERED: 4 YEARIn the practical classes the students use official methods to determine identification andfood tendency to alter. The practical classes syllabus and the field visits programme hasbeen annexed.Practice work to elaborate products in the pilot floor can’t be carried out due to theshortage of teachers and economic resources (not enough milk can be bought for such agreat number of students to practise).189QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 54. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.• Majority of research is centered on Lactology and technical processes involved inGalician cheese elaboration.• Comparative study about th traditional and ultrafiltration techniques in lactic serumcollection from the “Cebreiro” Galician cheese.• Corynebacterium spp. and coagulase negative Staphylococci in milk composition.• Depuration of residues from cheese factories.5. RESOURCES: HUMAN AND ECONOMIC.NAME & SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE SENIORITY Nº OF HOURSM a ASUNCIÓN FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ UN-LEC T DR 12/28/87 220M a ÁNGELES ROMERO RODRÍGUEZ UN-LEC T DR 12/13/91 10OLGA DÍAZ RUBIO UN-ASSI. C DR 09/01/96 220ECONOMIC RESOURCESITEMSAMOUNT IN PESETASTEACHING STAFF 9,135,0571 st and 2 nd cycle teaching budget 309,2303 rd cycle teaching budget 43,783SUBTOTAL TEACHING 353,013Research projects 3,480,041Research agreements and contracts 0Research financial help 125,793Financial help for courses and congresses 0SUBTOTAL RESEARCH 3,605,834TOTAL 13,093,9046. BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.Apart from the teacher’s offices, there is a Seminar room and a practice laboratoryshared with other subjects.We are equiped with various laboratory material. Cheese pilot plant with: receptiontank, pasteurizator, chesery equipment, ultra-filtration systems, etc. Various tools, someof them are also used by other Departments (Infrastructure F.E.D.E.R: chromatographs,190QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 5electrophoresis, etc.) and some others installed in the Laboratory of Food TechnologyArea.The main resources source are the research projects (Xunta de Galicia) and “Columella”project (ADAPT).7. IS THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY AS REGARDS BUILDING ANDEQUIPMENT?.There is a considerable lack of room to carry out the practical sessions as the laboratoryis shared with three other subjects for other courses of studies. The available resourcesboth material and human are not enough to carry out the practical sessions in the pilotfloor for such a great number of students enrolled in the subject (237 during 1996-1997academic course).8. CHANGES DESIRABLE OR FORESEEN.Any establishment for education needs material and personnel resources to carry out itsessential objectives.In this sense, the Food Technology subject situation is large different than the optimal.During the actual course, to attend 244 students we have only two full-time teachinglecturers and another with a partial teaching for 60 hours per year.Attending economical support for practical teaching, only 50,000 ptas. were assigned toIndustries visitation by students, which is clearly insufficent to attend student necesities.Attending the aforementioned, it would be convenient that organizations in charge ofthese questions might found any solution.191QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 6CHAPTER 6LIBRARY ANDLEARNING RESOURCES192QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 6CONTENTS:6.A. Library.6.A.1. Describe the Library.A. Budget.B. Personnel.C. Holdings.D. Space and seating capacity.E. Location in its establishment.F. Hours available.G. Computerized information retrieval system.6.A.2. Describe the activity of the Library Committee.6.A.3. Describe the relationship to the University CentralLibrary.6.B. Audiovisual Aids Service and Computer Service.6.B.1. Audiovisual Aids.6.B.2. Computer Service.193QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 66.A. LIBRARYThe Veterinary Faculty Library also houses the library stock that belongs to the HigherPolytechnic Agricultural School, which offers 2 second cycle degrees (Bachelor ofScience in Agriculture) and 5 first cycle degrees (Diplomas). Therefore, in the academiccourse used as reference (1996-97) the library building was shared by both of them. Thedecision to join both libraries was taken at a meeting held at Santiago University. Thefact that we had to share the library building had two immediate consequences:• An increase of the personnel.• An increase of the services rendered to the students, mainly.6.A.1. Describe the library.A. BUDGETDuring the 1996-97 academic course the budget available for new acquisitions was3,374,209 pts. (20,990.4 ECU).B. PERSONNELThe staff is made up of 9 persons distributed in the following way:• 3 librarians from Santiago de Compostela University library. One of them is theChief librarian and the other two work as assistants. All of them work in themorning.• 6 library technical assistants, who belong to the University too. They work in shiftsduring the morning and the afternoon.• The library personnel’s working day consists of 7 hours a day, that is to say 35 hoursper week.C. HOLDINGS• Monographs: 18,632 titles. Of these, 6,816 belong to the Faculty.• Periodical publications: *Open: 283Closed: 257.Access to a CD-ROM database network is available, and also to subscriptions outside* Periodical publications are acquired thanks to a centralized credit that our University manages from the CentralUniversity in Santiago. This saves the expense to our faculty; therefore the investment in periodical publications isnot included in the Faculty Library budget.194QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 6the network which can be consulted individually in the library.Santiago University Library database is accessible from the faculty library computers.Our library is also connected to Internet.The subjects of our library stock are the traditional ones contained in the veterinarycurriculum, that is to say, Animal Production and Veterinary Medicine. To these weshould add in this faculty the bibliography corresponding to the main subjects (Biology,Biochemistry, etc.), and to Bromatology (Food Ciences). There is also a large stock onagriculture and agricultural engineering which belongs to the Higher PolytechnicSchool.D. SPACE AND SEATING CAPACITYIt is a two-storeyed library with a total surface of 902.55 m 2 .• The first floor has 396.93 m 2 and it is divided into:• Reading room: 325.63 m 2 (with emergency exit)• Cataloging room: 46.20 m 2 .• Entrance hall, catalogs and home loan areas: 24.50 m 2 .• The ground floor has 506.22 m 2 and it is divided into:.• Store room: 138.92 m 2 .• Chief Librarian office: 20.50 m 2 .• Newspaper library: 135.30 m 2 .• Entrance hall, loan area, open access area and reading room: 211.60 m 2 .There are 263 seats, distributed as follows:• Ground floor: 47.• Newspaper library: 8.• Reading room: 208.E. LOCATION IN ITS ESTABLISHMENTThe library is in the Central building and its location is shown inside and outside theFaculty.F. HOURS AVAILABLE195QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 6It opens from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. This period is reduced in thesummer.G. COMPUTERIZED INFORMATIONRETRIEVAL SYSTEMThe library has computerized cataloging. This is the first automation step. It is expectedthat all kinds of tasks and services will be computerized before 1998.Our library, in the same way as the other faculty libraries that make up SantiagoUniversity Central Library is connected to the University research communicationnetwork, therefore it is possible to consult the University Library database, which ismade up of all the bibliographic entries of all the computerized libraries. This can bedone from any individual computer which is connected to the net.6.A.2. Describe activity of the Library Committee.There is a Library Committee in every faculty. It is a collective organism that governsand controls the library.The members of this committee are:• The Dean (or Director, or a person who might represent him) who acts as chairman(president).• The chief librarian of the faculty.• A teacher, at least, representing each of the Departments in the faculty.• The students representatives amounting to 25% of the total members of thecommittee.The duties of the Committee are:• To approve the policy to follow in the selection of library materials and collectionsand to distribute the budget according to this general policy.• To make the rules and regulations for the proper working of the library service.• To approve the library’s annual report.• To give advisory service if there are important differences of criteria between thelibrary and the library users.• To offer advisory service in all important matters.6.A.3. Describe the relationship to the university library.196QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 6Santiago University Library has the following structure:• The Central Library, the Faculty Libraries and the University Institute Libraries.• The Central Library is the heart of the system. It is here where all the generalservices and the centralized management can be met. For example interlibrary loans,and the adquisition of periodical publications are centralized here. Besides theydecide on technical matters that should be tackled in the same way in all libraries.According to article nº 41 of our Regulations the main duties of the library committeeare:• To approve, if it is pertinent, the annual report of activities, presented by the Chieflibrarian.• Provisional distribution of the ordinary budget (which amounts to 75% of the oneobtained the previous year).• Final distribution and follow-up of the faculty ordinary budget• Proposal to modify the number of periodical publications subscribed by SantiagoUniversity in our faculty.• Proposal to buy materials for research, which will form part of the joint proposal tobe presented by Santiago University and the faculty before the Galician Ministry ofEducation which grants an amount of money under the heading of researchinfrastructure.• The Committee can decide what to buy if the faculty gets the money referred to inthe previous paragraph.• Any other issue related to the proper working of the library either stated by theDirector or by the users.197QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 66B. AUDIOVISUAL SERVICE ANDCOMPUTER SERVICE6.B.1. Audiovisual service.Available equipment:• A multimedia projection system 3M MP8020F. This system has got a 250 Wmetallic haluro lamp to reduce the glare. It displays a 640x480 VGA resolution and ithas got a wide range of colours (16.7 million). The system has four entry channelsand it is compatible with SVGA, VGA and MacIntosh computers and with the PAL,SECAM, NTSC and S-VHS video systems. Besides, it has got a 3 W built-inloudspeaker.• A video equipment located at classroom 3. This projection system is connected to avideocamera placed in the big animals operating theatre, allowing the projection ofoperations.• 11 slide projectors:• 1 KODAK EKTAPRO-400 slide projector• 3 KODAK S-AV-1030 slide projector• 7 KODAK S-AV-2050 slide projector.• 1 opaque materials projector (PLUS DP-30).• 9 Overhead projectors:• 3 MEDIUM 500 overhead projectors• 1 3M overhead projector• 7 ELMO HP-2855 overhead projectors.6.B.2. Computer service.1. Available space. At present we don’t have a special place used exclusively by thisservice. Therefore, the present equipment can be located provisionally in the janitor’sarea.2. Accessibility. The equipment has open access so that every professor and researchercan use it.3. Resources.• 1 Server for the internal classroom net, with connexion to the Universityoptical fibre net and to Internet.• 17 MC-668 computers (Pentium 166Mhz, with MMX processor, 32 MBRAM, 2.5 Gb hard disk, netcard (Eth PCI 32 bits) and 14” monitor. Thisequipment has not been installed yet, we mean, at the moment of writing thisreport.198QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 6• ADI DENPHIS computer (Pentium 150Mhz, RAM 256 Kb, 2.5 Gb hard disk,CD-ROM 6x and 14” monitor).• 1 PC PRO 290 computer.• 1 MacIntosh LC II computer (4Mb RAM, 40 Mb hard disk, 14” monitor).• 1 MacIntosh Performa 6200 computer (16 Mb RAM, 500 Mb hard disk, CD-ROM 6x and 14” monitor).• 2 colour scanners:• Scanjet IIC (optical resolution 200 ppp, size A4)• Scanjet 4C (from 600 ppp to 2400 ppp optical resolution, size up to A4, 30colour bits, 10 B/W bits).• 2 videoprinters to obtain images directly from the computer:• Polaroid CI-3000• Polaroid CI-5000 S.• 1 B/W laser printer. Laserjet IIID with PostScript.• 1 colour laser printer. Colour Laserjet 5M.Both printers can be either used with PC’s or MacIntosh.4. Foreseen changes. In the near future we are planning to modify the location of thismaterial and place it where the administrative service is. This will allow the creationof a computer service with open access to a greater number of users.At the same time, when we move the computers they will be connected to the netwith a server. This will allow their use for teaching and learning purposes.We expect this change to be real at the moment in which the group of experts visitus.199QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7CHAPTER 7ENROLMENT200QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7CONTENTS:7.1. Number of students enrolled each year.7.2. Yearly average number of graduates during the last fiveyears.7.3. State the number of interns and residents in the Facultyand other persons having completed their professionaleducation and studying for higher qualifications (3 rdCycle-Doctorate courses).7.4. Comment on the impact of the number of students on thephysical facilities, clinic care load, academic teaching andresearch staff and administrative capability.7.5. Comment on the anticipated changes in the number ofstudents enrolled.201QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 77.1. Number of students enrolled each year.Degree structure based on subjects rather than strictly in courses, obliged us to considerall students enrolled at the Faculty and the exact number of students tutorised andtaught in each subject in the course in question.The increasing number of students enrolment at the Veterinary Faculty in Lugo from thebeginning of Veterinary studies (1984-1996), is ilustrated in Figure 7.1.STUDENTS NUMBERFIGURE 7.1. 1984-1996 STUDENTS INCREASINGNUMBER16001400120010008006004002001984-851985-8663761373082392310751188129813381390140214161986-871987-881988-891989-901990-911991-921992-931993-941994-951995-961996-9714170ACADEMIC YEARActual registration has become balanced around one thousand and four hundredstudents although a decrease of enrolment might be expected as a result of the 1991-1992 limited access. The great number of students is mainly due to the high number ofthem recuperating failed subjects in previous years.In Figure 7.2. subject enrolment concerning 1996-1997 academic course proposed forevaluation is figured out, and a brief graphic analyses of the total number of studentsenrolled in each subject included in the five degree courses is also detailed.202QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7FIGURE 7.2. STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EACH SUBJECTDURING THE 1996-1997 ACADEMIC YEARObstetricsMedical Pathol.195307Agrarian Economy158ToxicologyFood Hygiene166247EthologySurgery168253Infectious Pathol.299Parasitology335Food Technology237Animal Poductions170General Pathol.363SUBJECTAgricultureNutritionEthnologyPathol. Anatomy249300301314PharmacologyAnatomy IIGeneticsPhysiology314320309412BiochemistryMicrobiology268310Cytology342Anatomy I337Biology180ChemistryPhysicsMathematics1992242860 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EACH SUBJECTYEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5203QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7TABLE 7.1. STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EACH SUBJECT DURING THEACADEMIC YEAR 1996-97SUBJECTSUTUDENTNUMBERENROLMENT %MATHEMATICS 286 3,8%PHYSICS 199 2,6%CHEMISTRY 224 3,0%BIOLOGY (Zoology and Botany) 180 2,4%VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRIOLOGY I 337 4,5%VETERINARY CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY 342 4,5%MICROBIOLOGY (Bacteriology, Immunology and Virology) 268 3,5%BIOCHEMISTRY 310 4,1%ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 412 5,4%GENETICS 309 4,1%VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRIOLOGY II 320 4,2%PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS 314 4,1%VETERINARY PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY 301 4,0%ETHNOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION 249 3,4%ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FOOD 314 4,1%AGRICULTURE AND AGRONOMY 300 4,0%GENERAL PATHOLOGY 363 4,8%ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS 170 2,2%FOOD TECHNOLOGY 237 3,1%PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITE DISEASES 335 4,4%INFECTIOUS PATHOLOGY AND EPIZOOTIC INFECTIONS 299 3,9%SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY 253 3,3%ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL PROTECTION 168 2,2%HYGIENE AND FOOD INSPECTION 247 3,3%TOXICOLOGY AND LEGAL VETERINARY 166 2,2%AGRARIAN ECONOMY 158 2,1%MEDICAL AND NUTRITION PATHOLOGY 307 4,1%OBSTETRICS, ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION AND 195 2,6%REPRODUCTION PATHOLOGYSTUDENTS FACULTY BODY BY SUBJECTS 7.563 99,9%204QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7FIGURE 7.3. STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN EACH ACADEMICCOURSE BY SUBJECTS20001961 1841180016001462STUDENTS NUMBER140012001000800600122610734002000COURSE 1 COURSE 2 COURSE 3 COURSE 4 COURSE 5ACADEMIC COURSETABLE 7.2. STUDENTS ENROLMENT BY SUBJECTS IN EACH OF THEACADEMIC COURSES IN 1996-1997COURSE STUDENTS NUMBER ENROLMENT %COURSE 1 1.226 16,2%COURSE 2 1.961 25,9%COURSE 3 1.841 24,3%COURSE 4 1.462 19,3%COURSE 5 1.073 14,2%TOTAL NUMBER 7.563 99,9%205QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7FIGURE 7.4. STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN EACH OF THEACADEMIC COURSES IN 1996-199719,3%14,2%16,2%COURSE 1COURSE 2COURSE 3COURSE 424,3%25,9%COURSE 57.2. Yearly degree average during the last five years.The total number of Veterinary Diplomas obtained at this Faculty since 1988-1989academic year, beginning of Degree Diplomas awarding, is figured out in the followinggraph (Figure 7.5.).FIGURE 7.5. TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATEDSTUDENTS (1988-1995)1401201008060402039 3778881081249611601988-891989-901990-911991-921992-931993-941994-95NUMBER OF GRADUATEDESTUDENTS1995-96ACADEMIC YEAR DIPLOMASFrom the academic year 1988-89, in which the first students of our Faculty haveobtained a degree, the number of graduates is 686 in eight years. The yearly averagedegrees is 85.7 graduated students and this average signifies a 12.5% of the totalnumber of graduates by this Faculty.206QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7TABLE 7.3. TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATED STUDENTS (1988-1995)ACADEMIC YEAR GRADUATES NUMBER AVERAGE %1988-89 39 5,7%1989-90 37 5,4%1990-91 78 11,4%1991-92 88 12,8%1992-93 108 15,7%1993-94 124 18,1%1994-95 96 14,0%1995-96 116 16,9%THE LAST 8 YEARS GRADUATES 686 100%THE LAST 5 YEARS GRADUATES 532 100%THE 8 YEARS AVERAGE 85,7 graduates a year 12,5%THE 5 YEARS AVERAGE 106,4 graduates a year 20,0%As stated in Table 7.3., if we consider the last 5 years only (including 1990-91 to 1995-96), as 1996-97 final data can not be offered due to February extra-official exams, thedata are the following: The total number of graduates was 532, the resultant average is106.4 graduates each year. This average supposes a 20% of the faculty graduates sincethe beginning.FIGURE 7.6. GRADUATES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS(1991-1996)22%18%17%1991-921992-931993-941994-951995-9623%20%7.3. State the number of interns and residents in the Faculty and other personshaving completed their professional education and studying for higherqualifications (3 rd Cycle- Doctorate Courses)207QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7A program for interns and residents is not offered nowadays. The inform of theVeterinary Director of the Rof-Codina Veterinary Clinic Hospital, explains that it hasnot been possible to make this program work officially up to the moment. In spite ofthis, the number of graduates, after having taken their basic studies, who continue orcollaborate in some way with the tasks of this Centre is around 120. They aredistributed as the Table 7.4. illustrates.TABLE 7.4. STUDENTS FOR HIGHER QUALIFICATIONSFACULTY RELATIONSHIPSTOTAL NUMBERDoctorate students awaiting their doctoral dissertation 283 rd Cycle students 81Grant holders (National, Galician Community and others) 12Pre-doctoral project students awaiting their degree 37Other (occasional collaborators) 15* Numbers are not accumulative as some of the staff are included in various of the established categories,particularly doctorates, grant holders and 3 rd Cycle students who at the same time are grant holders andproject researchers waiting their graduate degree, which is not compulsory to be enrolled within the 3 rdCycle (Doctorate Courses).7.4. Comment on the impact of the number of the students on the physicalfacilities, clinic care load, academic teaching and research staff andadministrative capability.The elevated number of students (1.417 in the course 1996-97) conditions great part ofFaculty daily life, not so much concerning the installations, that results enough for thescarce number of professors and of auxiliary personnel we are provided with, as dataincluded in Chapter 9 of this reports shows.Lacking in professors has a direct repercussion in the increasing number of the groupsof students that one must establish for the theoretical teaching sessions as well as theconcentration and intensification of the practical classes with the purpose of payingattention to all the students. This act, together with absence practically total of personalassistant that collaborates in functions of support to the teaching staff, as well as thelacking in specialised technicians in the handling of audio-visual and computerizedmaterial, they obligate the faculty and to the existent assistants to dedicate part of theirtime in attending to functions that are not of their strict competence and for which thatpersonnel should exist specifically controlled by the Faculty and with functions ofpermanent support to tuition.From the point of view of the administration, the number of students does not affect sonegatively given the existence of a centralised office of the Lugo´s Campus AcademicAdministration, with enough personnel in order to attend to the necessities ofadministration of the diverse modes of registration, the procedure of the certificates and208QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 7custody of dossiers. In this sense, it had a great repercussion for the Centre the creationof the aforementioned office, since our cashes in personnel of secretariat stayed reducedto the Secretariat of the Dean, which is often insufficient pattern in order to attend tothe demanding necessity of both, the educational personnel and investigator and thestudents, demands that are normally covered by the staff in charge of organising theFaculty, with a greater dedication of non-desirable daily work.Another look of interest which affects, no so much to the students, but to the generationof resources and budgets for investigation, that already reach considerable figures (seeChapter 3), it is the fact of having two people at the Economical Matters Office in orderto attend to all the procedure of requesting, invoices and confirmations of payments; atask that in numerous occasions demands an excessive dedication and effort topersonnel statement.As far as the clinical case are concerned, at the moment, and according to the ownreport remitted by the sponsors of the Clinical Hospital, they are few and more centredin animals of company (pets) and in savage fauna. For a better analysis referred to, seeChapter 5, appendix C.2. in which it is picked up the report remitted by the VeterinaryHospital “Rof-Codina”.7.5. Comment on the anticipated changes in the number of students enrolled.From the academic course 1990-91 in that the reduction in the entrance limited ofstudents was begun to apply, the ascent of students enrolment has been succeeded inreducing it considerably in comparison with previous years. The application of thoselimitations (5% annual reduction) has allowed to stabilise the total number of studentsarround 1,400, that although it continues to be an elevated number, it is in great partowed not to the massive entrance of students, but to the great quantity of them with oneor more failed subjects. It is desirable that in next academic courses, the total number ofstudents is established below 1,000 total students, both due to the existent regulation inthe access of new students, and to the effect that the descent of expected newbornswould have on the demand of university student formation in general.209QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY LUGO’S VETERINARY FACULTYChapter 8CHAPTER 8ADMISSION210QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY LUGO’S VETERINARY FACULTYChapter 8CONTENTS:8.1. State the minimum admission requirements(1 st enrolment, 1 st time).8.2. Describe the selection process.8.3. Comment on the structure and activity of the admissionsCommittee.8.4. State the number of students admitted this year, and thenumber of qualified applicants.8.5. Comment on proposed changes.8.6. Changes desirable or foreseen.211QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY LUGO’S VETERINARY FACULTYChapter 88.1. State the minimum admission requirements.When the student leaves his secondary school he should pass an entrance exam in orderto enrol for a course of studies at the University. 