PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASE OF ANIMAL
cod. 17031

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Parassitologia e malattie parassitarie degli animali (VET/06)
Field
Biologia veterinaria
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

<p>Supply basic knowledge to students in order to allow identification of most common and important parasites of equids in the contest of rational management of equine parasitic diseases.</p>

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Classification, epidemiology and life cycles of the following parasitic organisms:<br />
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1)Nematoda: Strongyloidea, Ascaridioidea, Oxiurioidea <br />
2)Cestoda: Anoplocephala spp. <br />
3)Protozoa: Apicomplexa, Piroplasmidae <br />
4)Arthropoda: Insecta (myiasis), Acarina (mites and ticks) <br />
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Parasitic diseases of equids: <br />
- Intestinal and larval strongylosis due to large (Strongylus spp.) and small (Ciatostominae) strongyles <br />
- Parascariosis <br />
- Oxiuridiosis <br />
- Cestode infection <br />
- Babesiosis/Theileriosis <br />
- Hypersensibility to Culicoides spp. <br />
- Stomach bots <br />
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Laboratory practice is aimed to acquire basic knowledge in common sampling and maintenance methods of biological samples.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- Urquhart G.M., Armour J., Duncan J.L., Dunn A.M., Jennings F.W., Parassitologia veterinaria, Ed. italiana C. Genchi, UTET <br />
- Lecture notes and slides <br />

Teaching methods

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class lectures (slide presentations) and wet labs   <br />
 oral and written examination with multiple choice questions

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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