ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: BHS10016o11
Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 7
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Albert Czerski
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Students are able to explain processes present in health organisms of animal and birds. Students should possesses ability in the field of laboratory diagnosis and should know all research methods to enable give correct assessment about proper organism function.

Competences: The course of physiology of animals helps better understanding of homeostasis all parts of organism. Students should know the range of changing basis vital physiological parameters in domestic animals and birds.

Prerequisites: Chemistry, biophysics, anatomy, biochemistry, biology

Course content: Basic Chemistry and Physics. Cells and Tissues. The Nervous System. The Endocrine System. Bone Tissue and Mineral Metabolism. Blood and Its Function. The Cardiovascular System. The Respiratory System. The Kidneys and The Urinary Tract. Acid-base Regulation. The Digestive System. The Skin. Reproduction and Lactation. Bioenergetics and Growth.

Recommended literature: Bullock J., Boyle J., Wang M.B.: Fizjologia. Urban & partner Wyd. Med. Wrocław, 1997 Dejneka J.: Fizjologia zwierząt domowych w zarysie. Wyd. AR Wrocław, 1995 Dusza L. (red.): Fizjologia Zwierząt z elementami anatomii. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego Olsztyn, 2001 Ganong W.: Fizjologia. Podstawy fizjologii lekarskiej. Wyd. PZWL, Warszawa, 1994 Konturek S.: Fizjologia człowieka. Tom I-V. Wyd. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 1990-1998 Krzymowski T., Przała J. (red.): Fizjologia Zwierząt. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Rolnicze i Leśne Warszawa, 2005 Reece W.O.: Physiology of domestic animals. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia- London, 1991 Traczyk W.Z., Trzebski A.: Fizjologia człowieka z elementami fizjologii stosowanej i klinicznej. Wyd. PZWL, Tom I-II, Warszawa, 2001 Swenson M.J.: Duke’s physiology of domestic animals. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaka and London, 1993

Assessment methods: Written exam I term , written-oral exam II term

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