5% of the vacancies are reserved forthose who already have a university degree. Finally, those who pass an examspecifically designed for people who are over 25 years old might take up this course ofstudies too if they take the science option exam.8.2. Describe the selection process.Our Veterinary faculty has a restricted number of vacancies. The total amount of themfor last academic year (1996-97) was 155. Of these, 134 were obtained by students whohad passed their entrance exam, 7 by those who already had a university degree, 7 byforeigners who came from various countries outside the EEC and who had been able topass their entrance exam and another 7 for students who came from different parts ofSpain where Veterinary doesn’t exist.The students selection is carried out according to the regulations contained in the RoyalDecree 1005/1991 14 th June 1991 (State Official Bulletin 26 th June). The criteria inorder to get a place are:A) Students, who having passed their entrance exam, belong to the Galician UniversityDistrict:1) Science option students who have passed their entrance exam in June before thenew academic course starts or who have passed it in previous years.2) Other options students who have passed their entrance exam in June before thenew academic course starts or who have passed it in previous years.3) Science option students who have passed their entrance exam in September beforethe new academic course starts.4) Other options students who have passed their entrance exam in September beforethe new academic course starts.5) Science option secondary school students (without entrance exam) who havefinished their course of studies in June before the new academic course begins.6) Other options secondary school students (without entrance exam) who havefinished their course of studies in June before the new academic course begins or inprevious years.7) Science option students secondary school students (without entrance exam) whohave finished their course of studies in September before the new academic coursebegins.8) Other options secondary school students (without entrance exam) who havefinished their course of studies in September before the new academic course begins.B) People with university or similar degrees:212QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY LUGO’S VETERINARY FACULTYChapter 81) Those who got the degree in June during the present academic year or in previousyears.2) Those who got the degree in September during the present academic year.C) Foreigners who have passed their entrance exam in the present academic year:The same criteria as in A is applied:To take up the veterinary course of studies, we prefer those students who, within thescience option, have taken the biosanitary option, (according to the old secondaryschool curricula) or those who have taken the Health Science option, (according to thenew secondary school curricula).In the present course the lowest mark to be able to get admission in the Veterinarycourse of studies was 6.29 (this mark is the average between the mark the students getin their entrance exam and the average mark they obtained during their secondaryschool). For the people with a Bachelor’s degree the lowest mark to be able to getadmission was 5.21 and for the foreigners 5.68.8.3. Comment on the structure and activity of the admissions Committee.The Galician University Committee is in charge of controlling admission to the GalicianUniversity System. This committee is made up of three representatives who belong tothe three Galician universities. In order to carry out its activities, the committee isbacked up by a computerized service that depends on the Galician Ministry ofEducation. Besides, there is an administrative unit in each of the seven Galiciancampuses which is in charge of collecting the students’ documents and of taking thenecessary steps for the students to be able to enrol in a course of studies at theuniversity. The duties of this committee (CIUG) are described in an agreement signedby the three Galician University Chancellors (or Directors) on March the 31 st 1997(Galician Official Bulletin May 27 th 1997).8.4. State the number of students admitted this year, and the number of qualifiedapplicants.The number of students admitted in the Veterinary Faculty in the 1996-97 academiccourse was 155 students.The number of applicants for the Veterinary course of studies in the 1996-97 academiccourse was 696, of these, 440 applicants had applied for this course of studies in thefirst place.8.5. Comment on proposed changes.213QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT BY LUGO’S VETERINARY FACULTYChapter 8The possible changes in the system of University admission depend on both nationaland regional political decisions.8.6. Changes desirable or foreseen.In future modifications of the admission system it would be desirable to take intoaccount the students’ previous preparation and orientation as regards subjects they havetaken which are related to Biology and Biomedicine. The best marks in these specificsubjects should be taken into account first to get a much more satisfying initial trainingof the future veterinary student.214QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9CHAPTER 9ACADEMIC TEACHING ANDRESEARCH STAFF215QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9CONTENTS:9.1. Number of budgeted posts by rank and Department.9.2. Salary ranges and averages by rank.9.3. Number of Instructional FTE’s.9.4. Requirements for tenure, promotion and salary increase.9.5. Methods of assessment of teaching and research staff.9.6. Study of needs of development in teaching and researchteams.9.7. Number of support staff by classification and department9.8. Policy and financial provisions for:a) Attendance at scientific meetings.b) Study or other educational leave.c) Leaves of absence.d) Other aspects of any staff development programme.e) Retirement programme.f ) Consultation or outside work including privatepractice.9.9. Policy and financial provision for the employment ofpart-time teaching and research staff.9.10. List teaching and research staff by department,including:a) Rank.b) Degrees.c) Specialist qualifications.d) Years of teaching experience.e) Research activity.f) Current teaching assignments.g) Percentage of time devoted to teaching, research andservice.9.11. Comment on needed changes in salary levels, fringebenefits, numbers of staff.9.12. Other changes desirable or foreseen.216QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.1. Number of bugeted posts by rank and Department.During the academic course already referred to (1996-97) there were 87 universityteachers engaged in teaching activities in our Faculty. Of these, 57 have won tenure oftheir position and the rest, that is to say, 30 teachers have different types of contracts, asit is indicated in the following Table 9.1.TABLE 9.1. NUMBER AND RANK OF THE TEACHING POSTSTEACHERS WITH TENURE OF THEIR NUMBER TOTAL %POSITIONUniversity Professors 5 5.8%University Lecturers 50 57.5%University School Lecturers 2 2.3%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHER WITHTENURE OF THEIR POSITION 57 65.5%TEACHERS UNDER CONTRACTS NUMBER TOTAL %University Lecturers 2 2.3%University School Lecturers 1 1.1%2º Cycle University Assistant Teachers 10 11.5%1º Cycle University Assistant Teachers 5 5.8%University Associate Teachers 9 10.3%Hospital Assistant Teachers 3 3.4%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS UNDERA CONTRACT 30 34.5%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS INTHE FACULTY 87 100%NOTE. Among the teachers already referred to, some of them have to teach in other university centres inLugo Campus besides the Veterinary Faculty. Apart from this, we also have to consider the fact that notall the teachers already referred to have a full-time job.As we have already shown in the Table 9.1, of these 87 teachers, 57 have won tenure oftheir positions. Most of them are University lecturers (50 teaching posts) that represent57.5% of the total number of teachers in our Faculty. There are 5 University professorswho hold a chair at University (5.8%) and 2 University School lecturers (2.3%). Of theteachers working under contracts the majority belong to 1 st and 2 nd cycle UniversityAssistant teachers, 15 teaching posts that represent 17.2 % of the Veterinary Facultyteachers. There are 12 associate teachers, including hospital associates that represent13.8 % of the total number of teachers.Now, we pass on to enumerate the budgeted posts by rank and department with teachinghours in this Faculty.TABLE 9.2. TEACHING POSTS BY RANK AND DEPARTMENT217QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9DEPARTMENT PROF. 1 UN-LEC. 2 U.S.-LEC. 3 ASSI. 4 ASSO.* ASSO-H* TOTALMathematics 0 0 1 0 1 0 2Physics 0 2 1 0 2 0 5Chemistry 0 3 0 0 2 0 5Biology 0 2 0 0 1 0 3Anatomy I 1 2 0 2 0 0 5Anatomy II 0 2 0 0 0 0 2Genetics 0 3 0 1 0 0 4Cytology 0 3 0 0 0 0 3Microbiology 0 4 0 1 0 0 5Biochemistry 1 2 0 0 0 0 3Physiology 1 4 0 0 0 0 5Pharmacology 0 2 0 0 0 0 2Pathological 0 2 0 0 0 1 3Anat.Ethnology 0 1 1 0 0 0 2Nutrition 0 1 0 1 0 0 2Agriculture 0 2 0 0 0 0 2General0 1 0 3 0 0 4PathologyProduction 0 1 0 1 0 0 2Food Tech. 0 2 0 1 0 0 3Parasitology 1 1 0 1 1 0 4Infecctious Path. 0 2 0 0 1 0 3Surgery 0 2 0 0 0 2 4Etology* 1 4 0 0 0 0 5Food Hygiene 0 3 0 1 0 0 4Toxicology 0 2 0 1 0 0 3Agrarian Econ. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Medical Path. 0 2 0 1 0 0 3Obstetrics 0 1 0 1 1 0 3TOTAL 5 52 3 15 9 3 87*The same staff that is in charge of animal physiology.The two Departments that have their seats in our Faculty are: Animal Anatomy andProduction Department and Animal Pathology Department. Now we indicate thenumber of teachers that make up these departments’ staff and their distribution by rank.Animal Anatomy and Production Department.1PROF=Professor.2 UN-LEC=University Lecturer.3 U.S.-LEC=University School Lecturer.4 ASSI.=Assistant Teacher.* ASSO. & ASSO-H=Associate Teacher & Associate Hospital Teacher.218QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9The staff of this Department is made up of 17 teachers. Of these, 13 (76.5 %) have wontenure of their position and 4 (23.5%) work under contracts. As these teachers belong tothe knowledge area of Anatomy Comparative and Pathological Anatomy and Animalproduction they are engaged in the teaching of the following subjects: Anatomy andEmbryology I & II, Cytology and Histology, Ethnology and Identification, Nutritionand Animal Feeding, Animal Production and Agrarian Economy.TABLE 9.3. ANIMAL ANATOMY ANDPRODUCTION DEPARTMENT’S STAFFTEACHERS WITH TENURE OF THEIR NUMBER TOTAL %POSITIONUniversity Professors 2 11.8%University Lecturers 10 58.8%University School Lecturers 1 5.9%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS (WITHTENURE)13 76.5%TEACHERS UNDER CONTRACT NUMERO % DEL TOTALUniversity Assistant Teachers (2 nd cycle) 3 17.6%University Assistant Teachers (1 st cycle) 1 5.9%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS ON ACONTRACTUAL BASIS4 23.5%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS 17 100%219QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Animal Pathology Department.This Department’s Staff consists of 24 teachers. Of these, 12 (50 %) have won tenure oftheir positions and 12 (50 %) work on contracts. These teachers’ area of knowledge isAnimal Health and Animal Medicine, therefore they teach the following subjects:Pathological Anatomy (Pathology), General Pathology, Parasitology and Parasiticdiseases, Infectious Pathology and Epizootiology, Sugical Pathology and Surgery,Medical Pathology and Obstetrics, Artificial Reproduction and Insemination Pathology.TABLE 9.4. ANIMAL PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT’S STAFFTEACHERS WITH TENURE OF THEIR NUMBER TOTAL %POSITIONUniversity Professors 1 4.2%University Lecturers 11 45.8%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS(WITH TENURE)12 50%TEACHERS UNDER CONTRACTS NUMBER TOTAL %University Assistant Teachers (2 nd cyle) 3 12.5%University Assistant Teachers (1 st cycle) 3 12.5%University Associate Teachers 3 12.5%Associate Hospital Teachers 3 12.5%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERSUNDER CONTRACTS12 50%TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS 24 100%220QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.2. Salary ranges and averages by rank.Salary ranges and averages by rank stated in pesetas (1996-97 academic course).(Tables 9.5 y 9.6).TABLE 9.5. SALARY RANGES IN “PESETAS”, APPLIED IN 1996RANK SALARY RANGE* AVERAGEOBTAINED**TEACHERS WITH TENURE MINIMUM MAXIMUM PESETASUniversity Professors 5,185,722 6,414,042 7,098,156University Lecturers 4,200,450 5,195,370 5,959,109University School Lecturers 3,555,486 4,397,286 4,464,873TEACHERS UNDER MINIMUM MAXIMUM PESETASCONTRACTSUniversity Lecturers 4,200,450 -- 3,521,520University School Lecturers 3,555,486 -- 3,568,938University Assistant Teachers (2 nd cycle) 2,844,716 -- 2,430,082University Assistant Teachers (1 st cycle) 2,447,996 -- 1,737,553Full-time Un. Associate Teachers 2,165,032 3,226,016 3,158,930Part-time University Associate Teachers 705,184 2,204,092 1,322,057Hospital associates 705,184 -- 319,278*According to the Royal Decree 1086/1989 (Aug. 28th.) on University teachers’ salaries brought upto date (or updated) for 1996. These salary ranges don’t take into account the productivity factoraccording to the teacher’s research and quality of their teaching activities. We must bear in mindthat every five years and after presenting a personal report a teacher obtains aknowledgement forhis work toghether with a salary increase. Apart from this, every six years he might getaknowledgement for his research work, which he has to submit to a National Board and he can beapproved or rejected. If he is approved he also gets a salary increase.**Salary averages obtained according to rank during 1996-97 academic course. In some of thesecases the averages go down due to a change of rank and due to new teachers’ appointments duringthe academic course.221QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9TABLE 9.6. SALARY RANGES IN ECU, APPLIED IN 1996RANK SALARY RANGE AVERAGEOBTAINEDUNIVERSITY TEACHERS MINIMUM MAXIMUM ECUWITH TENUREUniversity Professors 32,259.55 39,900.73 44,156.49University Lecturers 26,130.33 32,319.56 37,070.66University School Lecturers 22,118.11 27,354.81 27,775.26TEACHERS UNDERMINIMUM MAXIMUM ECUCONTRACTSUniversity Lecturers 26,130.33 -- 21,906.81University School Lecturers 22,118.11 -- 22,201.79Un. Assistant Teachers (2 nd cycle) 17,696.52 -- 15,117.15Un. Assistant Teachers (1 st cycle) 15,228.59 -- 10,809.04Full-time Un. Associate Teachers 13,468.32 20,068.53 19,651.20Part-time Un. Associate Teachers 13,711.30 4,386.84 8,224.30Hospital Associate Teachers 4,386.84 -- 1,986.189.3 Number of Full-time EquivalenciesThe number of hours each teacher works in this Faculty and the number of hoursdevoted to each subject is clearly indicated in Section 9.10 of this chapter, together witheach teacher’s rank, degree and seniority in Santiago University. In this section we’lllimit our objectives to the study of the evolution of the global number of teachers thathave been part of the staff for the last five years. We’ll also analyse the global full-timeequivalencies (FTE’s) in terms of full-time Teachers in the staff.222QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9TABLE 9.7. TEACHER / STUDENT RATIO ANALISYS, TAKING INTOACCOUNT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS, FULL-TIME TEACHERSAND THE NUMBER OF TEACHING HOURSANALIZEDPARAMETERACADEMICCOURSE92-93ACADEMICCOURSE93-94ACADEMICCOURSE94-95ACADEMICCOURSE95-96ACADEMICCOURSE96-97TEACHING STAFFTotal nº of teachers 63 65 75 88 87TNºTFull-time teachers 52.1 51.79 55.31 64.83 64.88FTTDifference TNºT-FTT 10.9 13.21 19.69 23.17 22.12Nº OF HOURSTeaching hours 11.560 11,546 11.977 13,381 13,078Hours/TNºT ratio 183.5 177.6 159.7 152.0 150.3Hours/FTT ratio 221.9 222.9 216.5 206.4 201.6STUDENTSTotal nº of Students 1,338 1,390 1,402 1,416 1,417TNºS/TNºT ratio 21.2 21.4 18.7 15.2 16.2TNºS/FTT ratio 25.7 26.8 25.3 21.8 21.8As it can be observed in the previous table where the total number of teachers is shown,there were 87 teachers during 1996-97 academic course, which is the one chosen for theteaching quality evaluation. According to the number of hours they have devoted to theVeterinary Faculty they amounted to 64.88 full-time teachers (FTE’s), so that thedifference between the two parameters adds up to 22.12 teachers.The average number of hours taught has been 13.078 hours, which means an average of150.3 of teaching hours by TNºT and an average of 201.6 by FTT in the academiccourse, object of this Report.The evolution of the average number of students per teacher in the academic coursesconsidered reveals a decrease in the established ratio with respect to TNºT. This doesn’tfit quantitatively the corrected ratio with respect to FTT. For the already referred toacademic course these ratios were 16.2 students per TNºT and 21.8 students per FTT. Itshould be made clear that these ratios refer to the total number of students enrolled inthe Faculty in the academic course, object of this Report, completely regardless of thenumber of subjects they took during this period.In order to facilitate the numerical study of these parameters evolution we make a shortgraphic analysis (Figures 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3) of the three types of data contained in theTable 9.7.223QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9FIGURE 9.1. TEACHERS STAFF EVOLUTION1993-19978887908075NUMBER OF TEACHERS7060504030206352,106551,7955,3164,8364,881001992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97ACADEMIC COURSETOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERSFULL-TIME TEACHERSFIGURE 9.2. TEACHING HOURS EVOLUTION DURING1993-1997TEACHING HOURS PER TEACHER25020015010050183,5221,9177,6222,9159,7216,5152206,4150,3201,601992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97ACADEMIC COURSETEACHING HOURS / TNºTTEACHING HOURS / FTT224QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9FIGURE 9.3. STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO EVOLUTIONIN 1993-19973025,726,825,3AVERAGE STUDENTS PER TEACHER25201510521,221,418,715,221,816,221,801992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97CURSO ACADEMICOSTUDENTS RATIO / TNºT STUDENTS RATIO / FTT9.4 Requirements for tenure, promotion and salary increases.The University teachers in the Veterinary Faculty fall into the following categories:“funcionarios”, that is to say, teachers who have won tenure of their positions,“interinos” or teachers who are about to win tenure and teachers who are undercontracts. Within the first category there are three classes (of the 4 possible ones) ofteachers in this Faculty: University Professors, University Lecturers and UniversitySchool Lecturers. Within the second type there are only three teachers in this Faculty,two of them are about to win their tenure as University Lecturers and one of them asUniversity School Lecturer. Among the teachers who work under contracts we canmention the following categories: University Associate Teachers and UniversityAssistant Teachers.9.4.1 Requirements to get the position: * 225* There are considerable variations among countries in the way in which teachers are appointed to their first postsafter graduation. Generally speaking University teachers seemed to have emerged from withing the Universities andto have been selected by the University authorities themselves whether by means of an interview as in anglo-saxoncountries or by taking a public exam as in Spain.QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.4.1.1. To win life tenure.The requirements to win life tenure of the position are described in the Organic Law nº11/1983 (25 th Aug.) of the University Reform in articles 36 to 38. Afterwards, the RoyalDecree nº 1888 (26 th Sep. 1984) expounds these articles and establishes the generalapplication norms.9.4.1.1.1. University School Lecturers.In order to get a post as a University School Lecturer it will be necessary to have abachelor of Arts degree or a bachelor of Science degree. The Spanish UniversityCouncil will be able to determine which are the specific knowledge areas in theUniversity Schools where it will be possible for people holding a diploma (the lowestdegree after a three-year course) to get a teaching post.9.4.1.1.2. University Lecturers.In order to get a post as a University Lecturer it will be necessary to have a Ph.D.(Article 37.1 law 11/1983 and 4.1.b.R.D 1888/1984).9.4.1.1.3. University Professors.In order to win tenure as a University Professor it will be necessary to be a Professor ora University Lecturer or University School Lecturer if you have been teaching as suchfor the last three years and hold a Ph.D. The Spanish University Council can exemptpeople with a Ph.D. from these requirements if he has enough renown. (Aricles 38.1 law11/1983 and 4.1c. R.D. 1888/1984).9.4.1.2. Teachers without tenure of their positions.The requirements to get a post without tenure are established in the regulations forteachers on a contractual basis approved by the University Government Board’smeeting of 2 nd June 1995 (article 10.1.). As it can be observed these requirements arethe same as those needed to get a post with tenure.9.4.1.2.1. University Lecturer (without tenure).The requirements needed are: to have a Ph.D and to meet all the specificationsdescribed in article 37.4 of the University Reform Law (article 90.1). Article 37.4 of theUniversity Reform Law establishes the following: “Those teachers who have beenworking as University Assistant teachers for more than two years will not be able to getthe post (with tenure) unless they have been engaged in research work at least for a yearor have been working as University Assistant teachers in another or other Spanish orforeign Universitties, or if they are in the situation described in section 4 of article 34".9.4.1.2.2. University School Lecturers (without tenure).Article 10.3 establishes the following requirements: Bachelor of Arts degree orBachelor of Science degree. But as these University Schools grant “Diplomas” (a threeyear course academic degree) it will be possible too for people who have these lowerdegrees (“Diplomados”) to teach in certain areas of knowledge that have beenpreviously specified by the Spanish University Council.9.4.1.2.3. Teachers under contracts.226QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9The teachers who work for Santiago University under contracts can be roughlyclassified in two great categories: University Assistant teachers and UniversityAssociate teachers; within the latter we can distinguish three main groups but we aregoing to mention only the two ones that have representation in this Faculty: UniversityA-Associate teachers and Health Science Hospital assistant teachers.9.4.1.3.1. University Assitant Teachers.The requirements are: To have a Bachelor of Arts or of Science degree and meet therequired conditions as they are stated in article 34 of the University Reform Law, that isto say: to have completed the Doctorate courses (3 rd cycle) and to have at least twoyears of research work (after the Doctorate courses have been completed) certified bythe Department Board or equivalent organ in other research centres.9.4.1.3.2. University A-Associate Teachers.The candidates will be exempted from the requirements referred to in section 4, article10.5 and which is described as follows:“The candidate should have been a practising professional in his field working on asalary outside the University for at least three years, within the five years previous tothe signing of his contract with the University as an Associate teacher.”9.4.1.3.3. Health Science Hospital Associate Teachers.The essential requirement for this type of post is to be a practising professional in theHospital where the vacancy is. The person appointed should engage in the teachingactivities entrusted to him. (Article 11).9.4.2. Promotion.There are different possibilities:9.4.2.1. Pomotion among University teachers with tenure.It includes different situations: University School Lecturers can promote to UniversityLecturers, University Lecturers can promote to University Professors and UniversityProfessors can achieve a better placement in another University. In any case, it isnecessary for the University to announce the vacancy publicly and within the sameknowledge area in which the untenured teacher is working. Because of the vacancypublic announcement, any person interested in the post and who meets the requirementscan apply for it by sitting for a competitive examination that also takes into account thecandidate curriculum vitae.In order to promote from University School Lecturer to University Lecturer it isnecessary to have a Ph.D. and to promote from University Lecturer to UniversityProfessor it is necessary, among other things, to have been a tenured UniversityLecturer for at least three years (except for certain exemptions authorized by theUniversity Board).9.4.2.2. Promotion among the University teachers under contract (Interine Teachers).The inmmediate way is to participate in the public examination when the vacancy of the“Interine Teacher” is anounced in the Official Bulletin.227QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.4.2.3. Promotion among the University teachers under contracts.It affects University Assistant teachers in two different ways exclusively: A vacancy asa University Lecturer is announced and the University Assistant teacher applies for it bypresenting his curriculum vitae or it may not be necessary for him to do so. In the firstcase, it is enough for the Assistant teacher to be approved of by the UniversityDepartment Board and then the University Government Board should proceed as usual.In the second case it is the University Government Board the one who approves thepromotion of the candidate, generally when his contract is about to finish.9.4.3. Salary Increase.The types of salary increase we are going to describe correspond to University teacherswith tenure. The different types of increase can be classified under various headings:“trienios” (an increase obtained every three years), teaching merits specific increase, aspecific increase paid to those who hold top management positions, and finally aproductivity increase. All of them are described in R.D. 1086/1989 (28 th Aug.) and inthe laws that expand the R.D. further.9.4.3.1. “Trienios” (that is to say, a salary increase every three years)This type of Salary increase every three years has been defined in the the Civil ServiceReform Law 30/1984 (2 nd. Aug.). It is an equal increase every three years establishedfor each group of Civil Servants with tenure (according to the type of degree needed tobelong to a certain group), (Article 23.1.b.). Once a teacher wins tenure of his positionhe starts getting this pay rise according to the total number of years he has worked forthe University (vid. Article 1 st 70/78 Law, 26 th Dec.). The University GovernmentBoard agreement (4 th March 1993) acknowledges seniority to University teachers whoare under contracts or who haven’t won tenure of their positions yet but who haveworked full-time in Santiago University for at least 6 years whether in a continuous wayor not. The amount is the same as that obtained by a University Lecturer or a UniversitySchool Lecturer depending on the type of contract.9.4.3.2. Specific increase obtained by those University teachers who hold topmanagement positions or directive posts in the University.This is stated in the Civil Service Reform Law 30/1984 (2 nd Aug.) And it is furtherexpanded in the R.D. 1086/1989 (2 nd Aug.) about University teachers’ Salaries.At present, there are 9 or 10 teachers in the Veterinary Faculty who get this type ofincrease because they hold the following top positions: Dean (1), ViceDeans (2),Faculty Secretary (1), Heads of Departments (3), Department Secretaries (2).The Royal Decree 1086/1989 already referred to foresees the establishment by theUniversities Statutes of specific academic posts, which can be assimilated to the alreadyestablished in the R.D. We find three teachers in this situation who get a salary increaseas they hold the following posts: Director of the Agrobiological Research GeneralSupport Service (1), Supervisor of Laboratory animals and experimental breedingfacilities (1) and Medical Care Director of the Veterinary Hospital “Rof Codina” (1).The situation of the two first management posts has been recognized by the University,whereas the third management post is ruled by the Agreement between the University ofSantiago de Compostela and “Rof Codina” Foundation, article 5.7.228QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.4.3.3. Teaching merits specific increaseIt is defined in R.D. 1086/1989. University teachers (whether full-time or part-time) cansubmit their teaching activities to evaluation by the University where they work. Thisevaluation will take into account the general evaluation criteria established by theUniversity Board agreement.Teachers should apply for their teaching quality evaluation before 31 st Dec. every fiveyears. Together with the application, the teacher should present his/her own report, theDepartment’s report and the Faculty Board’s report about his activities.9.4.3.4. Productivity increase.It is defined in the Public service Reform Law 30/1984 (2 nd Aug.) as a salary increasethe objective of which is “to reward the efficiency, the extraordinary performance andthe interest and initiative the Civil Servant displays in his/her work” (Article 23.3.C.).The Royal Decree 1986/1989 adapts the latter definition to the peculiarities of theteaching staff (Article 2 nd .4): University Professors and Lecturers will be able to submittheir research activities to an evaluation carried out by a National Commission made upof representatives from the Ministry of Education and from the AutonomousCommunities with competency in University matters. Together with the UniversityBoard’s opinion, this commission can also take advice from renown national orinternational scientists or scholars whose field of knowledge corresponds to the researchwork field of the applicant..”The Order (5 th Feb. 1990) on Research activities Evaluation procedure establishes themodel the application forms should follow, the evaluation criteria, the evaluating organ(National Commission of Research Activity Evaluation), the procedure to follow, thedeadlines, and the scientific fields in which it is organized.The applications for research activities evaluation are presented by each teacher every 6years before the National Commission. This should be done before the 31 st Dec.Both in the case of the teaching merits specific increase and in the case of theproductivity increase the R.D. establishes in its article 2 nd .5.1. the following: “A teacherwon’t have a right to be evaluated until two years have elapsed since he became aUniversity teacher with tenure of his/her position. Nevertheless the previous years ofwork in the University as an untenured teacher will be taken into account to determinethe exact time of the following evaluation.”The applications for both types of pay rise are personal and the evaluation result(favourable or unfavourable) is communicated directly to the affected teacher.According to Article 4.6.2. of the University Reform Organic Law 11/1983 (25 th Aug.),the agreement between Santiago University and “Rof Codina” Foundation establishesfor the Veterinary Hospital teachers, besides the already mentioned salary increases,two more productivity increases: one for continuous medical assistance and one forefficiency or achieving objectives (article 5.7.B.). There are 10 teachers who get thiskind of increase.229QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.5. Evaluation Methods of teaching and research staffs.Following a narrow definition of the term we could say that the Veterinary Facultyhasn’t got a research staff, if what we mean is a group of people exclusively devoted toresearch work. But if we pay attention to a broad definition of the term we can state thatthe research work is carried out by the teachers and the students who work under theirsupervision.The number of teachers that form part of the teaching staff is stated by the University intwo main documents: The Annual Teaching Plan and the Teaching Organization Plan.The Annual Teaching Plan originates in the Academic Organization and DegreesViceChancellorship and it is sent to the Faculty for discussion and approval ormodification by the Faculty Board. In this plan it is established how the teaching hoursare organized and the different needs as regards number of teachers to carry it out in asatisfactory way. It contains all the subjects that are to be taught in the followingacademic course together with the following data: number of students enrolled in theprevious academic course, number of teaching hours in the curriculum making adifference between theoretical classes and practical classes, number of groups in whicheach subject will be organized (this depends on the number of students enrolled);number of total teaching hours per subject and groups, and the real number of groupsthe ViceChancellorship proposes.As it can be observed, the document states the total number of teaching hours persubject and groups taking into account (according to the Regulations) that there can’t bemore than 125 students per group in 1 st cycle studies (1 st and 2 nd & 3 rd year students)and not more than 75 students per group in 2 nd cycle studies (4 th & 5 th year students) fortheoretical lessons and not more than 20 students for practical lessons both in theclassroom and in the laboratory. These quantities, according to the Regulations, are amere suggestion so that the Academic ViceChancellorship can reduce the number ofgroups in which the Departments have teaching hours “according to the human andmaterial resources available.”