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Course code: BBS10115f17Semester: 2017/2018 summer
Name: Parasitology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr Grzegorz Zaleśny
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: W1 – knows the systematics and classification of selected groups of parasites, their origin, biology and importance to humans and to animals [KB_W06, KB_W08, KB_W12]; W2 – describes the external and internal morphology of selected groups of parasites in terms of their adaptations to the parasitic life style[KB_W06, KB_W08]; W3 – 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 [KB_W20]; W4 – knows the ways of collecting and preservation of various groups of parasitic organisms[KB_W17]; W5 – describes the groups of parasites in terms of practical and economic importance (parasites of farm animals and pets) [KB_W20].e (parasites of farm animals and pets). Skills: Skills: Student: U1 – operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material [KB_U06, KB_U12]; U2 – can select the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) applied in relation to various groups of organisms [KB_U12]; U3 –can carry out the basic coprological laboratory diagnostics as well as breeding and isolation of important parasites of humans and animals [KB_U06, KB_U12]; U4 – 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[KB_U07, KB_U10]; 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: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 – understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process, correctly identifies and solves the problems related to animal breeding [KB_K01, KB_K04]; K2– is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team [KB_K02]; K3 – takes care for the equipment he/she was entrusted with; takes responsibility for animal safety and protection [KB_K08].
Prerequisites: Invertebrates Zoology I; Invertebrates Zoology II
Course content: 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: 1. Gundłach J.L., Sadzikowski A.B.: Parazytologia i parazytozy zwierząt i człowieka, PWRiL, Warszawa, 2004. 2. Kadłubowski R., Kurnatowska A.: Zarys parazytologii lekarskiej, PZWiL, Warszawa, 2001. 3. Lonc E., Złotorzycka J.: Ćwiczenia z parazytologii dla studentów biologii. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław, 1995. 4. Stefański W., Żarnowski E.: Rozpoznawanie inwazji pasożytniczych u zwierząt. PWRiL, Warszawa, 1971. 5. Zajac A.M., Conboy G.A.: Veterinary clinical parasitology. Blackwell Publishing, Ames, Iowa, 2006.
Assessment methods: Obligatory attendance at practicals (no more than two absences permissible, one of them must be followed by an excuse note). Practical grade: checking the skill of identification of dispersal forms of selected species of animals – parasites of animals and human, based on the microscopic slides. Lecture grade: test covering the material done at lectures.
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