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Course code: BHS10058f15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Parasitology
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Marcin Popiołek
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: student knows the systematics and classification of selected groups of parasites, their origin, biology and importance to humans and to animals; student describes the external and internal morphology of selected groups of parasites in terms of their adaptations to the parasitic life style; student possesses the general knowledge of the ways of infections,disease caused by parasites (parasitoses), prevention as well as the methods of treatment of parasitic diseases; student knows the ways of collecting and preservation of various groups of parasitic organisms; student describes the groups of parasites in terms of practical and economic importance (parasites of farm animals and pets). Skills: student operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material; student can select the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) applied in relation to various groups of organisms; student can carry out the basic coprological laboratory diagnostics as well as breeding and isolation of important parasites of humans and animals; student identifies the representatives of particular classes of parasitic animals, their developmental stages and dispersal forms; applies the interactive keys in taxa identification within various groups of endo- and ectoparasites.
Competences: Student understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process, correctly identifies and solves the problems related to animal breeding; student is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team; student takes care for the equipment he/she was entrusted with; takes responsibility for animal safety and protection.
Prerequisites: Zoology
Course content: Course contents: biology and ecology of ecto- and endoparasites; adaptations to parasitic life style; life cycles of parasites; paths of infection; the pathogenicity, methods of control and prophylaxis of parasitoses and zoonoses; parasite-host relationships; types of samples taken for analysis, methods of sample collection and preservation; coprological analysis; methods of detection, breeding and identification of parasites of animals and humans.
Recommended literature: Gundłach J.L., Sadzikowski A.B.: Parazytologia i parazytozy zwierząt i człowieka, PWRiL, Warszawa, 2004. Kadłubowski R., Kurnatowska A.: Zarys parazytologii lekarskiej, PZWiL, Warszawa, 2001. Lonc E., Złotorzycka J.: Ćwiczenia z parazytologii dla studentów biologii. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław, 1995. Stefański W., Żarnowski E.: Rozpoznawanie inwazji pasożytniczych u zwierząt. PWRiL, Warszawa,1971. Zajac A.M., Conboy G.A.: Veterinary clinical parasitology. Blackwell Publishing, Ames, Iowa, 2006.
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