.According to the data contained in the Annual Teaching Plan, the AcademicOrganization and Degrees ViceChancellorship devises the second document, theTeaching Organization Plan and sends it to the Departments.As it is established in article 8 th .1., 11/1983 Law and expanded in R.D. 2360/1984 (12 thDec.), the Departments are in charge of “organizing and programming the teachingactivities inherent in their knowledge area each academic course. In order to do thisthey should also agree with the Faculty or Faculties where this teaching is needed andthey should also follow what has been ruled in the University Statutes.” TheDepartment’s Board distributes among its teachers the number of teaching hours each ofthem should teach, which can vary in each academic course.Each University teacher can submit his/her teaching and research activities toevaluation in a voluntary and individual way. Both evaluative procedures, in case of230QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9getting a favourable vote, give rise to a salary increase for specific teaching merits andproductivity respectively. The requirements and procedures for both types of increasehave been described in sections 3.3 and 3.4. Finally, the Faculty as a whole, eachsubject separately and each teacher individually are evaluated by Santiago Universityby means of a questionnaire answered by the students. This is a requirement establishedin the University Reform Law 11/1983 (article 54.3) and also in Santiago UniversityStatutes (article 117.3).Each student has to answer a questionnaire for each subject; it contains 23 questionsgrouped around seven parameters: fulfilment of teacher’s duties, syllabus quality anddevelopment, mastering of the subject on the part of the teacher, motivation andinterest, teacher’s interaction with his/her students, resources used, exams and globalevaluation of students’ satisfaction with the classes. The result of these questionnaires ispassed on to each teacher individually, to Dean of the Faculty and to the Head of theDepartment implied.9.6. Needs of development in teaching and research teams.The Faculty needs new and attractive developments both in teaching methodology andin interdisciplinary collaboration in order to conduct research work on great Veterinaryissues. This acknowledgement together with the fact that the great defficiencies in theFaculty can be located neither in its infrastructure nor in its equipment calls ourattention to its shortage of teachers as the main problem. Therefore the solution of thisproblem should constitute its principal objective. So long as the number of teachers andassistant personnel doesn’t increase it will be very difficult to achieve better results. Thestructure, organization and development of the teaching, research and medical careactivities has been a great challenge for the Faculty, which has been able to function inan acceptable manner but with its teachers and assistants working to the limit. Thereforemany infrastructures and teaching support equipment can’t be operated because of alack of specialist personnel. So, the Dean’s team and assistants try to meet thedeficiencies within their possibilities and spare time available in their habitual work.Therefore, the Faculty members’ general opinion and particularly the Dean’s opinion isthat it is not possible to improve the service until the number of teachers and assistantsis increased substantially. At the same time it would be highly desirable to get moregrants and scholarships to train new teachers and researchers.9.7. Number of support staff by classification and department.The Faculty support staff is made up of 25 people, even though some of them don’twork exclusively for the Faculty but they also help the members of other Faculties inLugo campus (principally in the Library and in the research support service). Thesepeculiarities are specifically indicated in Tables 9.8, 9.9 y 9.10, and Graph 9.4 thatdepicts the support personnel’s situation in the Faculty as follows:TABLE 9.8. VETERINARY FACULTY SUPPORT STAFF231QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9SUPPORT TASKS NUMBER TOTAL %Economic and Administrative tasks 5 20%Library 9 36%Caretaker’s tasks 5 20%Teaching and Research Support Service 6 24%TOTAL Nº OF SUPPORT STAFF 25 100%TABLE 9.9. SUPPORT STAFF BY CLASSIFICATION AND DEPARTMENTSUPPORT TASKSNUMBERDean’s Secretary 1Head of Economic Matters 1Economic Matters Administrative Support 1Library’s Direction 1Librarians 1 2Assistant librarians 1 6Caretaker (or Janitor) 1Caretaker’s assistants 4General Services (Paper Incineration) 1Research General Services 2 2Animal Anatomy and Production1Department (Administration)Animal Anatomy and Production Department (Services) 1Animal Pathology Department (Administration) 1Animal Pathology Department (Services) 2TOTAL Nº OF SUPPORT STAFF 25Analisys of the support staff / students and support staff / teachers ratios (Table 9.10).TABLE 9.10. RATIO ANALISYS OF TEACHERS / SUPPORT STAFF /STUDENTSANALYZED RATIO 3Total Nº of teachers/Support Staff (TNºT / SS)Support Staff/Total Nº of teachers (SS / TNºT)1996-1997 ACADEMICCOURSE3.5 teachers per support worker0.3 support workers per teacher1The Library Staff is shared between the Veterinary Faculty and the Advanced Polytechnic Agricultural School.2These Services are shared by all the University Schools and Faculties in Lugo.3These ratios refer to the total number of teachers, students and support staff during 1996-97 Academic course: 87teachers (TNºT), 1417 students (STNº), 25 support workers (SW).232QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Students Total Nº/Support Staff (STNº / SS)Support Staff/Students Total Nº (SS/STNº)Students Total Number/Personnel (STNº/P)Personnel/Students Total Number (P/STNº)56.7 students per support worker0.02 support workers per students12.6 students per worker0.08 workers per studentIf we consider the total members of the Faculty during 1996-1997 academic course,having a close look at the total number of teachers, students and support staffpercentages, it is clear that the balance is broken (as shown in Figure 9.4) as there is anexcessive number of students per teacher and/or support worker.FIGURE 9.4. TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND SUPPORT STAFFDURING 1996-1997 ACADEMIC COURSE92,7%TEACHERSSTUDENTSSUPPORT STAFF5,7%1,6%9.8. Policy and financial provisions for:a) ATTENDANCE AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGSAccording to article 8 th (R.D. 898/1985), about University teachers Regulations and theOrder from the Chancellorship (19 th Jan.1986), the Chancellor delegates to the Dean thepower to grant “leaves to the teaching staff if they are going to give courses,conferences, or to take part in courses or congresses as long as the leave is not longerthan a week.” (Section 1 st A.2).The financial help for these kinds of activities should be applied for by the individualteacher before the public offices who give this type of grants; these grants, generally,cover only the travel expense. These announcements can be open, that is to say, you canapply for it anytime during the year (University 3 rd Cycle and Research233QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9ViceChancellorship), or there may be a time limit to present the application in whichyou should state clearly the exact date of the event.In the Table 9.11 we indicate the total time granted in study leaves and other leaves byteachers and support staff during 1996-1997 academic course.TABLE 9.11. TEACHING STAFF STUDY LEAVES AND OTHER TYPES OFLEAVE GRANTED DURING ACADEMIC COURSE 1996-1997PERSONNEL STUDY LEAVES OTHER LEAVESNUMBER DAYS AVERAGE NUMBER DAYS AVERAGETEACHERS 21 1,173 55.9 215 612 2.9SUPPORTWORKERS ----- ----- ----- 276 293 1.1b) STUDY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL LEAVESThis type of leave is described in article 8 th F.D. 898/1985 and expanded in article 112(Santiago University Statutes). The application should have the Head of theDepartment’s approval as well as the Dean’s approval. The Department should alsoappoint a teacher to take over the teaching hours of the applicant while he/she is onleave.The application for the economic help should be made by individual teachers before thepublic offices who grant this type of help. For example a grant may be given to ateacher for “a stay in a Research Centre” and it may be granted by the Ministry ofEducation, different types of Institutions such as special associations, AutonomousCommunities and the University.Table 9.12 indicates the distribution of leaves (for teachers) granted during 1996-1997academic course, specifying destination and duration.TABLE 9.12. LEAVES DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO THE TEACHERS’DESTINATION DURING 1996-1997 ACADEMIC COURSEDESTINATION CITY/COUNTRY DURATION(Nº OF DAYS)SPAIN León 30Cáceres 60Vigo 30234QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Madrid 192Córdoba 25Oviedo 60EUROPE Porto 60Bologne 120Surrey 180Edimburgh 180UNITED STATES Davis (California) 70Nebraska 60Toronto 60SOUTH AMERICA Argentina 95Colombia 21Uruguay 20c) LEAVE OF ABSENCEAccording to article 70.3 of the Galician Civil Service Law 4/88 (26 th May)* and theOrder from the Chancellorship (14 th Feb. 1995) about delegating functions to certainUniversity organs**, the Dean can give a leave of absence to a teacher for “up to ninedays (maximum) a year to manage personal business without previous justification buttaking into account the Faculty’s needs.”Table 9.13 shows the purpose and duration of the short duration leaves granted by theTeaching staff during 1996-1997 academic course.TABLE 9.13. DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHING STAFF’S LEAVES DURING1996-1997 ACADEMIC COURSELEAVE PURPOSEDURATION (Nº OF DAYS)Scientific Congresses and meetings 246Research work 95Examination Boards and academic matters 49Bibliographical examination 70* G. Official Bulletin 1 st June 1988.** G. Official Bulletin 26 th April 1995.235QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Practical work and exams 8Family affairs 66Personal bussiness 78TOTAL 612Table 9.13 shows the purpose and duration of the short duration leaves granted by theSupport staff during 1996-1997 academic course.TABLE 9.14. DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT STAFF’S LEAVES DURING1996-1997 ACADEMIC COURSELEAVE PURPOSEDURATION (Nº OF DAYS)Personal business 225Justified modification of the working day 44Family affairs and transfers 19Taking examinations 5TOTAL 293d) OTHER ASPECTS OF ANY STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEE) RETIREMENT PROGRAMMEArticle 33 of the Measures for the Civil Service Reform Law 30/1984 (2 nd Aug.),establishes obligatory retirement for all Civil Servants when they reach the age of 65.Subsequently, Law 27/1994 (29 th Sep.) modified University teachers’ retirement age(State Official Bulletin nº 234, 30 th Sep.) extending it up to 70, taking into account theteacher’s choice.Once a University teacher is 70 years old he/she can apply for a position as ProfessorEmeritus. The definition and requirements to get appointed are established in R.D.898/1985 about University teachers’ regulations and in its implementation for SantiagoUniversity: “Regulations to appoint Professors Emeriti.” (University Government BoardAgreement 6 th Feb. 1990).*f) CONSULTATION OR OUTSIDE WORK INCLUDING PRIVATE PRACTICE* R.D 1859/1995 (17 th Nov.) determines the deadlines and the procedures University teachers should follow to get apost as a professor emeritus (State Official Bulletin nº 297, 13 th Dec.)236QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9The University Reform Organic Law 11/1983 establishes in articles 11 and 45.1 that“the Departments and University Institutes together with the University teachers thatmake them up will be able to draw contracts with public and private entities, or withnatural persons, to carry out scientific, technical or artistic work as well asspecialization courses. The Universities Statutes will establish the procedure toauthorize these contracts and the criteria to distribute the profits obtained.”. SantiagoUniversity Statutes (articles 124-129) describe several suppositions as regards leaves,remuneration for the work done and it foresees incompatibilities as regards the holdingof multiple posts. The agreement between Santiago University and Rof CodinaFoundation foresees medical assistance as a habitual practice of the teachers working inthe hospital and establishes 20 hours a week (maximum) to pursue this activity.Practical teaching is included in these hours (article 5.3).As regards private practice, it is incompatible with full-time teaching activities. If ateacher wants to pursue both types of activities he/she can only teach Part-time. All thisis described in the Civil Service Personnel Incompatibilities Law 53/1984 (26 th Dec.),(R.D. 1930/1984 and R.D. 1450/1989).9.9. Control and finance for part-time jobs in the teaching and research staff.Part-time work among Santiago University teachers can be due to: voluntary applicationor the obligation that derives from the type of contract signed with the University.In the first case, voluntary application, the University teachers who want to work intheir private practice, apply for part-time teaching to abide by the Civil ServiceIncompatibilities Law 53/1984 (26 th Dec., article 14), which foresees incompatibilitiesas regards the holding of multiple posts. The same situation arises if the Civil Servantwants to hold a second post in the Public Sector (article 31).In this Faculty there aren’t any teachers in the previous situation.The great majority of part-time teachers in Santiago University are in this situationbecause of the type of contract they were offered by the University. They are UniversityAssociate Teachers under contracts that are divided into two categories: University A-Associate teachers and University B-Associate teachers. We pass on to explain thesecategories in the opposite order because of the type of requirements needed:“University B-Associate teachers” corresponds to the associates described in article33.3 of 11/1983 University Reform Organic Law (25 th Aug.), they are “specialists ofrenown which normally work outside the University.” While they hold the contract theyare under the incompatibility Law already described.“University A-Associate teachers” are exempted from the obligation of carrying out aprofessional activity outside the University. In this sense, they hold their contractsaccording to article 20.2 paragraph 2 nd of the University Reform Law 11/1983, whichsays: “Exceptionally, and if this is foreseen by the Statutes, the Universities will be ableto hire scholars of renown, even if they don’t meet the requirements stated in the237QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9previous paragraph* ”. Article 104 of Santiago University Statutes refer to this situationand article 10.5 of the Regulations to select teaching staff without tenure or under acontractual basis** exempt the candidates mentioned in point 4 of the requirementsneeded to get a University B-Associate Teaching post.The position of University A-Associate teacher (formerly called “atypical) wasoriginally designed to integrate withing the University those teachers working undercontracts who, at the moment in which the University Reform Law was passed, did notmeet the requirements (eg. they hadn’t submitted their theses yet) to become aUniversity teacher with tenure of their position. As time went by, this type of contractbegan to proliferate in a way that causes concern. This is due to the fact that they arevery profitable for the University, as these teachers carry out the same teaching andresearch functions as the University teachers with tenure and in many cases (P6 type ofcontract) they more or less have the same teaching hours as a full-time tenured teacherbut their salary is much lower.During 1996-1997 academic course, there were 9 teachers with this type of contractworking in the Veterinary Faculty.Finally, article 11 of the Regulations to select teaching staff without tenure or under acontractual basis, foresees the hiring of Health Science Associate Teachers. There arethree teachers of this latter type in the Veterinary Faculty who work part-time under acontract for the University and who teach 80 hours of practical classes a year in theVeterinary Clinical Hospital “Rof Codina.”.9.10. Research and teaching staff enumeration by departments including: a) Rank;b) Degrees; c) Specialist qualifications; d) Years of teaching experience in theUniversity of Santiago; e) Research activity; f) Current teachingassignments; g) Percentage of time devoted to teaching, research and service.The required data indicated in the following tables have been elaborated for eachteaching unit after the outline followed in Chapter 5:(A) Basic Subjects and Sciences Teaching Unit.(B) Animal Production Teaching Unit.(C) Clinical Teaching Unit.(D) Food Hygiene Teaching Unit.A.1. PHYSICS TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.15)* This can be done if there is agreement of the University Government Board and after listening to the opinion of theUniversity Social Board.** Approved by the University Government Board session of 2 nd June 1995.238QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Department:Knowledge Area:Applied Physics.Applied Physics.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK 1 TYPE 2 DEGREE 3 START HOUR %T 4 %R 5 %S 6SEugenio Rodríguez Núñez UN-LEC. T DR 10/24/84 20 40 40 20Manuel López Fernández UN-LEC. T DR 12/04/92 10 - - -Pablo López Barrera U.S-LEC. T B.S. 10/01/72 90 - - -Enriqueta López Iglesias ASSO. C B.S. 03/17/93 70 75 25 0Francisco Fraga López ASSO. C DR 10/24/95 130 - - -A.2. CHEMISTRY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.16)Departments:Knowledge areas:Physical Chemistry.Organic Chemistry.Physical Chemistry.Organic Chemistry.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SAgustín Cobas Martínez ASSO. C DR 10/24/95 110 - - -Concepción González Bello ASSO. C DR 10/21/96 90 90 10 0Jesús Rodríguez Otero UN-LEC. T DR 10/08/90 25 - - -M a Carmen Buján Núñez UN-LEC. T DR 03/15/91 28 - - -Mercedes Novo Rodríguez UN-LEC. U DR 01/31/92 160 - - -A.3. BIOLOGY (ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY) TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.17)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Biology.Animal Biology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SM a Celia Besteiro Rodríguez UN-LEC T DR 02/01/85 140 40 10 50Adolfo M. Outeiro Rodríguez UN-LEC T DR 10/01/89 220 50 50 0Augusto de Castro Lorenzo ASSO. C B.S. 10/15/81 130 - - -A.4. MATHEMATICS (BIOMETRICS AND STATISTICS) TEACHING STAFF.(Table 9.18)1Ranks: PROF.= Professor; UN-LEC.= University Lecturer; U.S-LEC.= University School Lecturer; ASSO.=Associate teacher; ASSO-H= Associate Hospital teacher; ASSI.= Assistant teacher. G-Holder= Grant Holder.2T.= Tenured; U.= Untenured; C.= on a contract.3 Dr.= Doctor; B.S.= Bachelor of Science.4 Teaching activities.5 Research Activities.6 Services.239QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Department:Knowledge area:Statistics and Operational Research.Statistics and Operational Research.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SJosé M a Alonso Meijide U.S.-LEC C B.S. 04/19/95 150 - - -Rubén Fernández Casal ASSO. C B.S. 12/13/96 70 - - -A.5. VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRIOLOGY I TEACHIG STAFF.(Table 9.19)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Comparative Anatomy and Pathological Anatomy.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SIgnacio Salazar Beloqui PROF. T DR 10/01/84 140 - - -Pedro Pesini Ruiz UN-LEC T DR 10/24/84 220 - - -José M. Cifuentes Martínez UN-LEC T DR 01/20/86 140 - - -Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro ASSI. C DR 02/13/95 220 - - -Sergio Vidal Ruibal ASSI. C DR 10/02/95 110 - - -A.6. VETERINARY ANATOMY AND EMBRIOLOGY II TEACHING STAFF.(Table 9.20)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Comparative Anatomy and Pathological Anatomy.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SPatricia Fernández de Trocóniz UN-LEC T DR 02/01/85 220 >70 - -M a Mar Yllera Fernández UN-LEC T DR 11/01/88 220 60 30 10A.7. VETERINARY CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY TEACHING STAFF.(Table 9.21)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Comparative Anatomy and Pathological Anatomy.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SLucas Moya Jiménez UN-LEC N DR 02/04/87 220 - - -Florentina Guerrero Callejas UN-LEC N DR 02/04/87 220 - - -Jacinta Romano Mozo UN-LEC N DR 10/01/90 220 - - -A.8. PHYSIOLOGY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.22)240QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Department:Knowledge area:Physiology.Physiology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SLuis F. de la Cruz Palomino PROF. T DR 03/03/86 188 40 50 10José A. Rodríguez Veira UN-LEC T DR 10/21/84 188 60 10 30Jesús A. Pazo Carrera UN-LEC T DR 01/09/87 188 - - -Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 188 - - -Félix V. Vega Lisi UN-LEC T DR 10/18/93 188 - - -Josefa Agra Lago G-Holder - - - 30 14 86 0M a Cristina Oliveira Otero G-Holder - - - 30 14 86 0A.9. BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.23)Department:Knowledge area:Biochemisty and Molecular Biology.Biochemisty and Molecular Biology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SJuan Ignacio Ramos Martínez PROF. T DR 04/01/78 200 40 35 25José Antonio Villamarín Cid UN-LEC T DR 02/19/90 220 40 50 10Izaskun Ibarguren Arizeta UN-LEC T DR 10/05/90 220 45 45 10A.10. GENETICS TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.24)Department:Knowledge area:Fundamental Biology.Genetics.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOUR %T %R %SSLaura Elena Sánchez Piñón UN-LEC T DR 10/14/81 30 50 40 10Eduardo San Miguel Salán UN-LEC T DR 03/16/89 70 50 50 0Paulino Martínez Portela UN-LEC T DR 10/01/93 160 50 40 10Carmen Bouza Fernández ASSI. C DR 09/27/95 90 35 65 0Belén Gómez Pardo G-Holder - B.S. - - - 100 -Carlos Vázquez Díaz G-Holder - B.S. - - - 100 -M a Fe Rouco Lamas G-Holder - Technician - - - 100 -A.11. PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS TEACHING STAFF. (Table241QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.25)Department:Knowledge area:Pharmacology.Pharmacology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SLuis Miguel Botana López UN-LEC T DR 10/23/85 185 - - -M a Carmen Louzao Ojeda UN-LEC C DR 09/25/95 215 - - -A.12. TOXICOLOGY AND LEGAL VETERINARY TEACHING STAFF. (Table9.26)Department:Knowledge area:Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Science.Toxicology and Sanitary Legislation.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGRE START HOURS %T %R %SEM a Julia Melgar Riol UN-LEC T DR 02/03/89 190 25 70 5M a Angeles García Fernández ASSI. C DR 11/30/92 150 25 70 5Angelines Cruz Landeira UN-LEC T DR 05/01/87 20 - - -A.13. MICROBIOLOGY (BACTERIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY ANDVIROLOGY) TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.27)Department:Knowledge area:Microbiology and Parasitology.Microbiology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGRE START HOURS %T %R %SEEnrique A. González García UN-LEC T DR 01/01/80 180 40 10 50Jorge Blanco Alvarez UN-LEC T DR 10/24/84 180 50 50 0C. Virginia Sáinz Rivadulla UN-LEC T DR 03/26/87 130 40 60 0Buenaventura Cabezas Toro UN-LEC T DR 12/09/87 80 60 40 0Miguel Blanco Alvarez ASSI. C DR 05/03/94 80 50 50 0Froilán Vázquez Sánchez G-Holder - DR - 25 3 97 0Jesús E. Blanco Alvarez G-Holder - DR - 25 3 97 0Azucena Mora Gutiérrez G-Holder - B.S. - 0 0 100 0M a José Díaz Fernández G-Holder - B.S. - 0 0 100 0242QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Lidia Cartea Vázquez G-Holder - Technician - 0 0 100 0B.1. ANIMAL PRODUCTION TEACHING STAFF. (Animal handling ormanipulation and Veterinary Hygiene). (Table 9.28)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Animal Production.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SM a Teresa de J. García Lara UN-LEC T DR 10/30/86 220 90 9 1Margarita Rico Gómez ASSI. C DR 02/07/95 120 60 38 2B.2. ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.29)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Animal Production.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SVicenta Rueda Núñez UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 220 80 15 5M a Angeles Moreno Grande ASSI. C DR 01/18/93 180 60 30 10Margarita Rico Gómez ASSI. C DR 02/07/95 80 60 38 2B.3. AGRICULTURE AND AGRONOMY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.30)Department:Knowledge area:Vegetal Production.Vegetal Production.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SM a Jesús Sáinz Osés UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 160 40 20 30Ana M a Castelao Gegunde UN-LEC T DR 05/20/90 220 40 50 10B.4. AGRARIAN ECONOMY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.31)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Animal Production.243QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SNathalie Ch. Vandenberghe PROF. T DR 10/05/84 220 - - -Margarita Rico Gómez ASSI. C DR 02/07/95 20 60 38 2B.5. ETHNOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.32)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Anatomy and Production.Animal Production.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SLuciano Sánchez García UN-LEC T DR 10/01/77 220 - - -Antonio Iglesias Becerra U.S.-LEC T DR 11/06/86 50 - - -M a Angeles Moreno Grande ASSI. C DR 01/18/93 40 - - -B.6. ETOLOGY AND ANIMAL PROTECTION. (Table 9.33)The same staff that is in charge of teaching Physiology.Department: Physiology.Knowledge area: Physiology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SLuis F. de la Cruz Palomino PROF. T DR 03/03/86 188 40 50 10José A. Rodríguez Veira UN-LEC T DR 10/21/84 188 60 10 30Jesús A. Pazo Carrera UN-LEC T DR 01/09/87 188 - - -Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes UN-LEC T DR 10/23/86 188 - - -Félix V. Vega Lisi UN-LEC T DR 10/18/93 188 - - -C.1. OBSTETRICS AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION ANDREPRODUCTION PATHOLOGY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.34)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SPedro García Herradón UN-LEC T DR 10/01/88 180 30 35 35Luís Angel Quintela Arias ASSI. C DR 02/09/94 220 50 40 10Juan José Becerra González ASSO. C DR 09/27/95 170 80 20 0M a Marta López Alonso G-Holder - B.S. - 20 27 73 0Marta Inés Miranda Castañón G-Holder - B.S. - 20 27 73 0C.2. GENERAL PATHOLOGY TEACHING STAFF. (Nosology,Physiopathologyand Propaedeutics). (Table 9.35)244QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SJosé Luís Benedito Castellote UN-LEC T DR 02/24/84 200 65 25 10Cristina Castillo Rodríguez ASSI. C DR 10/18/94 230 50 40 10Joaquín Hernández Bermúdez ASSI. C DR 09/26/95 230 50 40 10Ignacio Ayala de la Peña ASSI. C DR 10/01/96 230 10 87 3M a Marta López Alonso G-Holder - B.S. - 40 27 73 0Marta Inés Miranda Castañón G-Holder - B.S. - 40 27 73 0C.3. VETERINARY PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY TEACHING STAFF. (Table9.36)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SJosé M a Nieto Martínez UN-LEC T DR 01/13/87 220 - - -Ana M a Bravo del Moral UN-LEC T DR 05/03/95 140 13 80 7Mónica López Peña ASSO-H C DR 12/26/96 80 - - -M a Isabel Quiroga Berdeal G-Holder - DR - 60 - - -C.4. PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES TEACHING STAFF.(Table 9.37)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SPablo Díez Baños PROF. T DR 10/01/84 140 - - -M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo UN-LEC T DR 12/01/90 220 - - -Rosario Panadero Fontán ASSI. C DR 10/01/96 120 - - -Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fdez. ASSO. C DR 170 - - -Adolfo Paz Silva G-Holder - B.S. - 60 27 73 0C.5. INFECTIOUS PATHOLOGY AND EPIZOOTIOLOGY (Epidemiology)TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.38)245QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SEduardo Yus Respaldiza UN-LEC T DR 02/27/89 220 70 20 10M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-Pérez UN-LEC T DR 10/01/90 220 - - -Gonzalo Fernández Rodríguez ASSO. C DR 10/01/96 170 - - -Francisco J. Guitian Martínez G-Holder - B.S. - 60 27 73 0C.6. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY TEACHING STAFF.(Anaesthetics and Radiology). (Table 9.39)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SJosé Luís Pereira Espinel UN-LEC T DR 12/18/87 150 50 30 20Andrés Barreiro Lois UN-LEC T DR 01/09/90 220 50 30 20Antonio González Cantalapiedra ASSO-H C DR 12/26/96 80 - - -Ana M a López Beceiro ASSO-H C DR 12/26/96 80 - - -C.7. MEDICAL PATHOLOGY (and Nutrition Pathology) TEACHING STAFF.(Table 9.40)Department:Knowledge area:Animal Pathology.Animal Pathology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SLuis Eusebio Fidalgo Alvarez UN-LEC T DR 04/09/87 220 60 25 15Ana Goicoa Valdevira UN-LEC T DR 04/09/87 150 60 25 15Germán Santamarina Pernas ASSI. C DR 10/20/93 220 60 25 15M a Luisa Suárez Rey G-Holder - DR - 69 27 73 0D.1. FOOD HYGIENE AND INSPECTION TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.41)Department:Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.246QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 9Knowledge area:Nutrition and Bromatology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SAlberto Cepeda Sáez UN-LEC T DR 03/25/87 190 50 40 10José Luís Rodríguez Otero UN-LEC T DR 10/14/91 156 - - -M a Lourdes Vázquez Odériz UN-LEC T DR 10/14/88 74 - - -Carlos M. Franco Abuín ASSI. C DR 02/18/97 220 60 40 0D.2. FOOD TECHNOLOGY TEACHING STAFF. (Table 9.42)Department:Knowledge area:Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Food Technology.NAME AND SURNAMES RANK TYPE DEGREE START HOURS %T %R %SM a Asunción Fernández Martínez UN-LEC T DR 12/28/87 220 60 25 15M a Angeles Romero Rodríguez UN-LEC T DR 12/13/91 10 - - -Olga Díaz Rubio ASSI. C DR 09/01/96 220 - - -9.11. Comment on needed changes in salary levels, fringe benefits, numbers ofstaff.Even though the salaries are a bit low, if we take into account the teaching and supportstaff responsibilities and duties, they are not bad, at least while the members of the staffare still on active service. The real problem appears when the teachers reach retirementage, the pension they get is not enough for them to keep up their usual standard ofliving. This is due to the fact that the basic salary a teacher gets is a low percentage ofthe total amount, which results from adding the “trienios” or three-year pay rise, thefive-year pay rise, and the research pay rise. When a teacher retires, he/she only getshis/her basic salary.With respect to the numbers of staff, it should be remarked once more that the numberof full-time teachers and the number of support personnel is insufficient. The datareferring to this shortage are described and analyzed in other sections of this chapter.We think it adviseable to double the numbers of full-time teaching staff, whereas thesupport staff should become four times as great if we want to achieve the properworking of the faculty and also in order to obtain the maximum quality in teaching andresearch activities.These improvements would mean to have at least 128.76 full-time teachers and 100support workers. This would make it possible to lower the students/teacher ratio to11.02 students per teacher (1,417/128.76) and the teachers/support personnel ratio to2.29 teachers per support worker (128.76/100). In this way the students/support workerratio would also go down to 14.17 (1,417/100).** At present, the ratio is 56.7 students per support worker.247QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 99.12. Other changes desirable or foreseen.It is vital to achieve a complete integration of the Veterinary Clinical Hospital into thestructure of the Faculty. This would allow a better coordination of both centres and tofully exploit all the human and material resourses available. Besides, the Departmentswith competencies in Animal Health would be able to participate in various ways in theHospital. On the other hand, the Faculty might be able to have some kind ofparticipation in the appointment of directive posts in the Hospital as well as tocoordinate teaching and clinical practice activities.248QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10CHAPTER 10CURRICULUM249QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10CONTENTS:10.1. Curriculum summary.10.2.A. Studyprogramme.10.2.B. Assessment hints.10.3. Timetable.10.4. Lesson outline for a standard student.10.5. Outside studies and project work.10.6. Description of curriculum revision.10.7. Desirable or foreseen changes.250QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1010.1. Curriculum summary.YEARSFirstSecondThirdFourthFithSUBJECTSMathematicsPhysicsChemistryBiology (Zoology & Botany)Veterinary Anatomy & Embryology IVeterinary Cytology & HistologyMicrobiology (Bacteriology, Immunology & Virology)BiochemistryAnimal PhysiologyGeneticsVeterinary Anatomy & Embryology IIPharmacology & TherapeuticsVeterinary Phatological AnatomyEthnology & IdentificationAnimal Nutrition & FoodAgriculture & AgronomyGeneral Pathology (Nosology, Physiopathology & Propaedeutics)Animal ProductionsFood TechnologyParasitology & Parasite diseasesInfectious Pathology & EpizootiologySurgical Pathology & SurgeryEthology & Animal ProtectionHygiene & Food InspectionToxicology & Legal Veterinary (Deonthology)Agrarian EconomyMedical & Nutrition PathologyObstetrics, Reproduction Pathology & Artificial Insemination251QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1010.2.A. Studyprogramme.Both curriculum design and programmes are given as attached documentes: annex 10.1and annex 10.3.Annex 10.1. Curriculum design of Santiago de Compostela’s (Official Gazette, 8 thMarch 1985).Annex 10.3. Theoretical and Practical programmes of the subjects that are taught at theVeterinary Faculty in Lugo.ANNEX 10.3SUBJECT PROGRAMMES101 Mathematics (Biometry & Statistics)102 Physics103 Chemistry104 Biology (Zoology & Botany)105 Veterinary Anatomy & Embryology I201 Veterinary Cytology & Histology202 Microbiology (Bacteriology, Immunology & Virology)203 Biochemistry204 Animal Physiology205 Genetics206 Veterinary Anatomy & Embryology II301 Pharmacology & Therapeutics302 Veterinari Pathological Anatomy (Pathology)303 Ethnology & Identification304 Animal Nutrition & Food305 Agriculture & Agronomy306 General Pathology (Nosology, Physiopathology & Propaedeutics)401 Animal Productions402 Food Technology403 Parasitology & Parasite Diseases404 Infectious Pathology & Epizootiology405 Surgical Pathology & Surgery406 Ethology & Animal Protection501 Hygiene & Food Inspection502 Toxicology & Legal Veterinary (Deonthology)503 Agrarian Economy504 Medical & Nutrition Pathology505 Obstetrics, Reproduction Pathology & Artificial Insemination252QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1010.2.B. Assessment details.Assessment details set by each Teaching unit (tuition unit) are indicated exactly asproposed by Professors and teachers in charge.The exam timetable of 1996-97 academic year is illustrated at the end of this part in theexact terms as it has been carried out. Students are provided yearly with a copy of thistimetable before they are registered as it is seen and approved by the Faculty Committeebefore the beginning of the period of each course enrolmentMATHEMATICS.Assessment consists of three examinations (one of them the June examination) andparticipation in class.PHYSICS.Control type of student’s results:Three exams (one of them the final exam) and laboratory practice.Practices are compulsory. The project work is evaluated.Exams:• Two compensatory examinations.• Written examination in June.• Written examination in September.CHEMISTRY.The members of the staff have not described it.BIOLOGY (Zoology & Botany).THEORY.- Students will take two non-compensatory exams (normally in Decemberand April) and a Final Exam in June. The June exam includes the last two monthstuition. All the students who have not passed the subject parts included in Decemberand April exams are called together to the June exam. Extraordinary officialexaminations including the whole subject can also be taken in September and February.Theoretical exams consist of a relatively big number of short questions (between 30 and40) which the student must answer briefly, filling in schemes or drawing taking intoaccount the content of the question.PRACTICE.- To attend practical sessions is compulsory. An official exam is fixed forthose who do not follow these lessons.253QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10The practical exam consists of the preparation of any of the dissection workprogrammed during the academic year on which, with no outlines given, the studentmust answer several questions related to the anatomic location of various organs andstructures.VETERINARY ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY I.Students’ Assessment is carried out by means of two compensatory exams during theacademic year and by the normal final examination including the whole content of thesubject at the end of the year.In the first compensatory exam the knowledge of the part which includes generalitiesand the locomotion apparatus is evaluated by means of a theoretical exam consisting ofshort questions and answers and multiple choice exercise types. A practical partcompletes this examination using similar specimens to those studied in practicalsessions.In the second compensatory exam the knowledge concerning Splachnology, theNervous System and the Organs of the senses are evaluated by means of theoretical andpractical examination following the patterns of the first compensatory one.VETERINARY CYTOLOGY & HISTOLOGY.Test type theoretical questions with four possible answers and one or more true will beproposed in two compensatory examinations of the subject in question, being only onepart of it the object of final assessment. The practical examination consists of thediagnosis of organs and tissues of histological preparations.MICROBIOLOGY (Bacteriology, Immunology & Virology).During the academic year theoretical tuition is evaluated by means of two noncompensatoryexaminations and a final one which is being set at the same time as 3 rdterm compensatory examination. The first and the second are eliminatory examinations.The exams are of test type consisting of multiple choice exercises. A pass grade beingset when the right answers are between 62 and 65% of the total questions. Official examsessions are in June, September and February.Assessment of practical tuition, groups of 20 students, is controlled individually duringthe period of practical learning.BIOCHEMISTRY.The assessment of the student’s training requires the realization of 3 exams during theacademic year.Practical tuition exam: Due to Biochemistry experimental characteristics practicaltuition is essential. Assessment of the student practical knowledge is attained before thefirst evaluation on theory takes place. The exam consists of a set of multiple choice254QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10questions with only one answer. These questions concern the practical activities carriedout by the student and the theory related to them. A positive grade is obtained with 60%of the questions right.Once students passed the practical part they can take the correspondent exam to theterm exam.Term exam: To be taken once the theoretical tuition of the first part of the subject hastaken place. It comprises a set of Structural Biochemistry and Enzimology themes. Theexam takes place around the second or third deccenial period in March, id est.,approximately a month after having taught the theoretical lessons concerning the part ofthe programme to be evaluated.The exam is of test type consisting of about 60-70 multiple choice questions graded 8out of 10. Two long answer questions, of the short theme type, graded one point each.Assessment success requires a grade of 5 out of 10. With grades superior to 5 andtowards the realization of the June exam the evaluation of this part is not necessary.June exam: Those students passing the first term exam will have the chance of takingan exam of the same characteristics of the one described above, but in this one someknowledge on Metabolism and Molecular Biology, parts of the subject whichcomplement the programme, would be evaluated. The final grade would be thearithmetic mean of the grades obtained along the academic year. Student’s attitudetowards practical work will also be considered as an element of grade improvement.In the case of failing a term exam the student has to pass an exam of the characteristicsabove mentioned, though containing a bigger number of questions because this exammust include the whole subject.The above comments are to be taken into account when the student takes exams duringthe September and February extraordinary sessions.ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY.Two term and one final exams. Short questions, multiple choice, practical devices andthemes.GENETICS.Two exams, first term and final. Half of the exam includes theoretical questions(including some questions of the practical programme) and the other half consists ofproblems to be resolved.255QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10VETERINARY ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY II.Students’ assessment is carried out by means of two compensatory exams during theacademic year and by the normal final examination including the whole content of thesubject at the end of the year.In the first compensatory exam the knowledge of the part which includes Embryology isevaluated by means of a theoretical exam consisting of short questions and answers andmultiple choice exercise types of one or more possible answers.In the second compensatory Ungulate’s Anatomy is evaluated with a theoreticalexamination and possible with a practical one. In the theoretical one there is a group ofquestions concerning aspects analysed during the practical sessions especially reasonedto be solved in graphic materials. Then a second group of questions similar to those ofthe first term theoretical exam are to be solved. It is necessary to pass both groups ofquestions separately to pass this subject.The realization of an individualised practical exam, using similar specimens to thosestudied in practical sessions, is obviously subjected to the number or enrolled students,time disposability and the lapse of materials to be used. This shows its temporarycharacter.PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS.Student’s assessment is continuous the whole year through taking into account thefollowing:1.- Student’s participation during the theoretical and practical sessions.2.- Group work. Both the written and oral presentations are considered.3.- Practice reports.4.- The final written exam consisting of questions of test and short questions andanswers type.VETERINARY PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.Students must answer a set of theoretical and practical questions. Occasionally precededby a basic test. The exam intends to evaluate the student capacity to identify lesions(normally shown in transparencies) and evaluate its own capability to relate thoselesions with other aspects of the subject programme proper such as pathogenic,ethology, evolution, presentation or associated clinic symptoms.ETHNOLOGY & IDENTIFICATION.Learning diagnosis and control is an ineludible task to be able to judge the work carriedout both by the teacher and the student and thus, fulfil the function society hascommended us.Naturally, we do not follow that old idea of identifying assessment with “suficiencyexaminations”, as the latter ones, signed by the idea of being compulsory under the term256QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10“examination session”, are seen as full of inexact, ambiguous, conservative andcomplex content as well as of suggestive power. On the contrary, we are for objectiveacademic output valuations on the basis of well-elaborated criteria, which would allowus tuition quality control as well.The first assessment criteria to be settled are those concerning the teaching staff. We donot know for sure if our lessons are good, mediocre or bad if we do not make a deepanalysis. There are easy techniques to evaluate them and to select their positivecharacter and what can be meilleured, as they provide a sort of deep radiography inwhich they salient our virtues and defects.Besides three obligations of every teacher are to be evaluated: 1) the progress andstudents’ results; 2) the programme efficiency; and 3) the way of teaching proper. Asfar as number 1 is concerned, one has to analyse the assessment and questions whichshould be asked before the beginning of each part of the programme, during the lessonand after it, in order to find out what the students knew and what they have learnt, as thetactics to follow vary in relation to the student’s knowledge attained in previouscourses. Then, during and at the end of the academic year, written exercises and examsfollow: a) short and long answers; b) multiple choice; c) true or false; d) problemsolving; e) essays and project works.ANIMAL NUTRITION & FOOD.One first term exam consisting of 50 test type questions and of a written practicalexercise and is based on the quantification of constituents of a food item is set.One exam in June with 100 test type questions and a rationing problem.AGRICULTURE & AGRONOMY.Examinations are held as follows:A term exam covering all the content taught during the first four-month period and aJune exam, which is taken by all the students as far as the second four-month periodcontent is, concerned and those who have failed the first must take an examinationcovering all the content. In both exams a determined level of knowledge is required,which the students are previously aware of. To pass this level in the first exam meansthe exemption of those contents for the June exam. As far as the exam model isconcerned, short questions together with objective questions of various types (multiplechoice, true or false, etc) are included in.GENERAL PATHOLOGY, PHYSIOPATHOLOGY & PROPAEDEUTICS.257QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10We do a term exam (it exempts the content included) and a June exam including thetheoretical part of the subject. A practical exam on live animals is set for those studentswho have passed the theoretical one.Both exams consist of exercises of the multiple choice type and two themes to bedescribed. 60% of correct answers and an average of 5 out of 10 for the themes arerequired to pass the term exam. The practical exam consists of at least 3 questionsconcerning each of the species to be explored and they are allowed to take only if theyhave passed the theoretical part.ANIMAL PRODUCTION.Assessment system: Final exam and group seminars.FOOD TECHNOLOGY.Written exams consisting of:• “Test” type questions• Short questions and answers.• Identification of steps in graphic schemes.One eliminatory term exam (a bit more of 1 / 3 of the subject). (Grade =5) for June.This subject is divided into 3 big well-differentiated blocks. Students who have passedthis examination, including two of the blocks in June will maintain the grade the reentryfor the September exam. In the September one, the part missing is to be passed.PARASITOLOGY & PARASITE DISEASES.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a description.INFECTIOUS PATHOLOGY & EPIZOOTIC INFECTIONS.Assessment consist of 4 parts:A. Written exams: A compensatory exam (in March) consisting of: 20 short questionsand answers and 20 questions of the test type on Infectious Pathology, 4 shortquestions and answers and 3 problems on Epizootology and a practical hypotheticalcase on a specific animal species. One final exam (June and September) consistingof: 10 short questions and answers and 10 questions of the test type on InfectiousPathology, 2 short questions and answers and 2 problems on Epizootology and apractical hypothetical case on a specific animal species.B. Oral exam: It takes place both in June and September and consists of a practicalhypothetical case on a specific animal species.C. Laboratory practice written exam (June and September).258QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10D. Valuation of clinic and laboratory practical sessions attendance.SURGICAL PATHOLOGY & SURGERY.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a description.ETHOLOGY & ANIMAL PROTECTION.Final exam containing 100 true/false questions (errors are counted negatively) andvoluntary project works which might help to increase the final grade.HYGIENE & FOOD INSPECTION.It consists of a compensatory exam by the middle of the academic year and a final examin June. Examinations are also held in September and February.Assessment is completed with the evaluation of a worked out practical manual.TOXICOLOGY & LEGAL VETERINARY.• Written exams: Compensatory term exam (exemption of content if 6 out of 10 isobtained) and a Final exam.• Type: multiple choice test, questions and problems.• Practices: a following up of the preparation and the calification of the Bulletin ofpractices for result assessment is the normal way of assessment.AGRARIAN ECONOMY.Final exam of the test type.MEDICAL & NUTRITION PATHOLOGY.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a description.OBSTETRICS, REPRODUCTION PATHOLOGY & ARTIFICIALINSEMINATION.One term and one final exam. The exam on practices is not set.TABLE 10.1. EXAM TIMETABLE OF 1996-1997 ACADEMIC YEAR259QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10SUBJECT 1 st EXAM 2 nd EXAMFINALEXAMSEPTEMBEREXAMFEBRUARYEXAM1 st COURSEMathematics 28 February 23 May 7 July 2 September 29 JanuaryPhysics 24 January 10 June 4 July 5 September 3 FebruaryChemistry 14 March 30 May 30 June 12 September 6 FebruaryBiology 20 December 11 April 17 June 15 September 12 FebruaryAnatomy I 21 February 13 June 24 June 10 September 14 February2 nd COURSECytology 18 January 12 April 23 June 12 September 4 FebruaryMicrobiology 20 December 5 April 16 June 9 September 7 FebruaryBiochemistry 20 March ----- 1 June 19 September 14 FebruaryPhysiology 11 January 26 April 11 June 2 September 12 FebruaryGenetics 8 March ----- 26 June 16 September 27 JanuaryAnatomy II 22 February 5 June 7 July 5 September 31 January3 rd COURSEPharmacology ----- ----- 27 June 4 September 7 FebruaryAnat. Pathology 11 April 23 May 2 July 18 September 3 FebruaryEthnology 17 January 30 May 12 June 15 September 31 JanuaryNutrition 10 January ----- 9 June 1 September 12 FebruaryAgriculture 7 March ----- 17 June 12 September 27 JanuaryGeneral Path. 21 February ----- 24 June 8 September 5 February4 th COURSEProductions ----- ----- 23 June 4 September 3 FebruaryFood Tech. 31 January ----- 27 June 16 September 31 JanuaryParasitology 7 February ----- 4 July 19 September 7 FebruaryInfectious Path. 20 March ----- 9 June 9 September 5 FebruarySurgery 13 February ----- 16 June 11 September 13 FebruaryEthology ----- ----- 7 March 1 September 30 January5 th COURSEHygiene 18 April ----- 5 June 8 September 4 FebruaryToxicology 14 March ----- 2 July 15 September 6 FebruaryAgrarian Eco. ----- ----- 13 June 11 September 29 JanuaryMedical Path. 28 February ----- 26 June 3 September 13 FebruaryObstetrics 4 April ----- 20 June 17 September 30 January10.3. Timetable at the Faculty.260QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Group: (A-K) MorningsRoom: 6TABLE 10.2. Teaching timetable. 1 st CourseHOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Biology Biology Biology Biology10-11 Physics Physics Physics Mathematics Mathematics *11-12 Anatomy I Anatomy I Mathematics Physics *12-13 Anatomy I Anatomy I Mathematics Chemistry Anatomy I *13-14 Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry **Seminars: Physics 30 hours per year, Chemistry 30 hours per year, Mathematics 30 hours per year, AnatomyI 20 hours per year.Group: (L-Z) EveningsRoom: 6HOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS16-17 Biology Biology Biology Biology Physics *17-18 Physics Physics Physics Mathematics Anatomy I *18-19 Anatomy I Anatomy I Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics *19-20 Anatomía I Anatomy I Chemistry Chemistry *20-21 Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry*Seminars: Physics 30 hours per year, Chemistry 30 hours per year, Mathematics 30 hours per year, AnatomyI 20 hours per year.261QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10TABLE 10.3. Teaching timetable. 2 nd CourseGroup: (L-Z) MorningsRoom: 1 (“Severo Ochoa” classroom)HOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Anatomy II Anatomy II Anatomy II Genetics Genetics10-11 Biochemistry Biochemistry Genetics Biochemistry Biochemistry11-12 Physiology Physiology Physiology Physiology Physiology *12-13 Cytology Cytology Cytology Cytology Microbiology *13-14 Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology Genetics **Seminars: Physiology 30 hours per year, Microbiology 30 hours per year, Genetics 20 hours per year.Group: (A-K) EveningsRoom: 1 (“Severo Ochoa” classroom)HOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS15-16 Anatomy II Anatomy II Anatomy II Cytology Physiology *16-17 Cytology Cytology Cytology Mathematics Genetics *17-18 Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology *18-19 Physiology Physiology Physiology Physiology Biochemistry19-20 Biochemistry Biochemistry Genetics Biochemistry Genetics*Seminars: Physiology 30 hours per year, Microbiology 30 hours per year, Genetics 20 hours per year.262QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Group: (L-Z) MorningsRoom: 1TABLE 10.4. Teaching timetable. 3 rd CourseHOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Pharmacology Pharmacology Pharmacology Pharmacology Ethnology10-11 General Pathology General Pathology General Pathology General Pathology Ethnology11-12 Agriculture Agriculture Nutrition Nutrition Nutrition *12-13 Pathological Anat. Pathological Anat. Nutrition Nutrition PathologicalAnat. *13-14 Pathological Anat. Pathological Anat. Agriculture Ethnology PathologicalAnat. *Agriculture **Seminars: Pathological Anatomy 50 hours per year, Nutrition 20 hours per year, Agriculture 10 hours peryear.Group: (A-K) EveningsRoom: 1HOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS16-17 Pathological Anat. Pathological Anat. Nutrition Nutrition PathologicalAnat. *17-18 Pathological Anat. Pathological Anat. Nutrition Nutrition PathologicalAnat. *Agriculture *18-19 General Pathology General Pathology General Pathology General Pathology Ethnology19-20 Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Ethnology Ethnology20-21 Pharmacology Pharmacology Pharmacology Pharmacology Nutrition **Seminars: Pathological Anatomy 50 hours per year, Nutrition 20 hours per year, Agriculture 10 hours peryear.263QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10TABLE 10.5. Teaching timetable. 4 th CourseGroup: A (L-Z) MorningsRoom: 3HOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Parasitology Parasitology Parasitology Parasitology10-11 Surgery Surgery Surgery Surgery11-12 Infectious Path. Infectious Path. Infectious Path. Infectious Path. Infectious Path. *Parasitology *12-13 Food Technology Food Technology Food Technology Ethology Surgery *FoodTechnology *13-14 Animal Prod. Animal Prod. Animal Prod. Ethology Animal Prod. **Seminars: Animal Productions 10 hours per year, Food Techology 10 hours per year, Surgery 10 hours peryear, Infectious Pathology 10 hours per year, Parasitology 10 hours per year.Group: B (A-K) MorningsRoom: 5HOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Surgery Surgery Infectious Path. Ethology Infectious Path. *Parasitology *10-11 Parasitology Food Technology Parasitology Ethology Surgery *FoodTechnology *11-12 Food Technology Parasitology Surgery Parasitology12-13 Animal Prod. Animal Prod. Animal Prod. Infectious Path.13-14 Infectious Path. Infectious Path. Food Technology Surgery Animal Prod. **Seminars: Animal Productions 10 hours per year, Food Techology 10 hours per year, Surgery 10 hours peryear, Infectious Pathology 10 hours per year, Parasitology 10 hours per year. From March on theoretical hours taken by Animal Productions.264QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Group: A (A-K) MorningsRoom: 4TABLE 10.6. Teaching timetable. 5 th CourseHOURS MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Obstetrics Obstetrics Obstetrics Obstetrics ObstetricsToxicology *10-11 Medical Pathology Medical Pathology Medical Pathology Medical Pathology Agrarian11-12 AgrarianEconomyAgrarianEconomyEconomy *Toxicology Hygiene AgrarianEconomy *12-13 Hygiene Hygiene Hygiene Hygiene MedicalPathology *13-14 Toxicology ToxicologyHygiene **Seminars: Agrarian Economy 60 hours per year, Obstetrics 10 hours per year, Toxicology 10 hours per year,Medical Pathology 10 hours per year.Group: B (L-Z) MorningsRoom: 7HOUR MONDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS9-10 Medical Pathology Medical Pathology Medical Pathology Medical Pathology Medical10-11 AgrarianEconomyAgrarianEconomyPathology *Obstetrics Obstetrics Obstetrics *Hygiene *11-12 Obstetrics Obstetrics Hygiene Toxicology *12-13 Toxicology Toxicology Toxicology AgrarianEconomy *13-14 Hygiene Hygiene Hygiene Hygiene AgrarianEconomy **Seminars: Agrarian Economy 60 hours per year, Obstetrics 10 hours per year, Toxicology 10 hours per year,Medical Pathology 10 hours per year.265QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1010.4. Lesson schemes for a prototypical studentMATHEMATICS.Theoretical basic ideas of each theme justifying their importance on the basis ofpractical examples related to Veterinary science. A good number of practical problemsis solved by the teacher in the classroom, and the rest are considered as student’s tasks.PHYSICS.• Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays: Theory.• Fridays: Seminar.• Two weeks in February: Practice.CHEMISTRY.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a description.BIOLOGY (ZOOLOGY & BOTANY).THEORETICAL TUITION.- Sessions of 50-55 minutes. In the last 5-10 minutesstudents ask questions to solve doubts.PRACTICAL TUITION.- Sessions of 100-120 minutes based on individualised control.OTHER ACTIVITIES.- Sessions of 50-100 minutes assigned to attend video,transparency projections, etc. At the end of the lesson students can check doubts.VETERINARY ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY I.During the first fourth month period (October to January) the part of the subjectincluding the carnivorous generalities and locomotrix apparatus is tackled; The secondfourth month period (February to May) is devoted to the study of CarnivorousSplachnology, Nervous System and Sense Organs. In both situations theoreticalsessions are developed during 5 hours in 3 weekly days. Practical sessions are alwayscarried out after the theoretical thematic lesson blocks the whole year through and untilthe contents have been analysed. The whole contents, naturally, are taught as it isspecified in the programme.During the academic year 1996-97, the planning of the subject was as follows:First fourth month period:Theoretical sessions on carnivorous generalities and passive locomotrix apparatus(themes: 1-18).Once studied the theoretical sessions the practical sessions were carried out.Theoretical sessions on active locomotrix apparatus, (themes: 19-33).266QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Second fourth month period:Theoretical sessions on Splanchnicology, (themes: 34-53).Third practical block.Theoretical sessions on the Nervous System and the Sense Organs, (themes: 54-70).Practical sessions on the central nervous system and the sense organs are carried out.Practical training on the peripheral nervous system is carried out together with thesecond and third block of practices.After finishing each of the practice blocks there is a series of consolidation units. Due tothis 20 more hours than those appearing in the timetable for practical tuition are to beadded for the students who attend consolidation units.VETERINARY CYTOLOGY & HISTOLOGY.Various. The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a description.MICROBIOLOGY (BACTERIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY & VIROLOGY).At the beginning of the academic year students are provided with a selectedbibliography to allow them to deepen aspects taught during the theoretical lessons.These are performed daily and last 45 minutes each one, supported by blackboardschemas, films and transparencies. The last ten minutes are devoted to questions andanswers. Those themes which students wish to get a thoroughly knowledge of constitutethe basis for seminars and are not necessarily included within the theoreticalprogramme.Initially, the student is introduced on Microbiology general concepts in order to deepenaspects such as bacterial genetics, virology, control, pathogenic and general taxonomy.Immunology is analysed afterwards. The course is ended with studies on bacteriologyand specific virology trying to provide detailed ideas on those families, races andspecies within this field from a veterinary point of view.All this is completed with a practical lessons period, designed in order to help everystudent to get in touch with the subject experimental reality and to observe many of themicroorganism aspects previously explained during the theoretical lessons. Practicallessons include basic techniques of isolation and cultivation as well as basicmicroscopy, stainning procedures and serological techniques.267QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10BIOCHEMISTRY.October March JuneBeginning of the theoretical lessons First exam Final assessmentStructural Biochemistry &EnzymologyMetabolism, Molecular& Cellular BiologyBeginning of the practical sessionsExam on practical contentsThe different parts of the subject and time devoted to their study are illustrated in boldtype.ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY.Subject general concepts. Regulating systems (nervous and endocrine). InternalMedium. Respiratory system. Kidneys system. Digestive system (monocavitarious,grass eating and ruminants). Reproductive system.GENETICS.Copies of lesson contents summaries and schemas, which are available for studentsduring the academic year, are enclosed.VETERINARY ANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY II.During the first fourth month period (October to January) the part of the subjectcorresponding to embryology is tackled; The second fourth month period (February toMay) is devoted to the study of Ungulate Anatomy from a topographic and comparativepoint of view. In both situations theoretical sessions are developed during 5 hours in 3weekly successive days: Monday to Wednesday. Practical sessions are always carriedout after the theoretical thematic lesson blocks the whole year through and until all thecontents have been analysed. The whole contents, naturally, are taught as it is specifiedin the programme.For example, the planning of the subject during the academic year 1996-97, was asfollows:First fourth month period:October, November and December: theoretical sessions included in the programme andEmbryology (themes: 1-26).January: It was essentially devoted to attend practices.Second fourth month period:268QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10February: Introduction and the head and throat regions (Themes: 27-36).March: 1 and 2 Videos containing head and throat regions; the region of the back(theme 37); practice unit 3 including the head and back regions; the pectoral region(themes: 44-46, practice unit 4 and videos 3 and 4 related to this region.April: the abdominal region (themes: 47-54) and videos 5 and 6 about this region; thepelvis region (themes: 55-57) and videos 7 and 8 about this region; practice units 5 and6 concerning the regions previously mentioned.May: extremities (themes: 38-43) videos 9 and 10, practice units 7, 8 and 9; Anatomy inslaughterhouses and smashed pieces (themes: 58-62) .PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS.Magisterial lesson and simulation practical lessons using computersVETERINARY PATHOLOGIC ANATOMY.The theoretical tuition is done in morning and evening groups. The following materialsare used: unit filmship collections, transparencies to sumarising the lesson and a basicoutline previously given to the students.The pratical tuition takes place basically in the Necropsy’s room explaining Necropsy’stechniques and sample collection, as well as anatomic and pathologic explorationmethods of the various apparatus and systems and lesion interpretation.Seminars tuition is done choosing monographic themes (i.e., the Equine’s foot, theNecropsy’s technique, etc.) put forward by the professor in a basic and fluent manner inorder to open a discussion afterwards.ETHNOLOGY & IDENTIFICATION.Magisterial lessons applied to theory; practical sessions, tutorials and seminars.Magisterial lessons.It is in the tuition work where the teacher performs his/her real dimension, transferringhis/her knowledge in an assimilable, attractive and efficient way. To obtain thestudents’ interest and to reduce their absenteeism and the increasing lack of illusion atUniversity, each lesson is to be conscientiously thought, dosed and structured in orderto make it a master piece besides its usefulness, a real magisterial lesson. Magisteriallessons take a prominent place in University tuition and there seem to be no reasons toput it aside. In fact, what appears to be convenient is to better its effectiveness and tocomplement it with other methods.When the formation process en relation with a concrete theme is concluded, it makessense to provoke a colloquium on some remarked aspects of it or simply to stimulate269QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10student's spontaneity in order to help them to formulate, to discuss or even resolve bythemselves the questions, which might flourish in relation with that theme within thecolloquial group and which will be shared by the class opinion. A moderate function ofthe professor can be changed to a more active one when it might be advisable.The interactive discussion, which is essential in the University classroom, must besubstantive, exemplary and stimulating. Substantive to make to understand, with theleast possible effort, a specific question. Exemplary, bringing to light the problems withwhich researchers having contributed more to their knowledge ran into and the waythey have resolved them. Stimulating, if the students ask themselves about diversehypothesis that could explain certain facts, if they look for and find out things alreadysupposed in a certain experiment or in the interpretation of data, and if they discussamong themselves doubts and interpretations, in such a way that all that makes them tocomprehend well the explanations given.Teacher student interaction scatters boredom, revives the interest, settles down little bylittle personal relations between each of the students and the teacher and obliges thelatter to listen attentively to his disciples. If the students are accustomed to a memoristicand passive teaching, then there will be difficulties at the beginning, but they will besoften at the same time as the class is becoming more dynamic as a group.Practical lessons.To make the students obtain an easier comprehension of the subject and to make it toserve as motivation source for their interest stimulation, we must face, as soon aspossible and once they have the first basic knowledge of contents, approximation to thereality that practical lessons are concerned with, both in the laboratory and realexperiences in stock farms, visits to Centres, etc.Practical sessions must begin with the handling of informative tools which complementteaching explanations such as the knowledge and use of bibliography, criticismvaluation of texts and monographs, specially papers, formulary and quantitative tablehabits, laboratory and field tools and their use in experiments. Both demonstration andpractice must be taught, specially the second, in small groups (between 5 and 10).In a forward step the students themselves choose the theme or the problems and themethods to follow, they gather data and results, they order them, they interpret them,they discuss about them, they extract conclusions and write a project work which hasthe value of making them familiar with documentation and written expressiontechniques.Tutorials.Each tutor tutorages a limited group of students, in order to discuss with them theirstudy developments, helping them to overcome learning difficulties and recommendingthem those readings, experiments and works considered to be necessary and stimulatingwith this task more advanced and internal students to participate actively as auxiliarytutors.270QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Seminars.Seminars have been considered for some time as necessary complements to all teachingactivities, with the purpose of widen or deepen in defined thematic units. However, notall professors have felt the necessity of putting them into practice, maybe because theirtrue transcendence has not been comprehended.The seminar purposes can be summarise as follows:1) To create the habit of scientific research: to inculcate scientific feeling, to makestudents develop the technique of critical and original thought; In creating these habits,the seminar provides one of the better instruments for posterior self-education andautonomous research.2) Learning of scientific methods. One tries to teach how to use the tools for intellectualwork. This implies the analysis of facts and problems and not only the bibliographicsources. Through the repetition of the diverse forms of scientific work, the student will,by successive approaches, acquire practice on the use of science methodology.3) Meilleuring written and oral expression production. As they have to present as amethod the study carried out, elaborate written papers, support their opinions, student’swritten and oral capacity is being developed, although, in the seminar, it is given moreimportance to the thinking about a theme or a problem than to its exposition.Tuition and research.In Animal Production and in general in fields of study related to research tend to beperformed more and more concentration on specific problems, even with second cyclestudents, within the corresponding departments. Getting in touch with these problems,rather than signifying the student’s polarity towards the problem in question, acts as theresearch worry kernel because this allows them to vision the real problems, in the sameway as they are analysed in the laboratory. In fact, this way of getting in touch withresearch is considered as an administrative norm that regulates this situation and evenmore, there are collaboration grants for this work.The object of the first intensive and widen contact with research is to carry out a DegreeProject. Besides, it has an ultimate finality, perhaps more important, which consists inthe training of the candidate for deeper research task, i.e., the preparation for carryingout the Thesis.ANIMAL NUTRITION & FOOD.Tuition on this subject intends to provide students, through the application ofphysiological and metabolic knowledge on domestic and productive animals, with the271QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10valuation of their nutritional necessities and with the study of raw materials for animalfeeding in order to valuate and formulate adequate portions, which contribute to makethe productive process profitable. To do this, during the first term we dedicate an 80%of the teaching time to magisterial lessons concerning the theoretical contentdevelopment and a 20% to practical exercises on the blackboard.During the second and third terms 50% of classroom tuition concerns theoreticalcontents and the other 50% is devoted to rationing practices on the blackboard. Duringthe second term laboratory lessons are also provided.AGRICULTURE & AGRONOMY.Prototype students attend 50-minute magisterial lessons. Both at the end and during thelesson they can ask questions and set out doubts. Blackboard, transparencies and filmsare used as teaching means.Seminar lessons are carried out “in situ”, in distinct exploitations and industries (farms,feed factories, etc.).Practical sessions are taught in-groups of 20 students in the laboratory. The averageduration is about 2 hours each lesson.GENERAL PATHOLOGY (PHYSIOPATOLOGY AND PROPAEDEUTICS).The theoretical contents are being taught to two groups during the Academic year, onein the morning from 10 to 11 and the other in the evening from 18 to 17. Each groupattends a total of 110 hours and the staff takes the control of 220 hours. Besides,seminars are not included in our tuition planning, but 40 hours of practical sessions areincluded. These are taught with live animals carrying out a practical exploration.Students do not attend laboratory sessions, as for we only have at our disposal onemicroscope shared with the staff of Medical Pathology.ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS.The Production programme is orientated to zootechnic species an general contentsincluding the previous subjects to this Degree Academic Year and which in theory thestudent should have overcome in previous Years.FOOD TECHNOLOGY.Theoretical Lessons.Scheme transparencies, graphs, drawings and lesson sums support them.Visits to industries.They take place after theoretical knowledge about the industry to be visited is taught,with the purpose of observing them “in situ” and to favour a better and easiercomprehension of the given technical information.272QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Practical sessions.They carry out determinations using official methods, as well as other determinationtypes, such as identification, alteration susceptibility of an item of food, etc. As far asproduct elaboration practices in pilot plants are concerned cannot be offered due to lackof staff and funds (buying milk) for such a big number of students.PARASITOLOGY & PARASITE DISEASES.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a descriptionINFECTIOUS PATHOLOGY & EPIZOOTIOLOGY.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a descriptionSURGICAL PATHOLOGY & SURGERY.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a descriptionETHOLOGY & ANIMAL PROTECTION.General concepts. Study of the habitual behaviour patterns of domestic animals.Discussion on animal protection (see the Programme, appendix I)HYGIENE & FOOD INSPECTION.The theoretical sessions are performed in oral expositions of 45-50 minutes. They aresupported, if necessary, with films depending on acquired teaching materialdisposability and/or self-made material.Practical lessons are carried out in the laboratory in such a way that every individualdoes all the manipulations of each practical exercise.In seminars a student’s majority participation is allowed, once the debate theme hasbeen exposed.TOXICOLOGY & LEGAL VETERINARY.Theoretical and practical sessions. Elaboration of bibliographic works in seminars.Tutorials.AGRARIAN ECONOMY.The teaching staff in charge has not provided us with a descriptionMEDICAL PATHOLOGY.273QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10Theoretical magisterial lessons in accordance with the attached programme.Clinic practices: These are carried out in groups of 10 who attend the public clinicalconsult daily, during one week, sustained by the staff of the Medical and NutritionPathology department (at the moment located at Rof-Codina’s Veterenary ClinicalHospital).As far as rent animals are concerned, the Itinerant Clinic Service assists the majority ofthem at the farms themselves. Thus, the consult of these is less frequent at our hospital.This type of practices have been only developed exceptionally during the 1996-97academic year since the Rent Animals’ Clinic Service organization as well as itsstarting of is being settled at this moment.Clinic hypothetical cases: Due to the number of student's present average enrolled inthis subject, they are called in groups of 25. Each hypothetical clinic case lasts about 3hours each group. These are performed once the student has studied the theory. Detailedinformation, included in the practical programmed of the subject attached to theappendix, of the different specific clinic cases analysed is provided.OBSTETRICS, REPRODUCTION PATHOLOGY & ARTIFICIALINSEMINATION.The teaching schema used consists of:a) Theoretical lessons which last 45 minutes, during which the theme or the part of thecorresponding theme as signalled in the programme is lectured down. During theaforementioned exposition the students can interrupt the teacher any moment so as toclarify the resulting doubts. At the exposition ending a debate is opened for purposesof discussing about the general aspects related to the theme in question.b) Seminars. They last the same as theoretical sessions do. The aspects to be discussedon are those related to the programme, of a relevant actuality or interest for thestudents. Through this, greater student’s participation on proposed theme discussionis being sought, as it is the information search methodological teaching. Theseobjectives are not always easy to achieve.c) Practical lessons and clinical consult attendance. The farmer last from 1 to 2 hoursand the latter 3 hours It is sought in this sessions that the student acquires specificskills for the handling of a certain equipment and allow him/her to be in touch withthe patient in a obstetric state or with reproduction alteration cases.d) Tutorials. Individualised attention to students for 6 hours a week.10.5. Studies outside the Faculty and project of future work.Our actual curriculum design does not require nor recognises outside studies. Manystudents are able to obtain extrapractical time with Veterinarians, in farms or industries.These are not official practices and they are not recognised in the curriculum studies.For these particular cases, the Faculty only certifies that the student is enrolled at the274QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 10appropriate Veterinary Course. These kind of practcal time can not be changed by theofficial practises teached by the different Teaching Units.10.6. Description of curriculum design revision.It is done on the basis of the official curriculum for Veterinary Studies and in terms ofthe yearly teaching planning. The curriculum design is based on Spanish GovernmentRegulations for Study Plans, deppending of the Education and Culture Ministry, andthey are officially published in the Spanish Official Bulletin. At present the VeterinaryFaculty in Lugo is carrying out the reform of the Study Curriculum, attending the actualStudy Plans Regulartions.10.7. Desirable or foreseen changes.It will be desirable to recognize the external practice periods as well as the increase inpractical teaching when the new study plans were accepted and the staff as well aseconomic conditions were the appropiate. The regulations about residents students atthe Veterinary Hospital constitutes also an important desirable change to increasepractical teachin in clinics. In the draft of the new Study Curriculum that we areelaborating at the Teaching Commission, we have stablished the recognition of externalstays by the students.275QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11CHAPTER 11POSTGRADUATE ANDPERMANENT EDUCATION276QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11CONTENTS:11.1. Permanent education activities at the Faculty.11.2. Involvement of teaching staff in extramural permanenteducation.11.3. Undergraduate and other special programmes.11.4. Postgraduate education.11.5. Changes desirable or foreseen.277QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1111.1. Permanent education activities at the Faculty.The Veterinary Faculty, like other Faculties and Schools at the University of Santiagode Compostela is involved in the Doctorate Programmes of the University of Santiagode Compostela or in those carried out jointly by the three Universities in Galicia(Santiago, Vigo and A Coruña). The participation of teachers is channelled throughtheir corresponding Departments.Doctorate studies at the University of Santiago de Compostela have to comply withregulations as Royal Decree 185/1985 (published on 23 rd January), partially modifiedby Decree 537/1988 (published on 27 th May). The Official Statutes of the Universityand those specifically dealing with Doctorate also apply, as we will further explain.Doctorate studies (Third Cycle) are those to achieve a Doctor’s Degree. Any personholding a Bachelor Degree, Architect or Technical Degree must enrol in a DoctorateProgramme and write a Thesis to obtain a Doctor’s Degree at the University of Santiagode Compostela.Doctorate studies, an essential requirement to write a thesis consist of different coursesaimed at the specialization in a certain scientific, technical or artistic field or relatedfields, combined with improvement of research methodology.Doctorate studies last for at least two years and consist of courses of the following threetypes:A) Those aimed at improving the student’s methodological capability to carry outresearch.B) Those dealing with basic scientific, technical or artistic issues of the student’sdoctorate programme.C) Those from related fields which may be of interest to the student’s projected thesis.Courses may be either compulsory or optional. A course may be taught in differentprogrammes.Departments will determine the value of each course, expressed in credits, this must beapproved by the appropriate University’s Doctorate Committee (a credit is equivalent to10 teaching hours). All courses will be taught by doctors.Doctorate programmes may take provision for the realisation of research tasks or essayssupervised by the thesis director or another teacher involved in the programme.Students may obtain up to a maximum of 9 credits in this way.Doctorate programmes will be designed by the University Departments and approvedby the University’s Doctorate Committee.278QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Students having a university degree from any university may apply to take doctoratecourses at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Departments will examine theapplications. This process usually takes place around the first fortnight in October.All students must have a supervisor who has to have a doctor’s degree and be a memberof the relevant Department. He will advise and assess the overall student’s performance.The supervisor has the following duties:• advise and give the student his/her consent to enrol in single courses.• give this consent to enrol in courses of a different programme.• write an assessment of the student’s performance once he/she has completed all thecourses.He/She may be also in charge of supervising the doctoral thesis.All teachers in a Department may supervise doctoral theses, even though they are notteaching doctorate courses.The student, must complete 32 credits (in a minimum of two years) before submitting athesis. At least 12 credits must be obtained in type B courses. The Departmentresponsible for the programme must certify the student’s competence to carry outresearch assignments. This final assessment must be based on the student’s marks ineach course or project work and on the supervisor’s own report.Students who have complied with the requirements mentioned above can obtain theirdoctor’s degree by submitting a thesis. Previously, they must have presented a projectreferring briefly to the work they intend to undergo, the supervisor must give his/herconsent. Any of the Departments responsible for the programme must give its consentand send notice of it to the University’s Doctorate Committee.A doctoral thesis is a personal an original research work on a scientific, technical orartistic field related to that of the doctorate programme. This work may consist of ahomogeneous group of pieces of research, both published or unpublished.The University of Santiago de Compostela Executive Board decided on 17 th November,1994 to implement the European Doctorate, an honorary mention to be added to adoctor’s degree. The requirements for such mention are:• Two University teachers from European Union member countries other than that ofthe place where the thesis is submitted has to endorse the thesis; they must state thatthe student is competent enough to hold a doctor’s degree.• At least one member of the examining committee has to come from a EuropeanUnion member country other than that of the place where the thesis is submitted.• An official language of a European Union member nation other than that or thoseofficial in the country where the thesis is submitted has to be used by the student fora certain period of time when addressing the examining committee.279QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11• Part of the research work (3 months is the minimum period) must have been carriedout in a European Union member country other than that of the place where thethesis is submitted.The Veterinary Faculty is not directly responsible for doctorate programmes.Departments are the units responsible and Faculty teachers are involved in thesesactivities in their condition of members of those departments.Departments organise doctorate programmes in two-annual terms (making a distinctionbetween a first and a second academic year). Thus in the period of reference for thisreport, 1996-97, we are teaching the second year to the students of the 1995-97 termand the first year to those enrolled for the 1996-98.Doctorate programmes are revised at the end of each academic year in all departmentsat the request of the University’s Doctorate Committee; departments must state themaximum number of students that can enrol the following year in the programme underits responsibility (a single scientific, artistic or technical field is adscribed to only onedepartment at the University of Santiago de Compostela).The members of Veterinary Faculty were involved in the period 1996-97 in thefollowing 3 rd cycle courses. We indicate the number of credits of each course andwhether it is compulsory or optional. We mention in this order the name of thedepartment, programme, period, and the maximum number of students in each of them.Department: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 15 students.Enzimology of the phosphorilation control. Juan I. Ramos Martínez. 2 credits. Optional.Regulating figures in glucid metabolism. Izaskun Ibarguren Arizeta. 2 credits. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 25 students.Signal transduction mechanisms: 1. The second messanger. Izaskun Ibarguren Arizeta.2 credits. Optional.Signal transduction mechanisms: 2. Cyclic nucleotide deppendant protein kinase. JoséAntonio Villamarín Cid. 2 credits. Optional.Department: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY280QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Doctorate Programme: Marine Biology and AcquaculturePeriod 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 18 students.Chromosomic analysis and chromosomic manipulation of fish. Laura Sánchez Piñón,Paulino Martínez Portela. 1 credit. Optional.Marine microalgae as food base in acquaculture. Jaime Fábregas Casal, BuenaventuraCabezas del Toro, Y. Gamallo. 3 credits. Optional.Fish genetic improvement. Eduardo San Miguel Salán. 1 credit. Optional.Analysis of growth in river crab population. Antonio Iglesias Becerra. 1 credit.Optional.Department: MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Ecology, Pathology and Microbian BiotechnologyPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 30 students.Marine microalgae as food base in acquaculture. Jaime Fábregas Casal, BuenaventuraCabezas del Toro, A. Otero Casal. 3 credits. Optional.Pathological mechanisms in Escherichia coli of human and animal origin causingintestinal infections. Enrique A. González García. 3 credits. Optional.Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli in clinical samples and and food: the role of animals asreservoirs of pathological stocks in relation to human beings. Jorge Blanco Álvarez. 3credits. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 30 students.Virulence factors in Escherichia coli causing extraintestinal infection. Jorge BlancoÁlvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Detection of genes coding for virulence factors in pathogenic Escherichia coli. MiguelBlanco Alvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Toxigenic bacteria causing food infections. Virginia Sainz Rivadulla, BuenaventuraCabezas del Toro. 2 credits. Optional.Artificial food mixtures for Artemia cultures. Buenaventura Cabezas del Toro. 3 credits.Optional.Department: PHYSIOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Biologic Regulation Mechanisms.281QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 15 students.Experimentation with animals. Luis F. de la Cruz Palomino. 2 credits. Compulsory.Biological research methods. Jesús A. Pazo Carrera. 2 credits. Compulsory.Recombinant DNA technology. Laura Sánchez Piñón. 1 credit. Optional.Light microscopy techniques. Lucas Moya Jiménez, Sergio Vidal Ruibal. 2 credits.Optional.Metabolism and hormone regulation. Félix V. Vega Lisi. 2 credits. Compulsory.Intracellular messengers. Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes. 2 credits. Compulsory.Intracellular ions. Luis Botana López. 1 credit. Optional.Future development in Toxicology. Julia Melgar Riol, Angeles García Fernández. 1credit. Optional.Animal growth. Margarita Rico Gómez. 2 credits. Optional.Department: PHYSIOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Neuroscience.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 20 students.Experimentation with animals. Luis F. de la Cruz Palomino. 1 credit. Compulsory.Department: SOIL SCIENCE AND CHEMICAL AGRICULTUREDoctorate Programme: Environmental and Natural Resources.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 25 students.Application of arbuscular micorhyzae in agriculture. Mª Jesús Sáinz Osés, AntonioVilariño Rodríguez, Teresa Taboada Castro. 3 credits. Optional.Department: FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Cellular Biology282QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Period 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 20 students.Application of digital fluorescence microscopy to the study of cellular response. LuisBotana López. 1 credit. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 20 students.Mechanisms of signal transduction: protein-kinases depending on cyclical nucleotides.José Antonio Villamarín Cid. 2 credits. Optional.Department: ANIMAL BIOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Ecosystems and Zoological ResourcesPeriod 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 12 students.Interstitial Environment. M a Celia Besteiro Rodríguez, Julio Parapar Vegas. 3 credits.Optional.Department: APPLIED PHYSICSDoctorate Programme: Applied PhysicsPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 30 students.Industrial processing of food. M a Inmaculada Paz Andrade, Eugenio Rodríguez Núñez.3 credits. Optional.Thermic and Calorimetric caracterization of proteins. Manuel López Fernández. 3credits. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 30 students.Thermic and calorimetric studies on agrarian and forest products. Manuel LópezFernández. 3 credits. Optional.Thermophysical properties of food. M a Inmaculada Paz Andrade, Eugenio RodríguezNúñez. 4 credits. Optional.Kinectics of cured food and the degradation in epoxydic polymeros through thermicanalysis. Lisardo Núñez Reguerira, Luis Barral Losada, Francisco Fraga López. 4credits. Optional.Department: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRYDoctorate Programme: Chemical Reactivity and StructurePeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 7 students.283QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Study of excited states. Jesús Rodríguez Otero. 1 credit. Optional.Department: CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGDoctorate Programme: Food Science and EngineeringPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 10 students.ADN manipulation techniques. Manuel Lemos Ramos, Laura Sánchez Piñón. 2 credits.Optional.Toxigenic bacteriae causing food infections. Virginia Sáinz Rivadulla. 2 credits.Optional.PSP toxin determination in molluscs. Mercedes Rodríguez, Luis Botana López. 2credits. Optional.Cellular models in food technology research. Luis F. de la Cruz Palomino. 3 credits.Optional.Industrial boiled meat technology. Eugenio Rodríguez Núñez. 2 credits. Optional.Systemic Toxicology. Julia Melgar Riol, Ángeles García. 1 credit. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 10 students.Thermic and calorimetric analysis of food of agricultural origin. Manuel LópezFernández. 2 credits. Optional.Application of NIR spectrophotometry in food analysis. José L. Rodríguez Otero. 2credits. Optional.Physioendocrine bases in nutrition. Luis F. de la Cruz Palomino. 2 credits. Optional.PSP toxin determination in molluscs. Mercedes Rodríguez, Luis Botana López. 2credits. Optional.Industrial Boiled Meat Technology. Eugenio Rodríguez Núñez. 2 credits. Optional.Toxicology and analysis of toxic products derived from technological processes. JuliaMelgar Riol, Ángeles García Fernández. 1 credit. Optional.Department: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION AND BROMATOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Food Technology, Hygiene and ControlPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 12 students.284QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Hygienic and health problems in the obtention of meat and its by-produts. ÁngelesRomero Rodríguez. 3 credits. Optional.Hygienic and health alterations in the process of making and selling cheese. AlbertoCepeda Sáez. 3 credits. Optional.Technology of dairy milk (II). M a Asunción Fernández Martínez. 3 credits. Optional.Human Nutrition. Lourdes Vázquez Odériz. 2 credits. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 12 students.Quality of products of animal origin. Luciano Sánchez García. 2 credits. Optional.Fungal contamination of foods. Cristina Fente Sanpayo. 2 credits. Optional.Chemical analysis of milk and lactic foods. José Luis Rodríguez Otero. 3 credits.Optional.Reology and sensitive analysis. Lourdes Vázquez Odériz, Alberto Cepeda Sáez. 3credits. Optional.Control of growth-inducers in meat. Alberto Cepeda Sáez, Ángeles Romero Rodríguez.3 credits. Optional.Technology of dairy milk (I). M a Asunción Fernández Martínez. 3 credits. Optional.Determination of influencing factors on the quality of meat, milk and by-productsLuciano Sánchez García, José Rodríguez Otero. 2 credits. Optional.Department: PHARMACOLOGYDoctorate Programme: PharmacologyPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 10 students.Study of cellular activation by means of fluorescent and bioluminiscent probes. ErnestoCano, Luis Botana. 2 credits. Optional.Application of digital fluorescent microscopy to the study of cellular response. LuisBotana, M a Carmen Louzao. 1 credit. Optional.Membrane transduction signals: determination of intracellular calcium levels. LuisBotana López, Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes. 2 credits. Optional.Membrane transduction signals: determination of intracellular pH. Luis Botana,Mercedes Rodríguez. 2 credits. Optional.285QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Department: VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONDoctorate Programme: Vegetable ProductionPeriod 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 20 students.Methods of measurement, compilation and modelization of humidity and radiation datain cultivated soils. Ana M a Castelao Gegunde, Antonio Paz González. 3 credits.Optional.Application of vesicular-arbuscular micorhyzae in agriculture. M a Jesús Sáinz Osés,Antonio Vilariño Rodríguez, Teresa Taboada Castro. 3 credits. Optional.Basic quantitative genetics. Eduardo San Miguel Salán, Rafaela M. Amaro González. 1credit. Optional.Department: PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND FORENSIC SCIENCESDoctorate Programme: ToxicologyPeriod 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 6 students.Spectroscopy of derivate-products applied to toxicology. Angelines Cruz Landeira,Manuel López-Rivadulla Lamas. 1 credit. Compulsory.Department: ANIMAL PATHOLOGYDoctorate Programme: Introduction to Animal Pathology ResearchPeriod 1995-97. 2 nd year (1996-97). 10 students.Application of A.A. and flame spectrophotometry in animal pathology. Luis E. FidalgoÁlvarez, Ana Goicoa Valdevira, Germán Santamarina Pernas. 2 credits. Optional.Parasitic diseases common to animals and human beings. Pablo Díez Baños, RitaSánchez-Andrade Fernández. 3 credits. Optional.Exploration of the locomotive system in pets II. Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez, Ana GoicoaValdevira, Germán Santamarina Pernas. 3 credits. Optional.Systemic toxicology. Julia Melgar Riol, Ángeles García Fernández. 1 credit. Optional.Study of bovine mastitis: epidemiology, diagnosis and control. Eduardo A. YusRespaldiza, M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-Peréz. 2 credits. Optional.Fiberendoscopy applied to domestic animals. José L. Benedito Castellote, JoaquínHernández Bermúdez, Cristina Castillo Rodríguez. 1 credit. Optional.286QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Sampling and basic tests in veterinary practice. José L. Benedito Castellote, CristinaCastillo Rodríguez, Mº José Cano Rábano, Joaquín Hernández Bermúdez. 3 credits.Optional.Determination of factors affecting on the quality of meat, milk and by-products.Luciano Sánchez García, José Luis Rodríguez Otero. 2 credits. Optional.Experimentation with animals. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino. 2 credits. Optional.Programme of integral control and applied therapy in animal parasitic processes incurrent exploitation systems. Pablo Díez Baños, M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo. 3credits. Optional.Ectoparasites and illnesses transmited to human beings and to animals. M a PatrocinioMorrondo Pelayo, Pablo Díez Baños, Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández. 3 credits.Optional.Clinical Haematology II. Ana Goicoa Valdevira, Germán Santamarina Pernas, Luis E.Fidalgo Álvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Echocardiography applied to forensic medicine. Ana Goicoa Valdevira, GermánSantamarina Pernas, Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Application of electrophoretic techniques in stockbreeding. Antonio Iglesias Becerra. 1credit. Optional.Verotoxigenic Echerichia coli in clinical samples and food: the role of animals asreservoirs of pathogenic E.coli strains in relation to human beings. Jorge BlancoÁlvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Period 1996-98. 1 st year (1996-97). 10 students.Application of A.A. and flame spectrophotometry in animal pathology. Luis E. FidalgoÁlvarez. Ana Goicoa Valdevira, Germán Santamarina Pernas. 2 credits. Optional.Parasitic diseases common to animals and human beings. Pablo Díez Baños, RitaSánchez-Andrade Fernández. 3 credits. Optinonal.Exploration of the locomotive system in pets II. Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez, Ana GoicoaValdevira, Germán Santamarina Pernas. 3 credits. Optional.Fiberendoscopy in pets. José L. Benedito Castellote, Joaquín Hernández Bermúdez,Cristina Castillo Rodríguez. 1 credit. Optional.Sampling and surgical-veterinary tests. José L. Benedito Castellote, Cristina CastilloRodríguez, Joaquín Hernández Bermúdez, M. José Cano Rabano. 3 credits. Optional.Quality of products of animal origin. Luciano Sanchez García, Alberto Cepeda Sáez. 2credits. Optional.287QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Veterinary Radiology. Andrés Barreiro Lois, José L. Pereira Espinel, Antonio GonzálezCantalapiedra. 2 credits. Optional.Laboratory techniques applied to the diagnosis of virus illnesses. M a Luisa SanjuanHernán-Pérez, Eduardo A. Yus Respaldiza. 2 credits. Optional.Virulence factors in Escherichia coli causing extraintestinal infection. Jorge BlancoÁlvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Veterinary anaesthesia. Andrés Barreiro Lois, José L. Pereira Espinel, AntonioGonzález Cantalapiedra. 2 credits. Optional.Pathogenic mechanisms of Escherichia coli of human and animal origins causingintestinal infections. Enrique A. González García. 3 credits. Optional.Hepatic physiology. Jesús Pazo Carrera. 2 credit. Optional.Lesions of the urinary system. José M. Nieto Martínez. 1 credit. Optional.Poisoning diagnosis: biological and chemical methods. Julia Melgar Riol, ÁngelesGarcía Fernández. 1 credit. Optional.Genetic analysis of native cattle stock. Luciano Sánchez García. 3 credits. Optional.Programme of integral control and applied therapy in animal parasitic processes incurrent exploitation systems. Pablo Díez Baños, M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo. 3credits. Optional.Ectoparasites and diseases transmitted to human beings and animals. M a PatrocinioMorrondo Pelayo, Pablo Díez Baños, Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández. 3 credits.Optional.Clinical Haematology I. Ana Goicoa Valdevira, Germán Santamarina Pernas, Luis E.Fidalgo Álvarez. 2 credits. Optional.Echocardiography in animal medicine. Ana Goicoa Valdevira, Germán SantamarinaPernas, Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez. 3 credits. Optional.Seminal cryobiology in domestic species. Pedro García Herradón, Luis A. QuintelaArias. 2 credits. Optional.Tumors in domestic animals. Ana M a Bravo del Moral. 2 credits. Optional.Diagnosis of genes (PCR method) codifying for virulence factors in E. coli strainspathogenic for human beings and animals. Miguel Blanco Álvarez. 3 credits. Optional.288QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11Metabolic processes in ruminants. José L. Benedito Castellote, Cristina CastilloRodríguez, Joaquín Hernández Bermúdez, M. José Cano Rabano. 3 credits. Optional.TABLA 11.1. DOCTORATE PROGRAMMES. SUMMARYDOCTORATE PROGRAMMEDEPARTMENT PERIOD 1995-97 (1 s t year) PERIOD 1996-98 (1 s t year)Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMarine Biology and AcquacultureMicrobiology and Parasitology Microbial Echology, Pathology and Microbial Echology, Pathology andBiotechnologyBiotechnologyPhysiologyBiological Regulation MechanimsNeuroscienceSoil Science and Agricultural ChemistryEnvironmental and Natural ResourcesFundamental Biology Cellular Biology Cellular BiologyAnimal BiologyEcosystems and Zoological ResourcesApplied Physics Applied Physics Applied PhysicsPhysical ChemistryChemical Reactivity and StructureChemical Engineering Food Science and Engineering Food Science and EngineeringAnalytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Technology, Hygiene and Control Food Technology, Hygiene and ControlBromatologyPharmacologyPharmacologyVegetable ProductionVegetable ProductionPathological Anatomy and ForensicToxicologyScienceAnimal Pathology Introduction to Animal Pathology Introduction to Animal PathologyResearch.Research.11.2. Participation by the staff in extra-mural continuing education.The staff participation in extra-mural continuing education is centered on post-graduatecourses. They are organised by Santiago University, which, because of its autonomyorganises them as it organises its own degrees. The data about these courses isdescribed in section 4 of this chapter.It would be appropriate to mention here as an example of extra-mural education,although not of a continuous nature, the University Summer courses. They have a shortduration and academic requirements are not essential for the students who are interestedin them.During 1996-1997 academic course, the following Veterinary Faculty teacher took partin the following University Summer Courses:Present day aspects of Veterinary Dermatology.Directors: Dr. Pablo Díez Baños and Dr. Eduardo A.Yus Respaldiza.Secretary: Dr. Ana Goicoa Valdevira.Besides, at least one teacher from our Faculty took part in Summer Courses organizedby other Universities.Feline Medicine and Clinics. Organised by the Veterinary Faculty of León University.The teacher from our Faculty who took part in this course was: Dr. Eduardo A. YusRespaldiza.289QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1111.3. Some comments about special programmes and post-graduate students.We will refer here to two different matters: courses intended primarily to be taught toFaculty students and elaboration and submission of research papers to obtain a Master’sdegree in Veterinary.As far as the first issue, we can list the following courses for Veterinary students:• Feline Management and surgery. Organised by the Department of AnimalPathology, Student’s Union and Hill´s Ltd. (32 hours). The teachers involved wereAna Goicoa Valdevira, Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez and Eduardo A. Yus Respaldiza.• Master specialist in Podology. Organised and given, as part of the ESF (EuropeanSocial Fund), by Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez.• Management of radiodiagnostic equipment. Veterinary radiodiagnostic. Given byJosé Luis Pereira Espinel.Relating to the submission of research papers to obtain a Master’s degree in Veterinarywe can mention two possibilities.Current regulations a Master’s degree in Veterinary can be obtained at the University ofSantiago de Compostela by means of a written exam or a dissertation.Those taking the exam have to answer up to 100 multiple-choice questions aboutaspects of the syllabus of the students. Teachers have to send once year, at the requestof the Faculty Registrar, five questions and the corresponding answers, indicating thepart of the syllabus they have been taken from.Those who choose the dissertation option can start their research work before theyfinish their undergraduate studies, although they will not submit it until they finishthese. Teachers who want to act as supervisors will oversee and assess the progress ofthe students.The Royal Decree 185/1985 (published 23 rd January) regulating doctorate programmes,allows the students to enrol in these directly, without having to obtain a Master’s degreepreviously. Some faculties have kept this degree, in the belief that it is important for theresearch capabilities of students, specially when they opt for the dissertation. Althoughwithout official validity a Master’s degree is highly appreciated by our students whocan include it in their “curriculum vitae” when applying for a job. The University ofSantiago de Compostela still considers this a relevant feature of a “curriculum vitae” tofill posts as lecturers.11.4. Post-graduate programmes.290QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11The course on Specialisation in laparoscopic surgery took place in the academic year1996-97 at the Veterinary Faculty. This is officially recognised by the University ofSantiago de Compostela as an Specialist Degree.This was organised by José Luis Pereira Espinel, one of the three directors of theCourse. This course was given in September and October, 1996 and lasted 200 hours(20 credits).Other activities, open to undergraduate and postgraduate students, have been organisedby other teachers, members of non-teaching staff and students, as well as differentprofessional and scientific associations.We have to single out those organised by Students’ Unions (CAF) and SolidarityStudents and “Veterinaries sen frontieres” (VETERMON), the Ecologist Group forNature Conservation (CEDENAT).Altogether these activities contribute largely to create a cultural and scientificatmosphere on the young University campus at Lugo, showing the interest to see itdevelop and still needing support to carry out activities like these.We have to emphasize the fact that the Veterinary Faculty is contributing largely tocreate the appropriate academic and cultural atmosphere on the Campus in Lugo. This isso, not only because of the participation of many of our teachers and students but alsobecause it is the place chosen by scientific, cultural and humanitarian associations tohold their conferences, lectures, courses, exhibitions, debates, etc., since they find it themost convenient venue for their activities.We proceed to list these activities.CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS• Seminar on the university network. Communications Service of the University ofSantiago de Compostela (SECUS). 24-25 October, 1996.• IX Conference of the Galician Society on Endocrinology, Nutrition and Metabolism.8-9 November, 1996.• IV Scientific Students’ Conference. 21-24 November, 1996.• Seminar on Veterinary and the Environment. Veterinaries sen frontieres(VETERMON). 29-30 November, 13-14 December, 1996; 17-19, 24-25 January,1997; 7-8, 14-15 February, 1997.• Seminar on Food for Quality Bovine. Galician Farmer’s Union. 26-28 November,1996.291QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11• II Seminar University and Multimedia Communication. Communications Service ofthe University of Santiago de Compostela (SECUS). 4-5 December, 1997.• V Seminar on Pastures. University Polytechnic School of Lugo, 13-14 December1997.• Seminar of the Carrer and Curriculum Advisory Service. (COIE). 5-6 March, 1997.• I Seminar Social Services in Galicia from Childhood to Elderly Age. University ofSantiago de Compostela and Regional Deparment for Family, Women and YouthAffairs. 20-22 May, 1997.• II Nursing Seminar. University Nursing School. 27-30 May, 1997.• Elderly People and Housing. XVIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Elderly Studiesand V Conference of the Galician Organization of Elderly Studies. ElderlyDepartment, Public Hospital of Lugo, 5-7 June 1997.• II Seminar on Toxic Waste in Meat. Department of Analytic Chemistry, Nutritionand Bromatology of The University of Santiago de Compostela/Regional Service ofPublic Health, Department of Health and Social Affairs, 11-13 June, 1997.• Conference on Children’s Education at Home. Programme Nursery School at Home.Diocesan Caritas, 10-12 September, 1997.COURSES AND SEMINARS• Course on International cooperation in Rural Development. Veterinaries senfrontieres (VETERMON), 7-11 October, 1996.• V Seminar of Mushroom Studies’. University Polytechnic School of Lugo, 13-14December, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 November, 1996.• Course on Orthophony and Diction. Culture Department of the University Campusof Lugo, 10-12, 17-19 January, 1997.• Feline Management and surgery. Department of Animal Pathology, Students’Unions and Hile’s Ltd. 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 March, 1997.• Course on Podology. University Animal Pathology Department. 4 April, 1997.• Seminar on Handling of Dangerous Substances in Hospitals. Area of PreventiveMedicine and Public Health, Forensic Science of the University of Santiago deCompostela; Institute of Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto;Regional Service for Public Health. 24 April, 1997.292QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11• Course on the theory and practice of horse shoeing and related diseases. CAF-Students’ Union. May, 1997.• Course on Planning, Managing and Assessment of International Cooperation.Veterinaries sen frontieres (VETERMON). 10-11 May, 1997.• Course on Flow Cytometry. General Service of Agrobiological Research. 12-14May, 1997.• Transnational course for our partenaires in the ADAPT-COLUMELA project.University Polytechnic School of Lugo. 12-14 May, 1997.• Specialists’ course on Galician Rural Environment and its preservation. The impactof agricultural, farming and forestry activities. University Polytechnic School ofLugo. 20-22 May, 1997.• Seminar on Environment preservation for hunters. Service of Environment, RegionalDeparment of Agriculture, Farming and Fisheries. 26-27 September, 1997.LECTURES• Fair Trading. 14 November, 1996.• Chronic diarrhoeas in the small and large intestines. Rof Codina Foundation. 12December, 1996.• Let’s improve the future of sad children. Spanish Red Cross. 17 December, 1996.• The first three seconds of Universe. Dr. Carlos Pajares Vales. 23 January, 1997.• Advances in the diagnosis of parasitic diseases of farm animals and pets. Rof CodinaFoundation. 6 March, 1997.• Transmission of parasitic diseases from animals to human beings. Dr. LourdesSampaio Silva and Jose Manuel Correia Da Costa. 7 March, 1997.• Dermathological exploration in pets. Dr. Juan Rejas López. 29 April, 1997.• The other development. Dr. Ramón López-Suevos Fernández. 27 May, 1997.• Search of new factors of virulence in pathological Escherichia coli. Prof. Pestana deCastro. 10 July, 1997.• East Timor, a consented massacre. Mr. Antonio Campo and Mr. Amorín Vieira.December, 1996.OTHER ACTIVITIES• Round table: Crisis is dairy production. CAF-Students’s Union. 29 April, 1997.• Video: The movement of the “landless” in Brazil. Culture Department of theUniversity Campus at Lugo. 18 April, 1997.• Video: In defense of The Hearth. CAF-Student´s Union. 6 May, 1997.• Campaign on blood donation. Blood Donors Association of Galicia. 8-9 April, 1997.293QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11• Meeting with representative of the European Assessment Team of VeterinaryFaculties. Mr. Francisco Orozco. 25 June, 1997.• Meeting of Pets and Plants Charity in Lugo. 9 June, 1997.• Annual Meeting of Local Hunter´s Association. 7 December, 1996.• Extraordinary Meeting of Local Hunter´s Association. 12 December, 1997.• Meeting of the “food test” group. 12 March, 1997.• Annual Meeting of Local Hunters’ Association. 12 December, 1997.• Meeting of workers related to radioactive facilities at the Campus. Service ofRadioisotopes and Radiological Protection. 5 november, 1996.• Meeting on the project for a University Institute of Agricultural Technology andRural Development. Technological Diffusion Unit. 9 December, 1996.• Final Session of Consumers’ Conference. University Department of AnalyticalChemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology. 22 January, 1997.• Candidates’ debate of the elections at the Polytechnic School of Lugo. 15 April,1997.• Meeting on the project to reform Spanish University Law. 20 June, 1997.• Meeting about sport activities on the campus. University Sports Unit. 5 November,1996.• University Chess Championship. University Sports Unit. 4-5 March, 1997.• Press Conference on the concert by musician Emilio Cao. Culture Department of theUniversity Campus at Lugo. 20 November, 1996.• Press Conference on the concert by musical group “Fía na Roca” and presentationof record “Waiting for something to happen”. Culture Department of the UniversityCampus at Lugo. 14 January, 1997.• Press Conference on the concert by Uxía, Andrés Pimentel and Rasha. CultureDepartment of the University Campus at Lugo. 26 February, 1997• Press Conference to present the II nd Festival of University Theatre of the Universityof Santiago de Compostela. Culture Department of the University Campus at Lugo.11 April, 1997.• Presentation of photographic exhibition “Terra” by Sebastiao Salgado. J. RobertoAlves da Silva. Culture Department of the University Campus at Lugo. 15 April,1997.• Round table to present the University Group of Musical Creation. 9 July, 1997.• Round table to present the VI th Conference of the Spanish Society of AnimalExperimentation. 3 September, 1997.• Venue of the General exams for University Entry. Board of Examiners n er 14.Galician Inter-University Committee. 17-20 June; 16-17 September, 1997.• Opening and Management of Centre for Research and Information on the ThirdWorld. Students’ Union Solidarity Students.EXHIBITIONS• Photographic Exhibition on Bosnia. Students’ Union, Solidarity Students.December-January 1997.• University Architecture. Culture Department of The University Campus at Lugo.February-April, 1997.294QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 11• Photographic exhibition “Terra” by Sebastiao Salgado. Department of theUniversity Campus at Lugo. April-May, 1997.11.5. Changes desirable or foreseen.We deem it convenient to increase the number of post-graduate courses given by outown Faculty lecturers. This aim will be more attainable once our staff enables us to sowithout forgetting our duties about undergraduate and doctorate students.295QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 12CHAPTER 12INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCEPROGRAMME296QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 12Contents:12.1. Programme and financial aspects.12.2. Changes desirable or foreseen.297QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1212.1. Programme and financial aspects.At date there is not a special programme for interns or residents in our Faculty. Theselection of students to collaborate as intern students or residents in the differentTeaching Units is carried out by Departments and responsible teachers for that units.When students are enrolled to obtain the Master Degree or in the 3 rd Cycle for obtainingthe Ph.D. Degree, those might be tutorized by a professor which is the responsible forthe students work in the corresponding Department.While a specific programme for residents and intern students are not available, are thepostgraduated students and the 3 rd Cycle students comparable to those, because they arein an advanced phase of their own formation and have recognised to collaborate inteaching and research in the corresponding Departments. Postgraduate students maycollaborate in teaching when they obtain a grant holder from the followingorganisations: Research Staff Formation Programme from the Ministry of Educationand Culture, Doctorate Grant from the Xunta de Galicia (Autonomous Government ofGalicia) or another grant with similar functions and recognised by the University ofSantiago. Those postgraduate students are included in the Annual Teaching Planing inthe corresponding Department with a maximum of 60 hours per year for practicalteaching assistance.The application norms for 3 rd Cycle and requisites to obtain the Master Degree and thePh.D. Degree has been indicated in Chapter 11.12..2. Changes desirable or foreseen.To carry out the stay of Intern students or Residents in the Veterinary Hospital “RofCodina” is necessary to establish a Resident Programme by the Hospital Organisationand supported by the Rof Codina Foundation. We hope the programme will be availableas soon as possible.298QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13CHAPTER 13RESEARCH299QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Contents:13.1. Describe the Faculty research programme.13.2. Available resources.13.3. Training for research.300QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 1313.1. Describe the Faculty research programme.The Organic law 11/ 1983, of 25 of August, about university Reformation, in its article8 defines Departments as "… basic organs in charge of organising and developing bothresearch and the corresponding tuition of their respective knowledge area at one ormore Faculties ...", being the Faculties, as article 9 shows, " … the organs entrusted ofthe administration and the organisation of university teaching directed to the obtainingof academics titles.". It also foresees (article 10) the existence and participation ofuniversity Institutes like "… fundamentally Centres devoted to research …" in researchtasks although without mentioning its organising capability.The Faculty, therefore, lacks capability in order to organise research tasks.Nevertheless, as a place of work, it agglutinates a group of professors, whom, carryingout research in the frame of the departments which they are assigned to, they could havecommon interests, though they might have to do with different knowledge areas, inparticular, as far as certain looks of interest are concerned and in relation to the type ofdegree they teach.The lines of research record developed at the Faculty, sophisticated starting fromseveral fountains and set in order by departments and areas of knowledge are collectedas follows. It should be understood that, in many cases, we are dealing with researchlines shared by professors assigned to more than one centre and, even multidisciplinarians.13.2. Available resources.Besides the research laboratories of the educational units, whose human resources andmaterials have been indicated by the responsible professors in Chapter 5, in the Facultywe count with such diverse services of support to research as follows:A) General Service of Agrobiological Research:• A.1. Electron Microscopy Service.• A.2. Service of Analytic Support.• A.3. Animal housing and Aquarium.B) Radioisotope Laboratory.C) Crematory Service.D) Milky Products classroom.The Service of Agrobiological Research, undertaking the three sections in which it isstructured, it is a University Centralised Service, with a proper direction structure. Itscurrent Director is Prof. Luis Botana López.301QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13The Radioisotope laboratory located in the Faculty of Veterinary (Radioactive LicensedInstallation 2108 of the Campus of Lugo), depends of the General Service ofRadioisotopes of the University of Santiago. The person in charge in Lugo is Prof.Ramiro Barcia Vieitez, official supervisor of the cited installation.The Crematory service, depends of the Faculty of Veterinary itself, although it givescover to the Campus of Lugo and to the whole of the University of Santiago.The Milky Products classroom, included in the Institute of Science and Food Analysis,bases its structure in the areas of knowledge of Food and Nutrition Technology andBromatology of the Campus of Lugo. The person in charge is Prof. Juan MéndezDónega.The working characteristics of such services are indicated in the following pages, aswell as their location in the Faculty and the equipment which they count with, accordingto the referred reports to the Dean’s office by the professors in charge of them.A.1. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SERVICEIt is located in the basement of Pavilion II of the Faculty of Veterinary. The Service isprovided with the necessary equipment for sampling complete processes and theirposterior study both by Transmission Electronic Microscopy (JEOL TEM-100 SX) andScanning Electronic Microscopy (JEOL JSM-T220A), as well as for the obtaining ofphotographic images for the two systems.For the Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), it is provided with a laboratory ofsampling inclusion and of a ultramicrotome (RMC MT-6000) for obtaining middlething and ultra-fine sections.For Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), it is provided with a dryer by critical point(BALZERS CPD 020) and of a metal vaporisator (JEOL JFC-1100).In the dark-room and in the photographic laboratory, one can reveal the negatives ofboth types of microscopes, counting also with an enlarging machine (DURST M805BW) provided with condensers and objectives adapted for the printing of differentnegative sizes.Equipment:• Transmission Electronic Microscope JEOL TEM-100SX• Ultramicrotome RMC MT-6000• Knife glass cutter BIO-RAD GKM.• JEOL Scanning Electronic Microscope JSM-T220A.• Critical point Dryer BALZERS CPD 020.• Sampling metal vaporisator (Ion Sputter) JEOL JFC-1100.• Enlarging DURST M805 BW.302QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13• Dryer of Negatives DURST UT 100.• Stove INDELAB IDL.AI 80.The Electron Microscopy Service is working the whole year through (except the monthof August) in schedule of 9 to 13 hours and of 16 to 19 hours.All the users, either from the University of Santiago or from outside, can make use ofthe different apparatuses supervised and tutored by the technician of the service. If theuser does not know the operation of some of the apparatuses, the technician of theservice will be the person in charge of their handling. For each apparatus a registrationbook exists where the beginning and the end of its use should be annotated, as well asthe data of the user. The payment of the service by the user is done in relation to thefunction of the use, through his/her own budgets.A.2. SERVICE OF ANALYTIC SUPPORT.This section is located on the lower floor of Pavilion II (FEDER Laboratory).The instrumental equipment of this section is the following:• Purified water production station (Milli-RO and Milli-Q qualities).• Gas cromatography with FID and ECD detectors• Liquid cromatography: HPLC and FPLC.• Electrophoresis.• Analysis of image.• Concentration and Liofilisation.• Press for rheologic determinations.• Ultrasounds equipment.• Control of materials in sterile: Camera of positive pressure and laminar flow.• Autoclave of great capacity.• Hot Camera of big proportions for camera work.• Cold Camera of big proportions for camera work.• Programmable Camera of plant growth (FITOTRON).• Flow cytometer with capacity for measuring four colours with laser of 488nm.A.3. ANIMAL HOUSING FOR RESEARCH (ANIMALARIUM).303QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13In the moment of editing this self-evaluation report, the reorganising project of theanimal housing is approved and it is foregone that the first phase is concludedduring the development of the European Group of experts visit towards the end ofthe month of March of 1988.The Animal Housing is located in the annexed building to Pavilion I (Animalarium).The animal housing building of the Veterinary Faculty of Lugo, with a surface next to768m 2 , is located in one of the ends of the Faculty, leaned by one of their walls toPavilion I while the other three abuts with green zones and Campus internal accesses. Ithas three roads of access, each one with a precise end:• The first is a door which communicates with the interior of I Pavilion I, usedexclusively by the Animal Housing personnel and which drives directly to the officeand to the wardrobes.• The second door that communicates with the outside, facilitates the access of themedium animals (small ruminant and dogs) to the installations with no need ofcrossing the area of small rodents and of aquariums.• The third door, of greater size, has a double use: on the one hand, it will be of use toallow the entrance of the researchers to the aquariums and to the rodents’ dirty zone,as well as to the laboratories, and on the other hand it will be the jetty for fodder’sunloading, for diverse necessary materials and for the animals (rodents and fish)assigned to this part of the building.This animal housing, whose project of reformation is approved and in execution, hasbeen designed following the current legal normative indicated at the Royal Decree 223/1988 and the Directive of the EEC 86/609 (II annex, article 5 of the directive). Itsconstruction was projected in two phases: the first, with a surface of 446 m 2 , it isassigned to small rodents and to the aquarium, and a secondary one of 321 m 2 that willbe very soon built and will harbour half-size animals like small ruminants and dogs.The sites of the first phase are organised in:Aquarium zone, consisting of two insulated rooms assigned to sweet water and ofsalted water aquariums, to them one must add a small laboratory and a commoncleaning room, and two rooms located in the exterior of the building where the room ofmotors and the deposits of water are located. Except in these two last rooms, all thewalls and the floors are clothed of epoxy painting and the roofs are made of panellingplaster coated with plastic painting. The rooms are also provided with air conditioning.Zone of experimentation, built for seven small cells assigned to minor size rodents andan octave for quarantines, each one with two doors: one opens toward the clean aisleand the other toward the dirty one. There are also two rooms for rabbits and twosurgical laboratories for the researchers’ staff use. All the cells and the laboratories isclothed with epoxy paintings both in the floor and the walls, and provided with systemsof independent air conditioning. The animals are housed in makrolon cages shared by304QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13rats and mice but individualised for rabbits, following the CEE recommendations atevery moment.Zone and Administration and services, consisting of an office for the personnel, aroom assigned to material cleaning from the animals’ cells and communicated with thedirty aisle, another clean room where the laundry and sterilised material is piled up, anda warehouse for the fodder and reservation material. For sterilisation cages and babybottles sterilisation, the animal house is provided with a "century 250 l" autoclave,located at the partition which separates the cleaning room from the clean warehouse.Such apparatus possesses a double door so that the dirty material is introduced into fromthe dirty zone and it is extracted already sterilised directly towards the clean zone.In the same Animal Housing building, the Faculty of Veterinary has located thecrematorium where all the solid residuals from animals are incinerated as well as thecadavers, being assured in this manner their elimination in the surest possible way.Concerning the liquid residuals, all the Animal Housing water collections are driven toan intermediate purifier that then pours into the general purifier of the Campus andfinally into the net of public service drains.This animal housing has been devised at the beginning in order to harbour conventionalanimals only, but if in a future any team of researchers wishes to work with SPF rodentsor transgenic animals, the only modification that would be necessary is to install aS.A.S floodgate in order to sterilise the non-autoclavable materials. It is foreseen asmall site for this purpose.B. LABORATORY OF RADIOISOTOPES.The Radioactive Licensed Installation 2108 of the Campus of Lugo is located in theFaculty of Veterinary. The installation is constituted by:• Central Installation. Located in the inferior ground floor at Pavilion II. Itundertakes a room of radioisotopes’ manipulation and a warehouse of radioactiveresiduals.• Three licensed laboratories, with a specific zone for manipulation of radioisotopes.The central installation is equipped with protection screens, manipulation trays andlarge chest for radioisotopes transport, as well as a extraction system forced by air; thereis a specific zone for manipulation and another one for the storage of residuals and threemobile radioactive equipment, the contamination routine controls are carried out by theSupervisor of the installation utilising a Geiger accountant of the own installation; orthe equipment of the authorized laboratories.At every moment the responsible Supervisor of the installation must be aware of all theincidents that are produced, and nobody will be able to use the I.R.A. 2108 without hisexpress order.The I.R.A. 2108 can be utilised by all the investigators of the University of Santiagowho apply for it, previous written commitment, of completing the installation operation305QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13norms, that will be delivered by the responsible supervisor before the commitmentsignature.This operation norms are the habitual for all the radioactive installations of theUniversity of Santiago.Not executing the cited norms will give foot to the impossibility of the installation’sutilisation, being the adoption of such measures the Supervisor’s exclusiveresponsibility.The I.R.A. 2108 of the Campus of Lugo doesn’t have its own resources. The Supervisorof the installation is not licensed to carry out any expense in charge of the I.R.A.The expenses of administration and administration run in charge of the GeneralRadiologic and Radioisotopes Protection Service, that at the same time depend of theResearch Vice-Rectorate of Santiago University.As Supervisor of the I.R.A. 2108 I have to say that it should be desirable to carryout a series of changes in the installation proper.The first of them would be establishing an automated system for the control of theentrance of the licensed personnel to the radioactive installation, since it is thesupervisor himself who has to entrust of opening and closing the installation every timean user solicits its utilisation, which in many cases is not very functional.Another indispensable change from my point of view, it would be providing theinstallation with two β and γ counters, since at this moment the users have to abandonthe installation in order to carry out their measurements, a fact that although it islicensed and controlled in due form, it is not, in my opinion, the more appropriate wayof proceeding.C. CREMATORY SERVICE.Located in the Experimental Animal Housing building, it is equipped with a doublecamera rotational oven, that reaches the 1,200ºC in post-combustion, and an automatedresiduals load system.The service is accessible for all Faculty professors or researchers, and for the wholecampus, previous warning of their utilisation needs to the personnel in charge.The person in charge of operation, is at the same time in charge of retiring the materialsto incinerate (solids) properly packed from the laboratories and transport them until theoven site. In order to regulating the service, and except for punctual needs due to thegreater demand of it at certain times, the habitual thing is that residuals are collected inorder to carry out one or two weekly incinerating sessions.The service of incineration is financed with the own Faculty budget. The responsibleperson of this is Mr. José Antonio Rivas Couto, official of the Centre’s services.306QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13It should be desirable to rely on a specific budget for the crematory maintenance, sinceits direct utilisation bears periodical repairs of the refractory covering.D. CLASSROOM OF MILKY PRODUCTS.It is born after signing the co-operation agreement between the Consellería ofAgriculture of the Xunta of Galicia, INLUDES and University of Santiago (Area ofFood Technology).At the present time it has been integrated within the Institute of Science and Analysis ofFood.It has as an objective to establish a permanent structure of integral formation in themilky sector that is summed up in:The Classroom of Milky Products is based on the structure of the knowledge area ofFood and Nutrition Technology and Bromatology of the Campus of Lugo, thissupposes:• (Titular) Professors 6• Assistants and research grant holders 10• Appropriate Personnel for the Classroom of Milky Products 2.All the installations of the Classroom of Milky Products are accessible to Agronomystudents of the Campus of Lugo for the development of their practices on Milky I. andFood Technology.A Milky Industries Pilot Plant consists of:• Pre-processing and storage area (25 m 2 ).• 2 Tanks of milky storage of 250 l.• Pasteurizer of badges of 1000 l/ h.• Centrifugal cream separator of 1000 l/ h.• System of cleaning "in situ".• Cheese dairy workshop (70 m 2 ).• Dutch Cuba of cheese dairy of 200 l.• Pneumatic horizontal Press of two floors.• Static brine to a level.• 2 Maturation cameras .• Container of controlled atmosphere.• Dairy area (5 m 2 ).• Discontinuous butter churn.307QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13• Selective filtration area (45 m 2 ).• Module of ultra-filtration of badges.• Module of continuous tubular ultra-filtration.• Module of OR-NF.• Module of micro-filtration "bacto-catch”.• Laboratory of production (22 m 2 ).• Auxiliary Services (15 m 2 ).On the other hand it relies on:• A sensitive analysis laboratory with ten booths (40 m 2 ).• Design laboratory attended from 6 x 2 positions (40 m 2 ).• Laboratories of chemistry and microbiology proper of the knowledge areasmentioned above.All the installations are located in the Faculty of Veterinary of the university Campus ofLugo and due to their cost of installation and operation it is pretended to use it at threelevels:• Practical sessions on the different courses of Milky Industries of the Campusof Lugo.• Courses for graduates and diplomate graduates who desire to specialise on themilky sector.• Courses of direct formation for Artisans and for personnel of Milky Industry.In a near future it is foreseen that this plant will be settled in new buildings located inthe Fair of Expositions in Lugo, incorporating, an automated cheese dairy, laboratory ofcheese dairy, a polyvalent unit for selective filtration. Financing for this new project isalready granted by FEDER, the University of Santiago and Lugo’s county councilthrough Lugo’s Fairs and Exhibitions Foundation.13.3. Training for research.From the point of view of the Faculty, it is worth mentioning the research activityrelated with the training of third cycle students that, in net results, it is translated in thepresentation of degrees’ memoir and of doctoral theses; the latter title (the doctor’sdegree) recognises the graduates full investigating capacity.With the purpose of offering a whole vision of the Centre, we include in the followingpages the Doctorate Thesis and Degree’s Memories presented at this Faculty since itsfoundation.308QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13DOCTORATE THESISDoctorate student: PEDRO F. PESINI RUIZTitle: Neo-cortical cyto-arquitecture. Division in areas of dog’s cortical brain.Department: Morphologic Sciences.Director: Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.Date of reading: 13 rd February 1986.Doctorate student: PATRICIA FERNÁNDEZ DE TROCÓNIZ REVUELTATitle: Macroscopic and microscopic organisation of the dog’s grey medullarysubstance.Department: Morphologic Sciences.Director: Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.Date of reading: 15 th October 1987.Doctorate student: MARÍA DEL MAR YLLERA FERNÁNDEZTitle: Control of the zeal, obtaining of embryos and morphologic study of Canidae’schronological evolution.Department: Morphologic Sciences.Director: Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.Date of reading: 19 th January 1988.Doctorate student: LUIS EUSEBIO FIDALGO ÁLVAREZTitle: Contribution to the study of bovine placenta retention etiology.Department: Pathology and Animal Production.Directors: Drs. Prieto Felipe Montaña and José Manuel Gonzalo Cordero.Date of reading: 16 th May 1988.Doctorate student: ANA MARÍA GOICOA VALDEVIRATitle: Study of different haematic and in serum parameters in females of the “RubiaGallega” race, during the gestation and first month puerperium.Department: Animal Pathology and Production.Directors: Drs. Felipe Prieto Montaña and José Luis Benedito Castellote.Date of reading: 26 th September 1989.Doctorate student: VICENTA RUEDA NÚÑEZTitle: Stimulus of GH liberation by means of GRF and analogues and their impact inovine meat production.Department: Physiology.Director: Dr. Luis Felipe Palomino de la Cruz.Date of reading: 1 st December 1989.309QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Doctorate student: JOSÉ MANUEL CIFUENTES MARTÍNEZTitle: Contribution to the morphologic and functional knowledge of the dogs’vomeronasal organ.Department: Morphologic Sciences.Director: Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.Date of reading: 13 rd December 1989.Doctorate student: MARÍA LUISA SARAZÁ LINARESTitle: Project of a Primatology Centre in Spain.Department:Director: Dr. Paulino García Partida.Date of reading: 18 th June 1991.Doctorate student: JULIO PARAPAR VEGASTitle: Bentonic Polychaeta Anelides of the “Ria de Ferrol”(Stuary) (Galicia).Department: Animal Biology.Directors: Drs. Victoriano Urgorri Carrasco and M a Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.Date of reading: July, 1991.Doctorate student: MIGUEL BLANCO ÁLVAREZTitle: Enterotoxigenic, necrotizing and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli of human andbovine origin.Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Director: Dr. Jorge Blanco Álvarez.Date of reading: 21 st October 1991.Doctorate student: M a DEL CARMEN LOUZAO OJEDATitle: Study of the regulatory mechanisms of sodium flows in mussel’s cellularphysiology, Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk.Department: Physiology.Directors: Drs. Luis M. Botana López and Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes.Date of reading: 22 nd June 1992.Doctorate student: PAULINO MARTÍNEZ PORTELATitle: Cytogenetic characterisation and alozimic analysis in Salmo trutta: geneticresources conservation.Department: Fundamental biology.Director: Dr. Laura Sánchez Piñón.Date of reading: 11 th December 1992.Doctorate student: GRACIA ROCA MENÉNDEZTitle: Sub-clinic infestation epidemiology by gastro-intestine nematode of rotationalpasturage bovine animals and its influence on milky production.Department: Pathology Animal.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baño, M a Patronicio Morrondo Pelayo and Natividad DíezBaño.Date of reading: 14 th December 1992.310QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Doctorate student: JOAQUÍN R. HERNÁNDEZ BERMÚDEZTitle: Study of different haematologic and in serum parameters in rustic bovine races(Bos taurus) (Linnaeus, 1758) from Galicia.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Benedito Castellote and Cándido Gutiérrez Panizo.Date of reading: 21 st December 1992.Doctorate student: JUAN SOTILLO MESANZATitle: Contributions to the knowledge of calf cytosis.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Cándido Gutiérrez Panizo and José Luis Benedito Castellote.Date of reading: 1992.Doctorate student: M a CARMEN MARTÍNEZ NISTALTitle: Epidemiologist study of the ovine pulmonary nematode in Galicia: influence ofthe natural conditions and controlled on the Neostrongylus linearis larval development(Marotel 1913), Gebaner, 1932 in Colichicella barbara Linneo, 1758 experimentallyinfested.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Miguel Cordero del Campillo and Pablo Díez Baños.Date of reading: 1992.Doctorate student: RAMIRO BARCIA VIÉITEZTitle: Fructosa-1-6-biofosfatasa in Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Director: Dr. Juan Ignacio Martínez Ramos.Date of reading: 1992.Doctorate student: ANA M a GARCÍA CABADOTitle: Study of ions roll of mastocites’s secretory response.Department: Physiology.Directors: Drs. Luis M. Botana López and Mercedes Rodríguez Vieytes.Date of reading: 27 th July 1993.Doctorate student: GERMÁN SANTAMARINA PERNASTitle: The Galician pony: haematological and blood biochemistry.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Benedito Castellote and Felipe Prieto MontañaDate of reading: 16 th October 1993.Doctorate student: ANA M a BOTANA LÓPEZTitle: Signs of membrane transduction in mastocites: study of the effect on the secretionand the intracellular pH.Department: Pharmacology.Directors: Drs. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino and Luis M. Botana López.Date of reading: 1993.Granting a doctorate: JESÚS HERMIDA AMEIJEIRAS311QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Title: Fauna and ecological Studies of terrestrial gasteropode molluscs in Asturias,León, Zamora and Salamanca.Department: Animal Biology.Directors: Drs. José Castillejo Murillo and Adolfo Outeiro Rodríguez.Date of reading: 1993.Doctorate student: EMILIANO JOSÉ QUINTO FERNÁNDEZTitle: Microbiological aspects of soft pasta galician cheeses and fowl meat.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: 18 th February 1994.Doctorate student: JUAN ANTONIO CENTENO DOMÍNGUEZTitle: Study of cheese microbe flora in “Arzúa cheese” and of its implications inmaturation.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: 11 th April 1994.Granting a doctorate: CARLOS MANUEL FRANCO ABUÍNTitle: Presence and behavior of Listeria spp. in galician cheeses of soft pasta and inmeat of bird.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatología.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and Lucas Domínguez Rodríguez.Date of reading: 18 th April 1994.Doctorate student: M a AMPARO ALFONSO RANCAÑOTitle: Study of the paper of cytosol pH in intracellular calcium mobilisation and theirrelationship with the secretory response in rat mastocytes.Department: Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology.Director: Dr. Luis M. Botana López.Date of reading: 19 th April 1994.Doctorate student: CRISTINA ASUNCIÓN FENTE SAMPAYOTitle: Study of fungi contamination in soft pasta galician cheeses.Department: Analytic chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: 20 th May 1994.Doctorate student: RITA SÁNCHEZ-ANDRADE FERNÁNDEZTitle: Bovine fascioliosis: comparative study of the immune response by ELISA in frontof excretion-secretion antigen and of the direct diagnosis.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños, M a Patronicio Morrondo Pelayo and Natividad DíezBaños.Date of reading: 1 st June 1994.Doctorate student: JOSÉ IGNACIO GARABAL SÁNCHEZ312QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Title: Porcine enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Design and development of a vaccineagainst porcine colibacilosis.Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Director: Dr. Enrique A. González García.Date of reading: 23 rd June 1994.Doctorate student: CRISTINA CASTILLO RODRÍGUEZTitle: Physio-pathologic study of the homaeostasis of the equilibrium acid-base andelectrolitic, and the interactions with the haematology and metabolic profile in ovinefemales during the pregnancy period, childbirth and puerperium.Department: Pathology Animal.Directors: Drs. José Luis Benedito Castellote and Joaquín R. Hernández Bermúdez.Date of reading: 11 th July 1994.Doctorate student: ROSA MARÍA SUEIRO MOUTEIRATitle: Study of quality variation factors of Galician calf carcasse and meat.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 12 th July 1994.Doctorate student: ANA MARÍA DÍAZ VIÑASTitle: Cytogenetic analysis and molecular characterisation of sequences repeated inAnguilla anguilla. Genetics sexual determination.Department: Possibly, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. Laura Sánchez Piñón and Paulino Martínez Portela.Date of reading: 15 th July 1994.Doctorate student: CARMEN BOUZA FERNÁNDEZTitle: Cariotype characterisation and alozitmic analysis of the genetic diversity inturbot’s populations (Scophthalmus maximus L.).Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. Laura Sánchez Piñón and Paulino Martínez Portela.Date of reading: 14 th October 1994.Doctorate student: ALEJANDRA LÓPEZ MAÑANESTitle: Regulatory aspects of the sour gastric secretion. Carbonic Anhidrase.Department: Physiology.Directors: Dr. Félix Vega Lisi.Date of reading: 1994.Doctorate student: DAVID DALMAN i JUANOLATitle: Bacterihemiae by Escherichia coli: Pathogenicity and clinic factors.Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Directors: Drs. Beatriz Álvarez Mirelis Otero and Jorge Blanco Álvarez.Date of reading: Medicine Faculty. Barcelona Autonomous University. 1994.Doctorate student: E. VÁZQUEZ BLANCOTitle: Study of components in Phaseolus vulgaris L.313QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. M a Julia López Hernández and M a Lourdes Vázquez Odériz.Date of reading: 1994.Doctorate student: JOSÉ DE VICENTE GONZÁLEZTitle: Effects of the utilisation of calcium salts in bovines.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. José Luis Benedito Castellote.Date of reading: 1994.Doctorate student: LORENZO MONSERRAT BERMEJOTitle: Reproductive characteristics and well-balanced variations of the “RubiaGallega” cattle in meat production extensive systems.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Directors: Drs. Luciano Sánchez García and José M a Sánchez Sández.Date of reading: 1994Doctorate student: RAFAELA AMARO GONZÁLEZTitle: Salmon chromosome’s evolution: comparative cytogenetic analysis of species andcellular lines of Salmo and Onchorhynchus genders.Department: Molecular Biology (Genetics).Director: Dr. Laura Sánchez Piñón.Date of reading: 1994.Doctorate student: ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ CANTALAPIEDRATitle: Ocular veterinary surgery: experimental model.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Pereira Espinel and Andrés Barreiro Lois.Date of reading: 9 th December 1994.Doctorate student: MARÍA ÁNGELES MORENO GRANDETitle: Production of bovine livestock in Lugo: study of their canal quality in base toofficial parameters of classification.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. M a Teresa de Jesús García Lara.Date of reading: 16 th December 1994.Doctorate student: SERGIO VIDAL RUIBALTitle: Study of the evolution of the ACTH, GH and PRL hormones of the adenohipofisiscells of the mink (Mustela vison) during the growth and the annual cycle.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Lucas Moya Jiménez.Date of reading: 16 th June 1995.Doctorate student: ÁNGEL JACINTO ECHÁNIZTitle: Calcium homeostasis in connection with the clinical status and evolution of thebovine puerperal paresia.314QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez and Ana M a Goicoa ValdeviraDate of reading: 19 th June 1995.Doctorate student: M a DE LA CRUZ LÓPEZ DÍAZTitle: Stress effect on the follicles and luteos bodies evolution in ruminants.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Pedro J. García HerradónDate of reading: 4 th July 1995.Doctorate student: BLANCA MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ PÉREZTitle: Study of Galician race ovine canals: canal and meat quality variation factors.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luciano Sánchez García and Miguel Vallejo Vicente.Date of reading: 6 th July 1995.Doctorate student: ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZTitle: Autochthonous bovine phylogenetic relations in the north-west of the IberianPeninsula.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luciano Sánchez García and Miguel Vallejo Vicente.Date of reading: 6 th July 1995.Doctorate student: MARGARITA RICO GÓMEZTitle: “In vitro” regulation of GH secretion in ruminants by neuro-peptides.Department: Physiology.Director: Dr. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino.Date of reading: 13 th July 1995.Doctorate student: JOSÉ LUIS SUÁREZ GARCÍA PAREDESTitle: Behaviour of base-acid equilibrium on milky cow arterial blood in connectionwith their physiologic and productive state.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Paulino García Partida and José Luis Benedito Castellote.Date of reading: 20 th July 1995.Doctorate student: PABLO SÁNCHEZ QUINTEIROTitle: Vomeronasal system. Comparative study of the system in ungulates: equine, sowsand bovine.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Ignacio Salazar Beloqui.Date of reading: 12 th September 1995.Doctorate student: MÓNICA LÓPEZ PEÑATitle: Pathogenesis and diagnosis studies of the experimental infection by thedistemper’s virus in fine skin animal’s producers.Department: Anatomy and Production Animal.315QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Director: Dr. José M a Nieto Martínez.Date of reading: 23 rd October 1995.Doctorate stuedent: M a ISABEL QUIROGA BERDEALTitle: Pathogenesis and diagnosis studies on Aujezsky’s illness in fine skin animals’producers.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. José M a Nieto Martínez.Date of reading: 23 rd October 1995.Doctorate student: GONZALO JESÚS FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZTitle: Contributions to the epidemiologist study of some agents causing bovinemammary diseases.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Eduardo Yus Respaldiza and M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-PérezDate of reading: 30 th October 1995.Doctorate student: JESÚS E. BLANCO ÁLVAREZTitle: Toxigenic Escherichia coli in clinical samples and foods. Enteropathogenic E.coli mechanisms in rabbits and avian septicemia.Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Director: Dr. Jorge Blanco Álvarez.Date of reading: 30 th October 1995.Doctorate student: M a MONTSERRAT PRIETO NOVOATitle: Development from Toxocara canis in Beagle dogs experimentally infected:Immunologic response in hosts and study of diverse pathological serum parameters andlesion.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños and M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo.Date of reading: 21 st November 1995.Doctorate student: LUIS ÁNGEL QUINTELA ARIASTitle: Study about influence of the serum composition during the postpartum in thereproductive characteristics of bovine females.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Pedro J. García Herradón.Date of reading: 2 nd February 1996.Doctorate student: PATRICIA PLANELLES DE MIGUELTitle: Current benthonic Foraminiferans of intertidal soft substrata in Ría de Ferrol(Galicia). Faunistic and auto-ecological Study.Department: Animal Biology.Director: Dr. M a Celia Besteiro Rodríguez316QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Date of reading: 29 th March 1996.Doctorate student: JORGE ALVAREDO ARIASTitle: Alozimic analysis of common trout genetic structure (Salmo trutta L.):implications for the administration resources of this species in Galicia.Department: Possibly Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. Paulino Martínez Portela and Laura Sánchez Piñón.Date of reading: 19 th April 1996.Doctorate student: CEFERINO M. LÓPEZ SÁNDEZTitle: Larvae’s survival of Neostrongylus linearis (Nematode, Protrostrongylidae) innatural conditions and controlled in laboratory: Comparative study of the natural andexperimental infection of Cernuella (Cernuella) virgata (Mollusca, Helicidae) from thefield.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños and M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo.Date of reading: 3 rd May 1996.Doctorate student: MARÍA DEL CARMEN ABUÍN PÉREZTitle: Molecular and cytogenetic characterisation of the DNA in the Salmonidaefamily, Salmo and Oncorhynchus genera.Department: Possibly Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. Laura Sánchez Piñón and Paulino Martínez Portela.Date of reading: 31 st May 1996.Doctorate student: JAIME CASTRO ALBERTOTitle: Polymorphism cytogenetic and molecular analysis of Salmo trutta L. in (NOR)regions.Department: Possibly Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. Paulino Martínez Portela and Laura Sánchez Piñón.Date of reading: 3 rd June 1996.Doctorate student: ÁNGEL LUIS CEULAR VILLACÉTitle: Study of the production of heavy reproductive hens housed in conventionalfactories.Department: Physiology.Director: Possibly Dr. Nathalie Vandenberghe.Date of reading: 13 th June 1996.Doctorate student: ROSARIO PANADERO FONTÁNTitle: Epidemiologist and immune response study compared with Hypoderma lineatumantigen as a contribution to the fight against the bovine hypodermosis in Galicia.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños and M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo.Date of reading: 14 th June 1996.317QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Doctorate student: JESÚS CAO TRIGOTitle: Purification and characterisation of the cAMP dependant protein kinase inMytilus galloprovincialis.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Director: Possibly Dr. José Antonio Villamarín Cid.Date of reading: 19 th July 1996.Doctorate student: FRANCISCO BARRIO FEIJOOTitle: Study of the factors that affect to semen grow-preservation in Ovine GalicianRace.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Pedro J. García Herradón.Date of reading: 27 th November 1996.Doctorate student: CORNELIA NOTOIU-MILOVANOVTitle: Study of the factors which affect to the nucleo-cytoplasm interaction in theovocytes matured in vitro for the clone process by transference of nuclei in the bovinespecies.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Pedro J. García Herradón.Date of reading: 18 th October 1996.Doctorate student: FROILÁN VÁZQUEZ SÁNCHEZTitle: Antigenic and molecular analysis of the colonisation factors of porcineenterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC): vaccines with purified colonisation antigens(ISCOM and microspheres).Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Director: Dr. Enrique A. González García.Date of reading: 30 th October 1996.Doctorate: MONTSERRAT FERNÁNDEZ TORRESTitle: 6-fosfofructo-1-kinase of Mytilus galloprovincialis: regulation of the enzymeactivity by phosphorilation processes.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Director: Dr. José Antonio Villamarín Cid.Date of reading: 31 st October 1996.Doctorate student: LOURDES LOIDI FERNÁNDEZ DE TROCÓNIZTitle: Alfa protimosine as a marker of tumour prognosis.Department: Physiology.Director: Dr. Félix V. Vega Lisi.Date of reading: 13 th November 1996.Doctorate student: MARÍA HERMIDA FERRO318QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Title: Infrared spectrophotometry application to the determination of the majorcomponents in milky products.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Director: Dr. José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: 12 th December 1996.Doctorate student: M a LUISA SUÁREZ REYTitle: Study of the stress in bovine.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez.Date of reading: 16 th June 1997.Doctorate student: MANUEL DOMÍNGUEZ ESTÉVEZTitle: Action mechanism study of anti-tumour medicines in histamine secretion.Department: Pharmacology.Director: Dr. Luis M. Botana López.Date of reading: 19 th June 1997.Doctorate student: ANA M a MARTÍNEZ ROCATitle: Canine semen survival and fertility subjected to frosting and defrosting.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Pedro J. García Herradón.Date of reading: 27 th June 1997.Doctorate student: ANA M a LÓPEZ BECEIROTitle: Valuation of the action of different pharmacological agents in inhalantanaesthesia with isoflurane in the common mousetrap (Buteo buteo).Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Pereira Espinel and Andrés Barreiro Lois.Date of reading: 15 th July 1997.Doctorate student: ADOLFO PAZ SILVATitle: Study of enzymatic and immune response in rats infected with Fasciola hepatica:valuation by means of immune-enzymatic (ELISA) techniques and immune-electrotransference(EITB) in re-infected and treated animals.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños, M a Patronicio Morrondo Pelayo and Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández.Date of reading: 21 st July 1997.VETERINARY DEGREES MINOR THESISGraduate student: JUAN ANTONIO CENTENO DOMÍNGUEZTitle: Microbiological quality control of the meat of pig. Contribution to the study of theevolution of microbial superficial flora during the tearing into pieces process.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Director: Dr. Alberto Cepeda Sáez.319QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Date of reading: June, 1990.Graduate student: CARLOS MANUEL FRANCO ABUÍNTitle: Contribution to the study of the critical points in the daily work stage during thehygienic obtaining of bovine meat.Department: Analytic Chemistry Nutrition and Bromatology.Director: Dr. Alberto Cepeda Sáez.Date of reading: 20 th July 1990.Graduate student: EMILIANO JOSÉ QUINTO FERNÁNDEZTitle: Contribution to the hygienic-sanitary study during the commercialisation of softpasta Galician cheeses.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Director: Dr. Alberto Cepeda Sáez.Date of reading: 20 th July 1990.Graduate student: SERGIO VIDAL RUIBALTitle: Pathogenesis of mink’s aleutiane illness: morpho-pathogenics of the arteriallesions.Department: Pathology and Animal Production.Director: Dr. José M a Nieto Martínez.Date of reading: 20 th July 1990.Graduate student: ANA M a LÓPEZ BECEIROTitle: The castration of domestic birds: castration of the chicken.Department: Animal Pathology (Surgical Pathology and Surgery).Directors: Drs. José Luis Pereira Espinel and Andrés Barreiro Lois.Date of reading: 13 th December 1990.Graduate student: LUIS ÁNGEL QUINTELA ARIASTitle: Correlation between the present structures in the ovary and some of thecharacteristics of bovine female’s uterus.Department: Animal Pathology (Obstetrics).Director: Dr. Pedro García Herradón.Date of reading: 13 th December 1990.Graduate student: MARGARITA RICO GÓMEZTitle: The addition of GHRH 1-29, GHRP 1-6 and TRH peptides, in the growthhormone (GH) secretion.Department: Physiology.Director: Dr. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino.Date of reading: 13 th December 1990.Graduate student: Rosa M a SUEIRO MOUTEIRA320QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Title: Analysis of the factors that affect to the output and the composition of cow’s milkin Galicia.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production (Animal Productions).Director: Dr. Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 13 th December 1990.Graduate student: JUAN JOSÉ BECERRA GONZÁLEZTitle: Micro ambient chemical composition in bovine females: age and ovarian stateinfluence.Department: Animal Pathology (Obstetrics).Director: Dr. Pedro García Herradón.Date of reading: 15 th July 1991.Graduate student: MANUEL DOMÍNGUEZ ESTÉVEZTitle: Action mechanism study of cytostatic medicines in the histamine secretion.Department: Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Technology(Pharmacology).Director: Dr. Luis Miguel Botana López.Date of reading: 15 th July 1991.Graduate student: M a ISABEL QUIROGA BERDEALTitle: Morphometric study of the renal glomerules of the mink (Mustela vison).Department: Anatomy and Pathological Compared Anatomy (Cytology and Histology)and Animal Pathology (Pathological Anatomy).Directors: Drs. Florentina Guerrero Callejas and José M a Nieto Martínez.Date of reading: 15 th July 1991.Graduate student: ALFREDO FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZTitle: Study and valuation of the seminal characteristics of Galician C.E.N.S.Y.R.A.bulls utilised in the artificial insemination: factors of variation.Department: Pathology and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 19 th November 1991.Graduate student: MÓNICA PEÑA LÓPEZTitle: Morpho-pathology and inmune-histochemistry of the respiratory lesions in thesystemic distemper of the fox (Vulpes vulpes).Department: Pathology and Animal Production.Director: Dr. José M a Nieto Martínez.Date of reading: 19 th November 1991.Graduate student : JORGE ARIAS ALVAREDOTitle: Genetic analysis of natural populations and restocking stocks in common trout(Salmo trutta]): implication for the administration of these resources in Galicia.Department: Fundamental Biology.Directors: Dr. Laura Sánchez Piñón.Date of reading: 1992.Graduate student: JOSÉ IGNACIO GARABAL SÁNCHEZ321QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Title: Salmonella spp. virulence Factors: Toxic properties.Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Director: Dr. Enrique A. González García.Date of reading: 1992.Graduate student: M a CARMEN ABUÍN PÉREZTitle: Salmon salty cytogenetic characterization of A.s. cellular line (Atlantia salmo).Department: Fundamental Biology.Directors: Dr. Laura Sánchez Piñón.Date of reading: 1992.Graduate student: SUSANA CARRIL GONZÁLEZ-BARROSTitle: Residues of hydrocarbons in superficial waters.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Jesús Simal Lozano and M a Lourdes Vázquez Odériz.Date of reading: 1992.Graduate student: PATRICIA PLANELLES DE MIGUEL.Title: Intertidal benthonic Foraminiferans from soft bottoms in the Ria de Ferrol(Galicia).Department: Animal Biology.Directress: Dr. Mª Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.Date of reading: March, 1992.Graduate student: ÁNGEL LUIS CEULAR VILLACÉTitle: Study of the economy of the production of two stocks of heavy reproductive hens(Arbor acres and ross).Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Directress: Dr. Nathalie Vandenberghe.Date of reading: June, 1992.Graduate student : JUAN RAMÓN DÍAZ SAAVEDRATitle: Contribution to the study of microbial flora implicated in the maturation of the“Arzúa” type cheese. Enterococci and micrococci.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: June, 1992.Graduate student: LUIS PÉREZ VERDUGOTitle: Fasciola hepatica epidemiology in bovine livestock of the province of Lugo.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños and M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo.Date of reading: June, 1992.Graduate student: ELISA BEATRIZ CARRILLO GONZÁLEZTitle: Influence of the systematic treatments with albendazol on the parasite prevalenceand intensity by pulmonary helmints in sheep and lambs maintained in shepherding.322QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo and Pablo Díez Baños.Date of reading: 4 th November 1992.Graduate student: MANUEL ERNESTO GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZTitle: Evaluation of the reproductive output in several bovine exploitations of milkyproduction in the county of Lugo.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. Pedro J. García Herradón.Date of reading: September, 1992.Graduate student: ROSARIO PANADERO FONTÁNTitle: Parasitical diseases Epidemiology of the bees of the county of Lugo.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños and Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez.Date of reading: September, 1992.Graduate student: JOSÉ JAVIER ZAS GARCÍATitle: Study of slaughterhouse bovine production in Galicia (county of Lugo).Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Directress: Dr. Nathalie Vandenberghe.Date of reading: September, 1992.Graduate student: CRISTINA CASTILLO RODRÍGUEZTitle: Physiological-reproductive influence in serum levels of minerals and oligoelementsin Galician sheep.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Benedito Castellote and Cándido Gutiérrez Panizo.Date of reading: 1993.Graduate student student: JAIME CASTRO ALBERTOTitle: Population analysis of the polymorphism of the organising regions NOR in Salmotrutta.Department: Fundamental biology.Directors: Drs. Laura Sánchez Piñón and Paulino Martínez Portela.Date of reading: 1993.Graduate student: PATRICIA BUSTABAD PRIETOTitle: Presence of Listeria spp. in “Cebrero’s” cheese.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: June, 1993.Graduate student: SANTIAGO MENÉNDEZ FERNÁNDEZTitle: Study of the evolution of Listeria spp. in “Arzúa’s” cheese.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.323QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Date of reading: June, 1993.Graduate student: SONIA VÁZQUEZ RODRÍGUEZTitle: Systemic Amyloidosis in minks. Histo-chemical, inmune-histochemical and ultrastructuralstudy.Department: Animal Pathology.Director: Dr. José M a Nieto Martínez.Date of reading: June, 1993.Graduate student: M a ÁNGELES FEIJOO PENELATitle: Study of larval elimination in galician ovine infested naturally by bronchopulmonarynematode.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo and Pablo Díez Baños.Date of reading: 30 th September 1993.Graduate student: M a TERESA LORENZO GONZÁLEZTitle: GHRH regulation mechanisms in somatrotopic cells isolated by elutriation.Department: Physiology.Director: Dr. Luis Felipe de la Cruz Palomino.Date of reading: 18 th October 1993.Graduate student: ANA M a SIEIROTitle: Effect of diverse diets on the regulation of the oxidative phase of the route of thepentose-phosphate.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. M a Izaskun Ibarguren Arizeta and Ramiro Barcia Viéitez.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: JESÚS CAO TRIGOTitle: Purification and characterisation of the catalitic sub-unit of the AMPc dependentprotein kinase from M. galloprovincialis.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. José Antonio Villamarín Cid and M a Dolores Vázquez Illanes.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: JOSÉ ÁNGEL VARELA ALONSOTitle: Study of the use of autochthonous strains of micrococci in the elaboration ofGalician cheeses “Arzúa” type.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and Juan Antonio Centeno Domínguez.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: MARÍA LEGIDE IGLESIASTitle: Determination of the corporal state in Galician autochthonous bovine (mountainecotype “Rubia Gallega”).Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.324QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Directress: Drs. M a Teresa de Jesús García Lara.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: PILLAR VELASCO VALLEJOTitle: Purification and characterisation of the glucose-6-phosphatedeshidrogenase ofthe mouse’s liver.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. Juan I. Martínez Ramos and Ramiro Barcia Viéitez.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: ADOLFO PAZ SILVATitle: Behaviour of the rat (Sprague Dawley strain) experimentally infected withFasciola hepatica metarcercaries.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Pablo Díez Baños, M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo.Date of reading: 18 th February 1994.Graduate student: M a DEL PILAR BARREIRO LÓPEZTitle: Residuals in honey as a consequence of apiculture treatments and tactics of management.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez and Pablo Díez Baños.Date of reading: 25 th February 1994.Graduate student: AZUCENA MORA GUTIÉRREZTitle: The "attaching-effacing" lesion in the diagnosis of rabbit’s enteropathogeniccollibacillosis.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luis Balaguer Agut and Jacinta Romano Mozo.Date of reading: 21 st March 1994.Graduate student: M a LUISA SUÁREZ REYTitle: The big bottomed character effect in (Galician “Rubia Gallega”), on canalquality and -quantitative characteristics .Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luis E. Fidalgo Álvarez and Miguel Cabrero Poveda.Date of reading: 22 nd April 1994.Graduate student: RAMIRO TORÍO ÁLVAREZTitle: Basal electro-cardiographic parameters in the Galician ovine race: comparisonof systems.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Felipe Prieto Montaña and M a José Cano Rábano.Date of reading: 22 nd April 1994.Graduate student: FROILÁN VÁZQUEZ SÁNCHEZTitle: Immune-enzymatic technique (ELISA) specific for the evaluation of the immunityagainst fimbriae antigens of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.Department: Microbiology and Parasitology.Director: Dr. Enrique A. González García.325QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Date of reading: 19 th May 1994.Graduate student: M a ELISA TOMÉ LÓPEZ DE SILANESTitle: Dog’s carotid breast innervation.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Pedro F. Pesini Ruíz.Date of reading: 14 th June 1994.Graduate student: BEATRIZ MÍGUEZ MONTEROTitle: Study of physic-chemical parameters which have repercussion in thetoxicological valuation of fresh water: Lugo’s fountains.Department: Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Sciences.Directress: Drs. M a Julia Melgar Riol.Date of reading: 24 th February 1995.Graduate student: CARMEN CALVO SANTALLATitle: Prediction of ovine meat compositional characteristics by means of near infraredspectroscopy.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Directors: Drs. José Luis Rodríguez Otero and Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 11 th April 1995.Graduate student: NURIA ALEMAÑ POSADASTitle: Approach to the ultra-structural study of the mink’s ultimate area (Mustelavison).Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Directress: Drs. Florentina Guerrero Callejas.Date of reading: 26 th June 1995.Graduate student: MANUEL LÓPEZ LUACESTitle: Alometry rate study and valuation of tearing meat into pieces and lamb’s tisularcomposition of the Galician ovine race.Department: Anatomy and Animal Productions.Directors: Drs. José Luis Rodríguez Otero and Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 26 th June 1995.Graduate student: MONTSERRAT ALMENA ALISTETitle: Study of the mechanic properties of the cheese of “Arzúa”.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: 14 th July 1995.Graduate student: JAVIER LÓPEZ VIANATitle: Study of the most frequent k-caseine polymorphism by means of PCR in PIMX’Holstein reproducers.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 14 th July 1995.326QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Graduate student: JACQUELINE RODRÍGUEZ VIGOTitle: Contribution to the sensitive characterisation of “Arzúa’s” cheese with thedenomination "Quality Galician Product".Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and José Luis Rodríguez Otero.Date of reading: 14 th July 1995.Graduate student: IDOIA CUESTA ALONSO.Title: Effects of the black tide caused by the supertanker “Aegean Sea” on the intertidalmeiofauna of the Ria de Ferrol (Galicia).Department: Animal Biology.Directress: Dr. Mª Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.Date of reading: 24 th July 1995.Graduate student: CARLOS GARCIA SOLER.Title: Comparative study about the effects of the black tides caused by the supertankers“Monte Urquiola” and “Aegean Sea” on the intertidal meiofauna.Department: Animal Biology.Directress: Dr. Mª Celia Besteiro Rodríguez.Date of reading: 24 th July 1995.Graduate student: FRANCISCO JAVIER GUITIÁN MARTÍNEZTitle: Epidemiologist study of the bovine infectious rinotraqueitis in milky bovineexploitations.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Eduardo Yus Respaldiza and M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-Pérez.Date of reading: 27 th July 1995.Graduate student: MATILDE LOMBARDERO FERNÁNDEZTitle: Immune-cytochemical study of somatotropic (GH) and lactotropic (PRL) cells ofcalf adeno-hyphofisis.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Lucas Moya Jiménez.Date of reading: 26 th September 1995.Graduate student: MARTA LÓPEZ ALONSOTitle: Effect of the gestation and partum on blood parameters physiopathologicalllyrelated with selenium in sheep.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Benedito Castellote and Cristina Castillo Rodríguez.Date of reading: 4 th October 1995.Graduate student: MARTA INÉS MIRANDA CASTAÑÓNTitle: Influence of the pre-partum moment and post-partum development of ovinelivestock on blood parameters physiopathologically related with selenium.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. José Luis Benedito Castellote and Germán Santamarina Pernas.Date of reading: 4 th October 1995.327QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Graduate student: M a PAZ FERNÁNDEZ-ALBALAT RUÍZTitle: Influence of several fabrication parameters on non-serum kinetics of“Cebreiro’s” cheese output.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. María Asunción Fernández Martínez and Ángel Cobos García.Date of reading: 28 th November 1995.Graduate student: ANA M a DÍAZ RIVERATitle: Contribution to the study of bovine mastitis produced by Corynebacterium and itsinfluence in the recount of somatic cells in milk.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Eduardo Yus Respaldiza and M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-Pérez.Date of reading: 20 th December 1995.Graduate student: JULIÁN ALONSO DÍAZTitle: Study of heavy metals’ contamination (cadmium and lead) in the principal consumed andmarketed species of wild mushrooms in the county of Lugo and their toxicological repercussions.Department: Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Sciences.Directresses: Drs. M a Julia Melgar Riol and M a Ángeles García Fernández.Date of reading: 30 th January 1996.Graduate student: JAVIER SEGADE LOUZAOTitle: Study of serum proteins implicated in bovine parectic processes.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luis Eusebio Fidalgo Álvarez and Ana Goicoa Valdevira.Date of reading: 22 nd March 1996.Graduate student: ALBERTO OTERO RODRÍGUEZTitle: Brine’s purification study of cheese dairy by means of micro-filtration andfiltration techniques with diatomeic soils.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directress: Drs. Asunción Fernández Martínez.Date of reading: 13 th June 1996.Graduate student: BEATRIZ SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZTitle: Measurement of the colour and pH in muscles and their importance in the qualityof the meat of Galician cattle specific denomination.Departments: Anatomy and Animal Production, and Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Luciano Sánchez García and José Luis Benedito Castellote.Date of reading: 5 th December 1996.Graduate student: JOSÉ ANTONIO MOLEDO MARTÍNEZTitle: Study of the prevalence of the bovine fascioliosis in Galicia by means of ELISAand excretion-secretion Fasciola hepatica adult antigen.Department: Animal Pathology.Directresses: Drs. M a Patrocinio Morrondo Pelayo and Rita Sánchez-AndradeFernándezDate of reading: 13 th December 1996.328QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Graduate student: ANA M a DIOS MORENOTitle: Output system influence in the rhythm of growth, quality of the canal in “RubiaGallega” x Holstein crossment meat type quality.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Director: Dr. Luciano Sánchez García.Date of reading: 23 rd July 1997.Graduate student: M a JOSÉ VÁZQUEZ BELLÓNTitle: Study of the contamination by Listeria spp. in slaughterhouses and porcineprocessing meat rooms.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and Carlos M. Franco Abuín.Date of reading: 23 rd July 1997.Graduate student: JAVIER OLIVEIRA ÁLVAREZTitle: Porcine influenza in Galicia: etiologic and epizootiologic aspects.Department: Animal Pathology.Directors: Drs. Eduardo Yus Respaldiza and M a Luisa Sanjuan Hernán-Pérez.Date of reading: 24 th July 1997.Graduate student: GUILLERMO CAMPOS FRAGUASTitle: In vitro study of the susceptibility of several Listeria spp. strains isolated fromfoods.Department: Analytic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology.Directors: Drs. Alberto Cepeda Sáez and Carlos Manuel Franco Abuín.Date of reading: 31 st July 1997.Graduate student: MONTSERRAT FERNÁNDEZ TORRES.Title: 6-fosfofructo-1-kinase of Mytilus galloprovincialis mantel: effects on theenzymatic activity.Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Directors: Drs. José Antonio Villamarín Cid and M a Dolores Vázquez Illanes.Date of reading: 1997.FINAL COURSE PROJECTSGraduate student: ISABEL DÍAZ DOMÍNGUEZTitle: Organic and inorganic fertilising effects in the micorhization and growth of thesoya bean.Department: Vegetable Production and Agro-forestry Engineering.Directress: Drs. M a Jesús Sáinz Osés.Date of reading: 1992.Graduate student: MONTSERRAT VALCÁRCEL ARMESTOTitle: Bottled of the honey. Influence of heating in their physic-chemical parameters.329QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT OF THE VETERINARY FACULTY IN LUGOChapter 13Department: Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Sciences (Toxicology and SanitaryLegislation).Directors: Drs. M a Ángeles García Fernández and Juan Mesas Mesas.Date of reading: 1993.Graduate student: DAVID MIRANDA BARRÓS.Title: Chemistry composition, evolution and corporal development of Galician racelamb (seaside and mountain ecotypes) and merino race. Methodological study.Department: Anatomy and Animal Production.Directors: Drs. Mark Dowand Cropper and Antonio Iglesias Becerra.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: JULIO BARREIRA VENTOSINOSTitle: Automatic teams’ calibration in milk analysis: setting about to new techniques.Department: Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Sciences.Directress: Drs. M a Julia Melgar Riol.Date of reading: 1994.Graduate student: Mª JULITA RODRÍGUEZ BARBEROTitle: Study of the process of elaboration and control of quality of the "Abadía daCova" wines.Department: Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Sciences and Applied Physics.Directors: Drs. Eugenio A. Rodríguez Núñez and M a Julia Melgar Riol.Date of reading: 1994.330QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM BY THE EUROPEAN UNION VETERINARY TEACHINGADVISORY COMMITTEE